On the Relationship Between the Social Support of Senior High School Deaf Students and the Coping Styles

This study,by using questionnaires,aims to probe into the social support of senior high school deaf students and their coping styles,as well as the relationship between the social support and their coping styles.The results show the following: the deaf students score significantly lower on objective and subjective supports than the healthy students,but there is no significant difference in the utilization of the supports;the deaf students show no significant difference in positive coping styles,but they score significantly higher on negative coping styles than the healthy students;social support can be used to significantly predict the coping styles of both the deaf students and the healthy students.