Accumulation of Unfavorable Biopsychological and Sociocultural Factors in the Course of the Demoralization Process a Minor with a Sensory Hearing Impairment

Abstract

Introduction: The reality is full of new phenomena, and the existing ones are transformed. An example is the phenomenon of social maladjustment. There is an increase in the number of criminal acts and acts proving demoralization committed by children and adolescents. The situation forces us to take radical measures, preceded by an in-depth analysis of the mechanisms and causes of the problem. The analysis shows the diversification of the demoralization phenomenon and, most often, the accumulation of risk factors for the emergence of the problem of social maladjustment, with the scarcity of the so-called protective factors. People with disabilities are in a particularly disadvantaged situation, often with a low degree of adaptation, exposed to unfavorable social situations. The greater the danger, the less favorable the environmental conditions - family and lack of support.

Research Aim: The aim of the research is to get to know the situation of a boy experiencing hearing impairment and manifesting a particularly intense, relatively permanent form of social maladjustment and the determinants of this situation. The diagnosis will be used to develop a proposal of actions supporting the improvement of the juvenile's functioning.

Method: The research is qualitative research using the case-by-case method. The technique of interview, obserwation technique and document analysis was used. The data was obtained through the use of an interview questionnaire, observation sweet and analysis of  OZSS opinions.

Results: The results of the diagnosis indicate numerous and varied determinants of the demoralization of a young person with hearing impairment. Impaired efficiency causes limitations in functioning, exposes them to a low degree of adaptation, and in the case of an unfavorable family situation and the lack of adequate support, it led to social maladjustment.

Conclusion: The analysis of the juvenile's situation is the basis for drawing conclusions about the need to undertake decisive actions of a social rehabilitation, revalidation and preventive nature. Comprehensive actions are able to change the functioning of a person whose biography contains unfavorable factors.