Т.И. Кузьмина

SELF-IMAGE IN ADULTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES

Authors

Т.И. Кузьмина

Keywords:

mental retardation, I-real, self-awareness, self-knowledge, selfimage, adults with intellectual disabilities

Abstract

Presents the specifics of forming self-images in adults with intellectual disabilities. The demonstrated features are related to the narrative manifestations of the Self-the real structure of the personality, contextually meant as a realistic understanding of oneself, evaluation of oneself and one's actions, internal content of attitudes and aspirations in relation to oneself, predictive positions in relation to one's own capabilities and social realities of life. When studying the I-real construct using specially developed techniques and structured conversation, the researcher is able to phenomenologically describe and interpret the existing features through the analysis of verbal representations of diagnostic subjects

SELF-IMAGE IN ADULTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES