The American psychologist Harter developed a few
scales to evaluate the self-concept. Starting point in
her method are multidimensionality and the increasing
differentiation in the competence fields according to age.
A Croatian translation of Harter’s questionnaire “The
Self Perception Profile for Adolescents” (SPPA) was used
in 30 visually impaired (B2 classification) adolescents.
Reliability, in terms of internal consistency was evaluated
and the results were compared to those of foreign studies
with the sighted adolescent population.
Differences between the results of boys and girls were
discussed, and differences between profiles of a visually
impaired adolescents and their normally sighted peers. Also,
the differences between cultures can be detected because
the questionnaire was used in several international studies.
The aim of this study was to construct a Croatian
version of the Self-Perception Profile for Adolescents
(SPPA) with visual impairment. The research focuses on
the reliability and validity of the Croatian version. The
presented research investigated the reliability and validity
of a Perceived Competence Scale based on the American
(Harter’s) original – SPPA. It was established to assess the
adolescent’s perception on school, social, athletic, physical,
job, romantic, behavior, close friendship and global selfworth
domains. The subjects (N=30) were tested twice in
order to investigate the stability between test and retest.
The results indicate high test-retest correlations and high
internal reliabilities. The correlations among subscales were
moderate good.
It is concluded that SPPA is a reliable and valid
instrument for determining the perception of adolescents
on all domains mentioned above. Further research is needed to make the construct of
competence more useful for visually impaired adolescents,
because the feeling of competence will encourage the
adolescent to learn new skills.Američka psihologinja Harter je osmislila nekoliko
skala kako bi procijenila samopoimanje pojedinca. Polazna
točka u njezinoj metodi je višedimenzionalnost i povećanje
diferencijacije u područjima kompetentnosti u skladu s dobi
ispitanika.
Upitnik Susan Harter,„The Self Perception Profile for
Adolescents“ (SPPA), preveden je na hrvatski i korišten
na uzorku od 30 slijepih i slabovidnih (B2 klasifikacija)
adolescenata. Pouzdanost, u smislu unutarnje konzistencije
je procijenjena, a rezultati su uspoređeni s rezultatima
inozemnih studijama provedenih na uzorku adolescenata
bez problema s vidom.
Raspravljalo se o uočenim razlikama između rezultata
dječaka i djevojčica i razlike između profilia slabovidnih
adolescenata i njihovih vršnjaka bez problema s vidom .
Također, uočene su i kulturološke razlike između, s obzirom
da je upitnik bio korišten i u nekoliko međunarodnih studija.
Cilj ovog rada bio je izraditi hrvatsku verziju
upitnika za izradu profila za adolescente s oštećenjem
vida, na temelju samoprocjene (SPPA). Istraživanje se
fokusira na utvrđivanje pouzdanosti i valjanosti hrvatske
verzije upitnika. Ovo istraživanje je ispitalo pouzdanost
i valjanost skale percepcije osobnih kompetencija
(Perceived Competence Scale) temeljene na originalnom
američkom upitniku (SPPA). Upitnikom je procijenjena
percepcija adolescenata o sljedećim područjima: školska
domena, socijalna domena, sport, fizička domena,
posao, romantična domena, blisko prijateljstvo i opće
samopoštovanje. Ispitanici (N = 30) su testirani dva
puta kako bi se istražila stabilnost između testa i retest.
Rezultati ukazuju na visoku test-retest povezanost i visoku
pouzdanost. Povezanost između subskala je umjereno dobra. Zaključeno je da SPPA pouzdan i valjan instrument za
utvrđivanje osobne percepcije adolescenata u svim gore
navedenim područjima.
Daljnja istraživanja su neophodna kako bi se izradio
što korisniji instrument za utvrđivanje percepcije slijepih i
slabovidnih adolescenata, jer osjećaj veće kompetencije će
biti poticaj adolescentima da nauče nove vještine
