Body image and its relationship to some social skills among a sample of Damascus University students with physical disabilities, according to the influence of some variables.

Abstract

The current research aims to identify the nature of the relationship between body image and certain social skills among a sample of Damascus University students with physical disabilities. The sample size was [missing information].Research sample/40/ at a rate of /25/MalesW/15/females.The number of students reachedSecond/20/And the third/15/And the fourth year/5/.andResults:Both body image and social skills appeared at an average level. There was no statistically significant correlation between the research sample's scores on the body image scale and their scores on the social skills scale, except for an inverse relationship between the two dimensions.(Cognitive)Body image and spatial awareness (control) are among the social skills.There are no statistically significant differences at the significance level (0.05) betweenAverage gradesUniversity students with physical disabilities on the body image scale according to the variable(sex),There are no statistically significant differences at the significance level (0.05) betweenAverage gradesUniversity students with physical disabilities on a social skills scale according to variables(sex), There are no differences among the research sample in body image according to the academic year variable in the two dimensions (emotional - behavioral), while differences were observed in (cognitive - total score) in favor of the third year. There are no differences among the research sample in social skills according to the academic year variable in the dimensions (reaching - control - support), while a difference was observed in (total score) of social skills in favor of the second year.