This book is the outcome of a very remarkable probe into the aspects of hearing impaired individuals and homosexuality which culminating their own emotional and social totality.
Dr. Nisha T S has made an extensive study of psychosocial aspects of homosexuality with hearing impairment. Hearing impaired individuals due to their impairments, like effeminacy, might lead to early alienation from same sex peers among boys which develop into homosexual attraction during the hormonal onrush of puberty.
The researcher has conducted an in depth exploration revealing the aspects of homosexuality among hearing impaired. Being the first research in this area done in Kerala context, incorporating relevant data from representative categories of individuals, this book is an authoritative document with potential to enlighten the researchers and community in general. The researcher a lovable, gentle and experienced person has impressed me by her perseverance and good manners.
Chapter 1: Introduction
• Hearing Impairment
• Homosexuality
• Homosexuality in India
• Differently abled and homosexuality
• Objectives of the Study
• Hypothesis of the study
• Operational definitions
• Method in brief
Chapter 2: Review of Literature
• Homosexuality and hearing impairment
• Family and homosexuality
• Chapter 3: Method
• Introduction
• Method adopted
• Variables of the study
• Population
• Sample and sampling techniques
• Instruments
• Summary
Chapter 4: Analysis and Interpretation
• Descriptive statistics of family environment of homosexuals with hearing impairment.
• Family environment of homosexuals with hearing impairment with respect to selected socio-personal variables.
• Chapter 5: Summary
• Introduction
• The study in retrospect
• Objectives of the study
• Hypothesis of the study
• Method in brief
• Major findings
• Conclusion
• Implications of the study
• Suggestions
• Limitations of the study
Bibliography
Appendices
Dr. Nisha T S
Dr. Nisha T S had done her M.Sc. in health and behavioural sciences, M.Phil. and PhD in special education from Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam. She worked with homosexual projects for few years and this experience had considerable influence in selecting the subject. The author with this exposure developed familiarity with the field area.
Subject Covers:-
• Hypothesis of the study.
• Differently abled and homosexuality.
• Homosexuality in India.
• Homosexuality in India.
• Family and homosexuality.
• Family and homosexuality.
• Population.
• Family environment of homosexuals with hearing impairment with respect to selected socio-personal variables.
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