Towards inclusion: the trends of psycho-social adjustment of students in Nigerian integrated junior secondary schools

AbstractThis study investigated the trends of psycho-social adjustment among the hearing-impaired, the physically-impaired, and the students without impairment in Nigeria integrated junior secondary schools. A sample of 1,295 students consisting 782 non-impaired, 97 hearing-impaired and 216 physically- impaired students were selected from twelve schools in seven Nigerian states. Majority of the students were psycho-socially adjusted and had significant relationship between their social, psychological and psycho-social adjustment with psychological adjustment relating more to psycho-social adjustment. The findings suggest insightful implications for counselling intervention programmes to enhance psychological adjustment among students with disability and social skills among those without disability