Communication Skills and Learning in Impaired Individuals

The purpose of this study is to compare the communication skills of individuals with different disabilities with athletes and sedentary people and to examine their learning abilities which influence the development of communication. A total of 159 male subjects 31 sedentary, 30 visually impaired, 27...

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Published in:Universal journal of educational research (Print) 2016-11, Vol.4 (11), p.2589-2594
Main Author: Eliöz, Murat
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Athletes
Athletics
Behavior
Cognitive Ability
Communication Skills
Correlation
Disabilities
Emotional Response
Foreign Countries
Hearing Impairments
Interviews
Kolmogorov Smirnov Two Sample Test
Late Adolescents
Life Style
Likert Scales
Males
Scores
Statistical Analysis
Turkey
Visual Impairments
Young Adults
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Summary:The purpose of this study is to compare the communication skills of individuals with different disabilities with athletes and sedentary people and to examine their learning abilities which influence the development of communication. A total of 159 male subjects 31 sedentary, 30 visually impaired, 27 hearing impaired, 40 physically impaired and 31 athletes doing individual sports (wrestling and judo)- living in Samsun and aged between 18 and 22 participated in the study voluntarily. The participants signed informed consent forms and the data were collected by the researchers through interviews with the participants. Communication skills inventory which consisted of 3 sub-dimensions of mental, emotional and behavioral and the validity and reliability of which was conducted by Ersanli and Balci (1998) was used [1]. The data were analyzed with one way variance analysis (ANOVA) test. The results of the study showed that sedentary subjects had higher scores than impaired subjects and athletes in mental, emotional and behavioral sub-dimensions. In addition, it was found that hearing impaired subjects had lower scores than the scores of other groups. As a conclusion, it can be said that as a result of the negative effects of their impairment on their learning processes, impaired individuals' communication skills learning development is hindered. In addition, considering the results of the study, we believe that habits of doing individual sports are not as effective as team sports in developing communication skills. We believe that eliminating the obstacles that weaken learning skills and developing learning skills will have positive effects on communication skills.
ISSN:2332-3205
2332-3213
DOI:10.13189/ujer.2016.041112