%0 Journal Article %T MEASURING SELF-ESTEEM OF DEAF/HARD OF HEARING COLLEGE STUDENTS %A Jin ZHENG %J Journal of Special Education and Rehabilitation %@ 1857-663X %D 2013 %I Faculty of Philosophy, Institute of Special Education and Rehabilitation %R 10.2478/v10215-011-0033-3 %X This study examines Deaf/hard of hearing college students' implicit and explicit self-esteem, with thirty-six 18 to 21 year old (Age ¡À SD, 19.4¡À0.9) subjects. Following are the results of this study: Just as hearing students, Deaf/hard of hearing students also have significant implicit self-esteem effect; none of the observed correlations with explicit esteem is significant for either attributive IAT or the affective IAT; Implicit self-esteem of males is higher than that of females; No significant correlation exists between implicit self-esteem and the level of depression. Social comparisons and negative evaluations and attitudes of others always tend to damage explicit self-esteem of Deaf/hard of hearing students. However, positive self-attitude characterizations still exist in their self-schema. %K Deaf/hard of hearing %K implicit self-esteem %K self-schema %K explicit self esteem %U http://jser.fzf.ukim.edu.mk/files/PDF%201-2%202013/005.pdf