RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMPOWERMENT AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES OF SOCIAL AND LEGAL STUDIES DEGREES

Knowledge about the influence of empowerment on academic performance in the students with disabilities is essential to the educational success of this group. The aim of this study was to determine the level of empowerment and its influence on academic performance among college students with and without disabilities of social and legal studies degrees. The sample consisted of 240 students, (200 of them non-disabled and with disabled 33). They said the Spanish version adapted Scale Rogers, Chamberlin, Ellison and Crean (1997), designed to measure this capacity. The scale consists of a total of 28 items, with Likert-type response of 4 points (0 = strongly disagree, 3 = strongly agree). The results show positive relationship in the academic achievement and empowerment. Also, statistically significant differences were found in the empowerment observed less empowerment in students with intellectual, hearing impairment and multiple disabilities, with a higher level of this ability. The results show the importance of enhancing empowerment in young students with disabilities to ensure that they have the skills needed for an appropriate adjustment and academic success.