Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Farhad Ghadiri Sourman Abadi ¹
• karim abdolmohamadi ²
• Asgar Alimohamadi ³

¹ PhD in Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran

² Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran

³ Assistant Professor, Psychology and Education of Exceptional Children, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

The study was aimed to compare social isolation and psychological well-being in students with specific learning disabilities and normal. The current research was descriptive and the causal-comparative type of research. The statistical population of the present study included all students with learning disabilities and normal students of Urmia city in the academic year of 2022-2023. A sample of 34 people (17 students with Specific learning disabilities and 17 normal students) were selected for each group using targeted sampling. The group of students with learning disabilities was diagnosed by the teacher and by a specialist in psychology and education of children with special needs. Social Isolation Assessment Questionnaire of Asher et al., (1984) and Sterling's Children's Well-Being Questionnaire were used to collect data. Analysis of covariance test was used to analyze the data. The results of the research showed that there is a significant difference between the social isolation and mental well-being of students with specific learning disabilities and normal students (P<0.05). Therefore, it can be said that students with specific learning disabilities need to receive effective interventions to improve social isolation and well-being.

Keywords

• social isolation
• psychological well-being
• students
• specific learning disability