Abstract

POBLETE TOLOZA, Yohanna del Pilar  and  JIMENEZ FIGUEROA, Andrés Eduardo. Psychosocial intervention proposal in self-determination, social skills and entrepreneurial capacity: contribution from psychology to the integration of entrepreneurs women with intellectual disabilities. Psychol. av. discip. [online]. 2013, vol.7, n.2, pp.55-67. ISSN 1900-2386.

Abstract It constructs an intervention on subjective well-being, self-determination, social skills and entrepreneurship in women microentrepreneurs with intellectual disabilities from a diagnosis realized in 20 women with intellectual disabilities.It administered a battery of five instruments: Satisfaction Scale life Diener et ál (1984), subjective happiness scale Lyubomirsky and Lepper (1999), Self-Concept Scale (La Rosa y Díaz, 1999), Questionnaire social skills Goldstein (1999) and Entrepreurship Questionnaire (Spencer & Spencer, 1993). The descriptive analysis indicates that women in the sample expressed high levels of development of their self-concept (self-determination) (x = 382.6, σ = 53.32), social skills (x = 91.6, σ = 6, 65) and subjective well-being, both in subjective happiness (x = 21.45, σ = 3.96) and life satisfaction (x = 27.85, σ = 5.79) and moderate levels of entrepreneurial ability (x = 65.85, σ = 5,66). An adequate level for all variables in women in the sample, the proposed intervention focusing on enhancing their skills and competencies, developing parallel knowledge to support existing ones.

Keywords : Intellectual disability; subjective well-being; self-determination; social skills; entrepreneurship.

        · abstract in Spanish     · text in Spanish     · Spanish ( pdf )