Research Findings

Recommended Readings

In order to provide our audience with a comprehensive set of evidence-based resources, the RES team has compiled a list of important articles within the field of Deaf and Hard of Hearing research. Each month, we will provide a summary of key findings from our featured article.

August 2013 featured article:

Lukomski, J. (2007). Deaf college students' perceptions of their social-emotional adjustment. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 12(4), 486-94. doi:10.1093/deafed/enm00

Article summary:

Social emotional adjustment is an important aspect of any students transitioning into college. This article investigates social emotional adjustment in students who are deaf and their hearing peers.. Results indicated that students who are deaf rated themselves as having higher life difficulties, but that they were better able to cope with these challenges than their hearing counterparts.  Gender also plays an important role in social emotional adjustment -- women who are deaf experience more worry than men.  This article indicates that students who are deaf experience a different and possibly more challenging social emotional adjustment period when transitioning to college as compared to their hearing peers. Click here to read full article.

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