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What's more, the theoretical basis, the object, the context of the service, and resources of the
career counselling system also be concerned.
4083.85 Self-acceptance of mothers who have children with intellectual disabilities: As
compared with typical mothers through semi-structured interview, Ken Nishinaga, Miho Wada,
Ayano Komaki, Toru Hosokawa, Miho Wada, Tohoku University, Japan
Little attention has been given to self-acceptance, as one of indices of "mental health", of mothers
who have children with intellectual disabilities (ID). The purpose of this study was to investigate
the difference in self-acceptance of between mothers who have children with ID (N=12) and
typical mothers (N=10) through semi-structured interviews. The results showed that mothers of
children with ID had strongly concerned about subjective well-being of themselves which might
be influenced by the quality of their social network. We concluded that mothers of children with
ID should be supported both psychologically and socially.
4083.86 A survey of learning adjustments of middle school students in Shantou city, Yanzhen
Zhang 1 , Zhuangwei Xiao 2 , Xiang Zhou 3 , Xiaomian Wang 4 , Fan Chonghui 1 , Cheng Miaowu 1 ,
1 2 3
Jinsha Middle School, Shantou, China; Shantou University, China; Tianjin Normal University,
Tianjin, China; 4 Guangdong Institute of Education, China
The study examined learning adjustments of 1,148 middle school students (aged 13-18 yrs) in
Shantou city by conducting Inventory of Learning Adjustments (KKT& AAT, Zhou Bucheng,
1991). Possible factors of maladjustment are identified in the results, including test anxiety,
absence of motivation, lack of examination-tackling skill, and incapability of reading and
note-taking, the percentages of which are 10.65%, 8.37%, 6.54%, and 7.35% lower than the
related norms respectively. Moreover, boys’ scores of learning adjustment are lower than girls’ in
learning plan, but higher in learning methods. First-grade students have lower scores of learning
adjustments than the senior students on a whole.
4083.88 Career design of college students, Hongxing Xiong 1 , Jing Zhang 2 , 1 Jiangxi Normal
University, Nanchang, China; 2 Beijing Normal University, China
Objective: to study the effect of career design in college students’ coping skills and
self-confidence. Method: 60 college students volunteer received group intervention about career
design. Group intervention included value clarifying, game, psychodrama, self-understanding
training, case study and discussion, which was last for 16 weeks with one session (80 minutes) a
week. After that, the Coping Style Questionnaires and Personal Evaluation Inventory (PEI) were
used to evaluate the outcome. Result: After group interventions, they were more active in coping
difficulties and more confident. Conclusion: Career design is effective to improve coping skills
and self-confidence.
4083.89 The relationship between primary and middle school students’ self-consciousness and
mental health, Huashan Liu, Central China Normal University, China
The purpose of the present study is to explore the relationship between primary and middle school
students' self-consciousness (include self-concept, self-esteem and self-control) and mental health.
Totally, 476 students completed the instruments designed to assess self-consciousness and mental
health; and their internalized and externalized problem behaviors were assessed by teachers.
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