The Occupational Interests and Its Relation to Psychological Stability among 10th Grade Students with Physical and Hearing Disabilities in Syrian Refugee Camps Schools in Jordan

Abstract

The purpose of the current study is twofold. First, to determine the occupational interests among tenth-grade students with physical and hearing disabilities in the schools of Syrian refugee camps in Jordan. Second, to explore the relationship between students’ occupational interests and their psychological stability. The study was guided by the descriptive correlational method. A convenience sampling technique was adopted to collect data from the participants. It resulted in a sample encompassed a total of 340 male and female students with physical and hearing disabilities. The sample was chosen from schools in the second semester of the academic year 2018/2019. Data was gathered by applying both occupational interests and psychological stability scales. The results pointed out that the levels of occupational interests and psychical stability among the surveyed students were moderate. Moreover, the results revealed that there were statistically significant differences (α=0.05) in students’ occupational interests; i.e., field interests, artistry interests, social and service interests, as well as writing and literary interests that attributed to the disability type. Furthermore, the results acknowledged that there were statistically significant differences (α=0.05) in students’ health-psychological domain due to gender, in addition to statistically significant differences (α=0.05) in all domains of psychological stability, in terms of the student’s living conditions, in favor of students who live in two-parent families. On top of that, the relationship between students’ occupational interests and their psychological stability was weak. In light of these results, the researcher calls for further studies on occupational interests and psychological stability using similar research population, its relations with other variables, developing vocational and rehabilitation programs for students with disabilities in Syrian refugee camps in Jordan.

Keywords: Occupational Interests, Students with Physical and Hearing Disabilities, Psychological Stability, Camps Schools, Syrian Refugees, Refugees camps, Refugees schools

DOI: 10.7176/JLPG/114-07

Publication date:October 31^st 2021