A note on some problems in the testing of personality characteristics in children with visual impairment
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Michael J. Tobin; Eileen Hill
- Source
- British Journal of Visual Impairment. 28:260-263
- Subject
- genetic structures
Psychometrics
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Visual impairment
Test validity
Developmental psychology
Ophthalmology
Evaluation methods
medicine
Personality
Partially sighted
Personality Assessment Inventory
medicine.symptom
Big Five personality traits
Psychology
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- Language
- ISSN
- 1744-5809
0264-6196
An examination is made of the value of using published personality tests with young blind and partially sighted children. Based on data gathered during a longitudinal investigation into the educational and psychological development of a group of 120 visually impaired learners, the authors conclude that their own selection of a test instrument cannot be deemed to have been successful. A more up-to-date assessment procedure and one based on a better theoretical understanding of the personality structure of congenitally visually impaired children is considered necessary.