Abbas Ali Hosseinkhanzadeh; Robabeh Gholizadeh; Mahboobeh Taher; Hossein Heydari; Fatemeh Mobahseri
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The present study aimed to investigate the effect of group play therapy on improving interpersonal relationships and increasing social acceptance in students with hearing impairment. The present study is experimental of type pre-test and post-test with control group. The statistical population of this ...
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The present study aimed to investigate the effect of group play therapy on improving interpersonal relationships and increasing social acceptance in students with hearing impairment. The present study is experimental of type pre-test and post-test with control group. The statistical population of this study included all students with hearing impairment fourth, fifth and sixth grade girl students studying in the exceptional schools of Rasht city in the academic year 2015-16. The sample in this study Included 30 of these students that were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. Interventional group play therapy program for 12 sessions of 45 minutes was implemented on the experimental group, while the control group did not receive such an intervention. Both groups were evaluated in pre-test and post-test with Hudson’s (1997) Peer relationships and Ford's and Robin's (1970) social acceptance questionnaires. The t-test statistical results showed a difference the mean of the pre-test with post-test of the interpersonal relationships variable. Also, the results of covariance analysis showed that group play therapy is effective on improving interpersonal relationships and increasing social acceptance of students with hearing impaired (p<0.001). Therefore, in training students with hearing impairment, playing and play therapy should be considered as one of the main axes of rehabilitation by specialists and teachers.
Amin Hasan pour kheir abadi; Maryam Seif Naraghi; Masoud Jafari; Amir Hossein Mosavi
Volume 1, Issue 2 , July 2011, , Pages 49-72
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Objective: This study reviews and compares the relationship between different aspects of the relationship between two variables: self-determination skills and the quality of life in two groups of male students: students with and students without hearing damage of guidance schools in the academic year ...
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Objective: This study reviews and compares the relationship between different aspects of the relationship between two variables: self-determination skills and the quality of life in two groups of male students: students with and students without hearing damage of guidance schools in the academic year 88-89 in Tehran. Method: This is a correlation study. The statistical population has been all the male students with and without hearing impairment of all guidance schools of Tehran in the academic year 88-89. Accessible sampling was undertaken including 18 hearing impaired and 15 non- hearing –impaired students. The samples were matched for age, intelligence and social class. The assessment tools were: the Self Determination Scale and the Quality of Life questionnaire. The statistical analysis was done with the Fisher's Z test. Results: The results show that only the correlations between two dimensions of “having choice” and “being independent” were significantly different between the two groups. There were no significant differences in the correlations amongst other aspects of the findings. So we can conclude that self- determination relationship skills with quality of life in both groups are equal between the two groups, whereby there is no significant difference to register. Conclusion and recommendations: Based on the results of this study, it is to promote the quality of life of the students suffering from hearing impairments while the results indicate that their autonomy is not sufficient as “having choice” and “being independent” are the underlying capacities they have shown to be lacking.