A comparison of self-esteem and happiness among the deaf students of inclusive schools and special schools

The aim of this study was to compare the self-esteem and happiness among the deaf students of inclusive and special schools. It is a casual-comparative study. The statistical society of the study includes all the deaf junior high school students in inclusive and special schools in 2012-2013. The subjects of the study were 25 deaf students in inclusive schools and 25 deaf students in special schools، chosen by using simple random sampling method. The instruments used in the study، were the Coppersmith Self-esteem questionnaire and Oxford Happiness questionnaire. The results showed that there is no significant difference in variables of self-esteem among deaf students of inclusive schools and special schools but in the variables of happiness، the results showed that there is a meaning difference among the deaf students of inclusive schools and special schools; it means، the happiness level of the students in special schools were more than of the students in inclusive schools. The findings could have important contributions to the advancement of targeting in the Ministry of Education.