Perception of emotional well-being and interpersonal relationships in the quality of life of deaf people in the school stage

Abstract

The research analyzed the perception of emotional well-being and interpersonal relations, both dimensions related to the living conditions, and that they promote school and social inclusion to deaf people who use sign language in Argentina. This school was chosen for carrying the study because it is the greatest place for social participation in childhood and adolescence; and the area where the subjects are and interact with their peers.

This work was based on the anthropological and bilingual education model that favors the development of the emotional well-being, stimulating the establishment of positive interpersonal relations. Two scales were applied, one of self-esteem and the other one of evaluation of social skills, applying the sign language to implement them. Regarding the established objective, from the obtained answers in the application of self-esteem scale, it was demonstrated that, mainly, the participants seem to be with a positive esteem because they feel satisfed of themselves, feeling useful and worthy people. At the same time, the assessed behaviors allowed us to infer that the subjects have been able to get interpersonal communication with one another, establishing friendship relations or connections with peers though they seem to show difficulties regarding problem-solving skills. In means of the area of social skills, deaf people who are not oralized face the obstacles that the majority of people face in their daily environment, do not manage or have not developed of sign language in Argentina.

Conocimiento Educactivo, Vol. 4, 2017: 95-100