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

A 2026 mixed-methods study by Nourah Ibrahim Albash investigates psychological hardiness among deaf and hard-of-hearing female students in Saudi Arabia. Quantitative data from 69 students and qualitative interviews with 25 participants reveal a moderate overall hardiness level and identify influencing factors and enhancement strategies. The dataset includes the study's findings and analysis in a DOCX file.

Use Cases

• Analyze factors influencing psychological resilience based on identified family, societal, peer, and teacher factors
• Study coping and enhancement strategies based on described methods like faith, social support, and self-development
• Investigate the relationship between quantitative hardiness scores and qualitative interview themes

Strengths

• Mixed-methods design combines quantitative scale data from 69 participants with in-depth qualitative interviews from 25 participants
• Quantitative results include a specific mean psychological hardiness score of 2.87
• Qualitative analysis identifies four key influencing factors and five enhancement strategies

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation for the underlying quantitative data are unknown
• The dataset consists of a 16.8 KB DOCX file containing study results, not the raw structured data
• Geographic scope is limited to a single country, Saudi Arabia

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Nourah Ibrahim Albash.

Collection Method

Explanatory sequential mixed-methods research: a researcher-developed scale administered to 69 DHH female students, followed by in-depth interviews with 25 purposively selected participants.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-26.

Geography

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.