Ideas about the Consequences of Bad Character and Improper Behavior in Adolescents with Intellectual Disabilities

Abstract

The materials of an empirical study of ideas about the consequences of the manifestation of bad character and improper behavior of a person in relationships with people, obtained from a sample of 77 respondents with intellectual disability: 52 of them are mentally retarded respondents aged 13-16 years, studying in grades 6-8 of adaptive school (34 of them male, 18 – female) and 25 respondents with a delay of mental development of 13-16 years old, studying in grades 8-9 of secondary school (of which 18 are male and 7 are female). A modified technique by M.A. Kholodnaya "Formulation of problems" was used. Respondents were asked to list a number of problems that arise in a person's life due to his bad character and improper behavior in relationships with people. The technique of inductive categorization was used in the analysis of interview data. The work is aimed at clarifying the ideas of the nuclear and peripheral parts of the structure of the collective representation of adolescents with mental retardation and mental retardation about the consequences of manifestations of bad character and improper behavior. The direction of the forecast is revealed to identify the consequences for the subjective experiences of a person with a bad character, the system of his interpersonal and activity relations. The productive aspects of collective representation, which serve as a guideline for the construction of pedagogical discourse of correctional and developmental orientation, are clarified.