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The Role of Body Image and Self-Concept in Predicting Psychological Disorders among Blind and Deaf Students
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Abstract
Objective: This study aimed to investigate the role of body image and self-concept in predicting psychological disorders among blind and deaf students. Method: The study population of this causal-comparative study consisted of all blind and deaf students enrolled in secondary schools in Tehran, Iran, in the second half of 2013. One-hundred students (50 blind and 50 deaf) were selected by multistage random cluster sampling and completed questionnaires on body image and self-concept in addition to Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-21). Results were analyzed using Pearson correlation and multivariate regression. Results: Results revealed that the two groups significantly differed in terms of mental health components, including depression, anxiety, and stress, together with body image and self-concept (p£0.05), with depression, anxiety, and stress being higher in blind students. Based on the results, the model significantly predicted psychological disorders from body image and self-concept in blind and deaf students (p£0/05), and 0.33 and 0.45 of the total variance of psychological disorders in blind and deaf students, respectively, were explained by body image and self-concept. Conclusion: This study has implications for the use of body image and self-concept-based interventions to promote mental health in blind and deaf individuals.
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| Keywords: Body image, Self-concept, Psychological disorders, Blind, Deaf |
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Type of Study: Research |
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Received: 2017/11/7 | Accepted: 2017/11/7 | Published: 2017/11/7
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