Journal of Educational Sciences > Volume 25, No. 1, 2013

Irrational thoughts among visually impaired university students and its connectedness to certain variables "A Descriptive Study – Analytical" / Said Abdel rahman Mohamed, Hamada Ali Abdel Muti

The present study aimed at identifying the prevailing irrational thoughts among visually–impaired university students, and the
differences between them in light of certain variables. The sample of the study consisted of 124 visually–impaired students enrolled in the
colleges of education, arts and the preparatory year in King Saud University in 1431/1432 H. The researchers developed and used a scale of
irrational thoughts among visually–impaired university students. They also made use of the analytic descriptive method. Among the most
important results of the study were: Thoughts related to pessimism are the most prevailing among visually–impaired university students.
Students of the education college are dominated by irrational thoughts related to helplessness against others, compared to their visually–
impaired peers in the college of arts and the preparatory year. Visually–impaired university students with visually–impaired fathers are
dominated by irrational thoughts related to pessimism, isolation and social withdrawal. Illiterate mothers of visually–impaired students are
dominated by irrational thoughts related to dependence. Mothers of students with disabilities and visually impaired to those with educational
level (do not read nor write) were dominated by irrational thoughts related to reliability. Visually–impaired students in undergraduate
programs are more aware of the irrational thoughts related to difficulties, pessimism and dependence.
Key Word: External control source – pessimism – Permanent expectation of risk – social isolation and withdrawal – the degree of visual
disability – personal visually disabled – Reliability – avoid the difficulties and risks.