This article examines the concept of adjustment to the loss of sight from a cognitive viewpoint and analyzes clients’ scores on the Nottingham Adjustment Scale by means of LISREL structural modeling techniques. It presents support for a theoretical model of the self in terms of two latent factors—internal self-worth and self as agent—and discusses the relationship between the two and the implications lor intervention with cognitive therapy.
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