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Guardians' Attitudes Toward Children With Hearing Impairments |
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| รหัสดีโอไอ | |
| Creator | Sumalee Dechongkit |
| Title | Guardians' Attitudes Toward Children With Hearing Impairments |
| Contributor | Jeamjai Jeeraumporn, Parichat Kunadhamraks, Ponjit Jithavech, Jutamas Hunyor |
| Publisher | Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University |
| Publication Year | 2561 |
| Journal Title | Ramathibodi Medical Journal |
| Journal Vol. | 41 |
| Journal No. | 1 |
| Page no. | 74-81 |
| Keyword | Attitude, Hearing impairments, Guardian |
| URL Website | https://www.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/ramajournal |
| Website title | Ramathibodi Medical Journal |
| ISSN | 0125-3611 |
| Abstract | Background: The attitudes of guardians have a significant impact on the social, emotional, and psychological development of children with disabilities. Guardians' negative attitudes toward children with hearing impairments may affect the ways of nurturing their children.Objective: To determine the attitudes of guardians toward their children with hearing impairments. The guardians' attitudes were determined by using a Thai language questionnaire regarding their attitudes towards people with disabilities, which was composed of 30 items with a total score of 180. Higher scores reflected more positive attitudes.Methods: The questionnaires were distributed to 47 guardians. Forty-two questionnaires were completed for analysis.Results: The attitude scores ranged from 54 to 118 with a mean of 89.38 and a standard deviation of 16.46. There was a relationship between their attitudes and a set of 5 characteristics of guardians which were age, educational level, income, degree of contact, and knowledge about hearing loss by using multiple regressions. Thirty-five percent of the variance of guardian attitudes was accounted for by a linear combination of the five guardian characteristic variables. The educational level of guardians was found to have a positive relationship with attitudes of guardians.Conclusions: The mean score of guardian attitudes was 89.38. Among the 5 guardian characteristic variables, the education level was positively correlated to guardian attitudes. |
