Psychological Hardiness Among Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Female Students in Saudi Arabia

Supplementary research data from a mixed-methods study of psychological hardiness among 69 deaf and hard-of-hearing female students in Saudi Arabia. Quantitative survey data and qualitative interview data from 25 participants were collected and analyzed by researcher Nourah Ibrahim Albash. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-26.

Use Cases

• Analyzing factors influencing psychological resilience based on identified themes of family, society, peers, and teachers.
• Studying self-reported enhancement strategies for hardiness, such as faith, social support, and emotional regulation.
• Developing supportive interventions for deaf and hard-of-hearing students based on the contextual factors described.

Strengths

• Includes both quantitative (69 participants) and qualitative (25 participants) data from a specific, understudied population.
• Provides a mean psychological hardiness score of 2.87 from the quantitative analysis.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Dataset is very small (21.2 KB), indicating limited scope and scale.
• Column-level documentation and sample data are unavailable, requiring manual inspection after download.
• Data is specific to a single demographic (female DHH students in Saudi Arabia), limiting generalizability.

Provenance

Source

Nourah Ibrahim Albash via figshare.

Collection Method

Explanatory sequential mixed-methods design: a researcher-developed scale followed by in-depth individual interviews.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-26 04:38:59; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.