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