Achievement Motivation and the Relationship to the Social Correlation of the Deaf and Hard-of-hearing Students in a Number of Rehabilitation Centers to individuals with Special Needs

Achievement Motivation and the Relationship to the Social Correlation of the Deaf and Hard-of-hearing Students in a Number of Rehabilitation Centers to individuals with Special Needs

Abstract

This study aimed to identify motivation for achievement and its relationship to the level of social correlation of deaf and hard-of-hearing children, with a sample of (50) deaf and hard-of-hearing children attending the Al Amal Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Tripoli, and the Free Pen Center in Sabratha, Libya. The study also used a number of (2) of the scales, one to measure the level of social harmony, and the other to measure achievement motivation. It used the descriptive analytical approach to achieve its goals. It also used a number of statistical methods, including the arithmetic means, the standard deviation, the relative weight, the Pearson correlation coefficient, the Alpha-Cronbach reliability coefficient, and the reliability coefficient in a method. Split-half, and the t-test. The study resulted in the presence of an average level of social correlation among the deaf and hard-of-hearing children in the study sample, and the presence of a level of motivation for achievement among them at an average level as well. If these results indicate anything, they indicate the existence of a positive direct relationship linking among the variables of this study, we note that the greater the social correlation of deaf and hard of hearing children, the greater their motivation for achievement and vice versa. The results of this study showed out statistically significant differences in the level of responses of the study sample members, attributed to the gender variable (male/female). On the social compatibility scale and the achievement motivation scale in favor of females. There were statistically significant differences in the level of responses of the study sample members, due to the degree of disability (deafness/hard of hearing) on the social compatibility scale and the achievement motivation scale in favor of the hearing impaired.

Key words: social correlation, achievement motivation, deaf, hard of hearing, special need individuals.

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