Psychological profiles of elementary teachers in exceptional schools, in comparison with those of elementary teachers in ordinary schools

The present study was conducted in order to compare psychological profiles of elementary classrooms teachers in exceptional schools with those of elementary classroom teachers in ordinary schools. For this purpose, 120 teachers selected. The research tools used in the study was 71 question, short kind of MMPI. The results indicated that, these two groups didnʹt have significant differences with each other in validity scales, but the same two groups, had significant differences in clinical scales. The level of difference between female and male teachers of exceptional schools in Pa, D kind of clinical scales was (P < 0/05), and ( P < 0/01) in Pd, Pt scales, in other words, the level of disorders such as: depression, paranoia, mental weakness and anti-social behaviors in male teachers of exceptional schools, was higher than that of female teachers.