English abstract
The study aimed to determine the relationship between the psychological resilience and social support of students with visual impairments at the Omar bin Al Khattab Institute for the Blind. The sample comprised (120) male and female students. The data were collected using two instruments: the psychological resilience of (Alsalahi, 2017; Rudwan & Alsalahi, 2018) and the social support scale (Hamri and Madani, 2016). The study showed that the level of psychological flexibility was average, whether in the whole scale or in the different dimensions of the scale. On the other hand, the level of social support ranged from medium to high. Hence the first rank was support from the mother, support from the father came second, and support from blind friends came third. Support from non-blind friends was of average value. Furthermore, there were no statistically significant differences between the female and male students regards to psychological resilience and social support. The calculation of the correlations between the two variables showed a statistically significant positive relationship between psychological resilience and social Support. As a result, the regression analysis report showed that social support, support from blind and non-blind friends, can help predict increases in mental resilience. As a result of the study, the researcher recommends paying more attention to the level of formal and informal social services for the visually impaired category in the Sultanate of Oman and encouraging further studies in this area.
