Bullying victimization at school is an important concern in terms
of social and mental health, particularly, for hearing impairment adolescent students
who may be more vulnerable than hearing peers. Aim of the study was to evaluate
effect of nursing intervention for hearing impairment adolescent students regarding
bullying. Design: A quasi-experimental design was used. Setting: The current study
was conducted at Al-Amal School for Mute and Deafness students at Benha City.
Subjects: Purposive sample was used in this study, it includes 107 students, all of them
were chosen from the mentioned setting. Tools of data collection: Five tools were
used. I- A structured interviewing questionnaire; consisted of 2 parts to assess: 1)
Demographic characteristics of hearing impairment adolescent students. 2)
Questionnaire to assess student’s previous exposure to bullying II- knowledge of
hearing impairment adolescent students regarding bullying. III- opinions about deaf
community. IV- Self-esteem scale. V- Adolescent Bullying scale. Results: This study
showed;20.5% of studied students have poor knowledge pre intervention decreases
to 1.8% post intervention, while 12.3% of studied students have good knowledge pre
intervention increases to 84.1% post intervention. 78.5% of studied students with low
self-esteem pre intervention decreases to 19.6% post intervention. While14% of
studied students with high self-esteem pre intervention increases to 85.9% post
intervention.56.8% of studied students with negative opinion about deaf community
pre intervention decreases to 22.4% post intervention. While 44.2% of studied
students with positive opinion about deaf community pre intervention increases to
77.96% post intervention |
