Open AccessBehavioral Problems among Visually Impaired Children Studying at Special School for Blindness
Author(s) -
Amany Anter Mohamed,
Aml S. A. Abdelrahem,
Sanaa Ahmed
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
evidence - based nursing research /evidence - based nursing research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2636-400X
pISSN - 2636-3992
DOI - 10.47104/ebnrojs3.v1i2.49
Subject(s) - cbcl , psychology , visually impaired , visual impairment , checklist , clinical psychology , child behavior checklist , blindness , developmental psychology , psychiatry , medicine , optometry , cognitive psychology
Background: Visual impairment and blindness are significant ophthalmic disorders around the world. Behavioral problems in visually impaired children considered as one of the most serious health problems.
Aim: The study aimed to assess behavioral problems among visually impaired children studying at a special school for blindness and assess the association between behavioral problems scores and selected demographic variables of studied children.
Methods: The research design adopted for this study was descriptive correlational design. Sample: A purposive sample composed of one hundred and one (101) parents of children with visual impairment. Setting: The children studying at El Nour School for blindness in Minia city. Tools: The data were collected using the parents' interview questionnaire and Child Behavior Checklist/4-18 (CBCL/4-18).
Results: Withdrawn syndrome represented the highest clinical level among the studied children, followed by clinical aggressive behavior. Also, less than a fifth of them had clinical internalizing problems, and 17.8% of them had clinical externalizing problems. A highly statistically significant correlation revealed between the score of total behavior syndromes and age of studied children.
Conclusion: Visually impaired children had problems in the total social competence score and all its subscales. About one-third of them had borderline and clinical problems regarding total score of behavioral syndromes. Also, internalized and externalized problems had reported. The study recommended further intervention studies are necessary, which include parents' class about behavioral problems of visually impaired children and methods to limit its effect on children life.