The Level of Psychological Alienation and its Relationship to Some Demographic Variables among the Hearing – Impaired in Jordan

Abstract

The study aimed at identifying the level of psychological alienation and its relationship with some demographic variables among the hearing– impaired in Jordan. The study sample consisted of (80) students from the Holy Land Institute for the Deaf allocated at (50) males and (30) females. The researcher developed a tool to measure the psychological alienation and verify the psychometric features of the tool.
The study results pointed out that the level of psychological alienation among the hearing – impaired was at medium level. The results also revealed the absence of statistically significant differences in the level of psychological alienation between the hearing – impaired males and females. The study also showed the presence of statistically significant differences in the psychological alienation level according to the variables of type of residence and the intensity of impairment where the differences were in favor of the deaf students. Based on the results, the researcher recommends the necessity of holding training and guiding programs to reduce the level of psychological alienation among the hearing – impaired in Jordan.