مستوى معرفة المجتمع الأردني باضطراب طيف التوحد في ضوء بعض المتغيرات

الملخص EN

This study aimed to identify the level of Jordanian society's knowledge of autism spectrum disorder in view of some variables.

to achieve the aims and objectives of the study, the descriptive analytical curriculum was used, and the study community consisted of all Jordanian societies in 2021.

the study sample consisted of (550) individuals from the Jordanian community, who were chosen randomly.

the percentage of the sample working in the educational sector was 38.5%, while the percentage of the sample working in the non-educational sector did not exceed 22.2% of the sample, and a total of 26.5% of the sample members had a person with autism spectrum disorder in the family or the vicinity of friends.

the researcher prepared questionnaireas a study tool.

was about "society's knowledge of the Jordanian society about autism spectrum disorder" and the final form of this questionnaire consisted of 35 paragraphs, the paragraphs were divided into four sub- dimensions (causes, characteristics, therapeutic interventions, and social rights).and a question about the Jordanian society's opinion of the Jordanian media's practice of spreading awareness of autism spectrum disorder.in addition to the demographic characteristics of the sample (gender, nature of work, the presence of a person with autism spectrum disorder in the family or surrounding friends).

the tool of study was applied via google drive, and appropriate of validity and reliability were extracted appropriate for the purposes of the current study.

the results of the study indicated that the degree of knowledge of the Jordanian community about autism spectrum disorder was medium, where the dimension of the characteristics came first, followed by the dimension of the treatment interventions, while the dimension of the causes was ranked last.

the results indicated that there were no statistically significant differences at the level of significance.

(a 0.05) due to the sex variable in the dimensions (causes, treatment interventions, and social rights) and the tool as a whole scale, but differences appeared in the characteristics dimension in favor of females.

the results also indicated that there were no statistically significant differences at the level of significance (a 0.05) due to the variable of the nature of work in the dimension of the therapeutic interventions, but the differences appeared in the dimensions (causes, characteristics, social rights) and the tool as a whole in favor of (i work in an educational sector).

the results also indicated that there are statistically significant differences at the level of significance (a 0.05) due to a variable (the presence of a person with autism spectrum disorder in the family or surroundings of friends) in the dimension of characteristics in favor of (there is a person with autism spectrum disorder in the family or surroundings of friends).

the differences did not appear in the rest of the dimensions (causes, therapeutic interventions, and social rights) and the tool as a whole according to the variable (presence of a person with autism spectrum disorder in the family or surroundings of friends) in favor of (there is a person with autism spectrum disorder in the family or surroundings of friends).

the results also showed that the majority of respondents and their percentage (60.5%) do not believe that the Jordanian media plays its role in educating society about autism spectrum disorder, while the percentage of those who believe that is (39.5%).

the researcher recommended that the ministry of education include the topic of disability in general and autism spectrum disorder in particular in the school curricula.

the researcher also recommended activating the role of the media in spreading health awareness more a various platform, including television and social media.