Abstract
The Extent to which Psychological Loneliness and Social Withdrawal Predict Social Phobia Disorder among a Sample of Hearing-Impaired Adolescents
Author(s): Mohammad Al-Bawaleez*This study aimed at identifying the level of social phobia, psychological loneliness and social withdrawal as well as identifying the extent to which psychological loneliness and social withdrawal predict social phobia disorder among a sample of hearing-impaired adolescents. The study sample consisted of (142) hearing- impaired adolescents who were chosen using the convenience sample. In order to achieve the study objectives, the researcher developed three scales; the scale of social phobia, the scale of psychological loneliness, and the scale of social withdrawal.
The results showed that the level of social phobia, psychological loneliness and social withdrawal was medium. The results revealed that predictive model for the independent variable (the predicting: psychological loneliness and the predicted variable: social phobia) was statistically significant at (α ≤ 0.05), accounting for (54%) of total variance in the predictive model related to the predicted variable (social phobia). The results revealed that predictive model for the independent variable (the predicting: social withdrawal and the predicted variable: social phobia) was statistically significant at (α ≤ 0.05), accounting for (10%) of total variance in the predictive model related to the predicted variable (social phobia). The results revealed that predictive model for the independent variables (the predicting: psychological loneliness and social withdrawal) was statistically significant at (α ≤ 0.05), accounting for (64%) of total variance in the predictive model related to the predicted variable (social phobia).