Quality of Life of Students with Disabilities attending Jordanian Universities
In spite of increasing number of students with disabilities in universities,there is
limited research on quality of life of these students. This study aimed to identify the
quality of life level of undergraduate students with disabilities at Jordanian
universities. The sample consisted of (147) students. A quality of life scale was
constructed,then it was validated,and then it was administrated to the sample of the
study. Results revealed that students with disabilities have a medium level of quality of
life expressed in a total score of (3.48),meanwhile,the highest mean was for religious
and spiritual domain (4.4) and the lowest mean was for cognitive / mental domain
(2.93). Results also revealed no statistically significant differences in all domains of
the scale and the total score due to disability type or severity. In addition,there are
statistically significant differences in the total score due to gender in favor of females
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