According
to ministry of social justice and empowerment (2011), India has around 46.2
lakhs (1.82 percent) population between 10 to 19 years suffering with some kind
of disability. Among eight types of disabilities, movement disability has found
to be 20 percent whereas the reports of others disabilities are as follows-
seeing 19 percent, hearing 19 percent, speech 7 percent, mental retardation 6 percent,
mental illness 3 percent, multiple disability 8 percent, any other 18 percent. The
percentage of movement disability of in males is 22.5 percent, whereas 17.5
percent females suffered movement disability (as reported by ministry of social
justice and empowerment, 2011). Objective: The present study aimed to
investigate the gender differences between self esteem and emotional maturity
of physically disabled students whose disability ranges between 40 percent to
70 percent. Method:Total sample comprised of 40 physically disabled
students (20 boys and 20 girls; age range:18-20 years ;Mage=19 years ) purposively
drawn from Dr.Ambedkar Institute of Technology for Handicapped, Kanpur. Rosenberg
Self Esteem scale developed by Rosenberg and Emotional Maturity scale developed
by Singh and Bhargava were used for data collection . Results: Obtained
data was analysed by using ‘t’ test of significance. Results revealed that there is a significant
difference in self esteem as well as in emotional maturity of physically
disabled boys and girls. Obtained mean scores depicted that physically disabled
girls are found to be higher in their self esteem and emotional maturity than physically disabled boys. Conclusion: Gender difference was
found in self esteem as well as in emotional maturity of physically disabled
students.
Keywords:
Physically disabled students, Self esteem, Emotional maturity.
