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| Title: | THE CONSEQUENCE OF DEAFNESS ON THE PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF DEAF STUDENTS WITH REFERENCE TO ALPHA SPECIAL SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF IN ADDIS ABABA. |
| Authors: | MOGES, ABEY |
| Advisors: | professor Tirussew Teferra |
| Keywords: | Deafness
Psychosocial Development
Prelingual deafness
Postlingual deafness |
| Copyright: | 2003 |
| Date Added: | 27-May-2008 |
| Publisher: | Addis Ababa University |
| Abstract: | This study attempts to investigate the consequence deafness has on the psychosocial development of
deaf students with particular reference to Alpha Special School for the Deaf. Qualitative and
quantitative study design was used to investigate and explore the psychosocial problems faced by the
deaf students with their social interactions with their family members hearing peers and teachers and
hearing people in their respective communities the empirical data was based mainly on questionnaires
and interviews. Using purposive sampling technique as out 52 deaf students for the questionnaire and
using available sampling technique 6 parents and 7 teachers for the interview well selected from
grades 7 and 8 of the selected school. Some case records of the sampled deaf students were used as a
supplement and complement to the other methods. Pretest of the instruments was conducted in
Mekanisa special school for the Deaf before the actual study. The study was conducted at Alpha
special school for the Deaf in Addis Ababa.
The findings of the study show that deaf students have encountered social and psychological problems
at different social contexts. Among the major social problems deaf students in this study faced are
peoples negative attitude towards them, societies’ unawareness of the potentials of the deaf students,
little or no participation in social gatherings and mistreatment by the hearing people. Deaf students of
this study also faced such psychological problems as feeling of inadequacy, inferiority, shame, and
rejection. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1246 |
| Appears in: | Thesis - Educational Psychology
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