Psychological distress among adolescents with hearing impairment: the predictive strength of gender, degree of hearing loss, school type and parents’ communication competence
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Date
2018
Authors
Adeniyi, S.O
Raheem, A.W
Olufemi-Adeniyi, O.A
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Publisher
Belgrade School of Special Education and Rehabilitation
Abstract
Tis study investigated the predictive strength of gender (male and female),
degree of hearing loss (mild/moderate and severe/profound), school type (school
of the deaf, mainstreams with special services and inclusive school with oral
instruction) and parents communication competence (oral communication,
oral communication with sign language at home) on psychological distress of
adolescents with hearing impairment in Nigeria. A sample of 63 distressed
adolescents with hearing impairment participated in the study. Zung SelfRating Depression Scale and Kesler Psychological Distress Scale were used
for data collection. Data were analyzed using Pearson’s product moment
correlation and multiple regressions. Findings revealed that the independent
variables jointly accounted for variation in the dependent variable, while
severe/profound had the greatest relationship with psychological distress. It
is therefore imperative that the adolescents with hearing impairment should
be helped to focus on adaptive ways that could help them develop effective
interpersonal, cognitive and emotional behaviours.
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Scholarly article
Keywords
Adolescents with hearing impairment , Psychological distress , Gender and degree of hearing loss , School type
Citation
Adeniyi, S.O., Raheem, A.W., Olufemi-Adeniyi, O.A. (2018). Psychological distress among adolescents with hearing impairment: the predictive strength of gender, degree of hearing loss, school type and parents’ communication competence