Psychological distress of Filipino deaf: Role of environmental vulnerabilities, self-efficacy, and perceived social support

• Main Author: Sintos, Marcella L.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2017
• Subjects: Deaf students; Hearing impaired students; Hearing impaired college students; College students with disabilities; Distress (Psychology)
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/5761
• Institution: De La Salle University

Researches on deaf mental health exemplify that deaf individuals are two to three times more vulnerable to psychological distress not because of their deafness per se, but because of their interactions in the hearing world. Throughout their lifespan, they have been exposed to several environmental v...