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Abstract

Investigation of adolescents's self-perception, anger expression styles and empathy ability degrees, according to being hearing-impaired conditionsPurpose: It is extremely important to evaluate the self-perceptions, anger expression styles, and empathic skill levels of both hearingimpaired and non-hearing-impaired adolescents in order to support adolescents' coping with psychosocial changes in adolescence, and also to evaluate the social adaptation of adolescents in case of disability. In this study was aimed to examine adolescents's selfperceptions, anger expression styles and empathic skill levels according to being hearing impaired.Methods: Matched case control study was with carried out with 552 students between 9 and 18 ages in 5 schools from located in a city center in the Aegean Region, between April-June 2016. In the study; hearing impaired adolescents were composed the Case group (n=138) and the non-hearing impaired adolescents corrected according to some parameters were composed the Control group (n=414) (1 case to 3 controls). Results:The average age of the all adolescents in the study was 14,46 and %73,2 were girls.As a result of the analyses: It has been determined that the hearing impaired adolescents compared to the adolescents without hearing impairment participating in the study have lower self-esteem, express their anger more, and have lower anger control, trait anger, and empathy skills. Conclusion:It is thought that the result of the research will contribute to more effective education and care for pediatric nurses and all health professionals who are interested in the self-perceptions, anger expression styles and empathic skills of adolescents according to their hearing impairment and who provide health care to children and adolescents with disabilities.