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Abstract
The present research aims to compare social
skills, life satisfaction, and the locus of control in students with hearing
impairment, students with visual impairment, and normal students at middle
school and high school levels of Ahvaz city. A Sample of 129 people, including
50 students with hearing impairment, 28 students with visual impairment, 51
normal students participated in this study and filled out social skills, life
satisfaction, and the locus of control questionnaires. This was a
causal–comparative research, and multivariate analysis of variance was used to
test the hypotheses. The results indicated that there was a significant
difference between the three groups (P>0.001). There was a significant
difference in the variables of social skills and locus of control, resulting in
better social skills and higher Locus of Control in normal individuals compared
to those with hearing impairment and vision impairment. Through investigating
the results, this finding was obtained that the difference in the social skills
of students with hearing impairment and vision impairment was significant,
being in favor of the group with vision impairment As for the locus of control,
when comparing the normal group and the group with hearing impairment, the
results indicated a significant difference in external locus of control in
favor of group with hearing impairment, but no significant difference was
observed in the variable of life satisfaction among the three groups. The paper
discusses the application of these findings
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