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A comparison was made of the self-esteem of 45 moderately-severe hearing impaired and 300 normal-hearing secondary school students in Hong Kong. Analysis indicated that the hearing impaired group, particularly the males, tended to report higher self-esteem in a number of dimensions of the self. The results provide no evidence that integration into the normal classroom has damaged the self-esteem of the hearing-impaired.

ABSTRACTParents of children with special needs commonly encounter obstacles to effectively support their child's academic and social–emotional development. Despite the difficulties in parenting children with diverse types of exceptionalities, there has been scant research on psychological resources that can promote their mental health functioning. This research explores the direct and indirect (via perceived social support to different social partners and generalized self‐efficacy) associations of stress mindset with mental health problems and parental stress in 253 parents of children with special needs via a cross‐sectional design. A survey measuring stress mindset, perceived social support, generalized self‐efficacy, parental stress and mental health problems was administered. The results demonstrated that stress‐is‐enhancing mindset was linked to milder mental health problems and parental stress via its positive associations with generalized self‐efficacy and perceived social support. This research coheres with existing evidence on how stress‐is‐enhancing mindset in specific domains facilitates optimal psychological outcomes, especially in challenging family contexts.