Adaptive skills of behaviorally and emotionally disturbed students

Abstract

The current research aimed to identify the adaptive skills of the behaviorally and emotionally disturbed students and whether there are statistically significant differences for the adaptive skills according to the gender variable among the behaviorally and emotionally disturbed students (the research sample).

       In order to achieve the objectives of the current research, it was necessary to rely on a tool to measure adaptive skills, so the researcher built a tool to measure adaptive skills, which includes (47) items to measure adaptive skills for people with behavioral and emotional disorders, by (14) items for the first dimension of communication, and (15) The second dimension included social skills, while the third dimension included daily life skills (independence skills) on (18) items. Formulated in the style of declarative phrases, and after verifying the psychometric properties of the research scale and its paragraphs, it was applied to the main research sample of (100) students who are behaviorally and emotionally disturbed. It also gives the researcher freedom to choose a number of each sex in a random manner commensurate with its size in the research community. The data was statistically obtained using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), and the following results emerged: The behaviorally and emotionally disturbed students do not possess adaptive skills, and there are statistically significant differences in adaptive skills according to the gender variable and in favor of males.