Sustained Visual Attention and the Schizophrenic Personality Pattern Among Students with Hearing Disabilities and hearing Students at King Saud University
The aim of the current study was to investigate the difference between hearing students of King Saud University and their counterparts with hearing disabilities in sustained visual attention. It also aims to investigate whether there was a difference between hearing students and those with hearing disabilities in the schizophrenic personality pattern and to what extent the Schizophrenic Personality Pattern could affect sustained visual attention. The study sample consisted of 43 participants from hearing students and 18 from students with hearing disabilities. The current study used the Sustained Attention to Response Task (SART) to measure sustained visual attention, providing three indicators: the starting errors index, the stopping errors index, and the sum errors index. Also, the current study used the positive and negative schizotypal scale to measure the schizophrenic personality pattern. The results showed a statistically significant difference between hearing students and those with hearing disabilities on the index of starting errors of SART in favor of normal students. However, no statistically significant difference between normal students was detected on the index of stopping errors or the sum errors index. Additionally, the results showed a statistically significant difference between normal students and those with hearing disabilities in the schizophrenic personality pattern, as students with hearing disabilities had higher scores on the scale compared to normal students. As it turns out the difference between normal students and those with hearing disabilities on the SART index of starting errors remained statistically significant even after adjusting for the schizoid personality pattern.
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The aim of the current study was to investigate the difference between hearing students of King Saud University and their counterparts with hearing disabilities in sustained visual attention.
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