Hope and Social Support in Adults Who Are Legally Blind at a Training Center

Autor/inn/en	Singletary, Caitlin; Goodwyn, Mary Ann; Carter, Alice P.
Titel	Hope and Social Support in Adults Who Are Legally Blind at a Training Center
Quelle	In: Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 103 (2009) 8, S.500-504 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0145-482X
Schlagwörter	Social Support Groups; Blindness; Locus of Control; Social Indicators; Multidimensional Scaling; Family Influence; Family Relationship; Normalization (Disabilities); Daily Living Skills; Community Based Instruction (Disabilities); Predictor Variables; Louisiana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Blindheit; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Mehrdimensionale Analysis; Normalisierung; Alltagsfertigkeit; Prädiktor
Abstract	Because initial and unexamined reactions to life-changing events or permanent disabilities are often negative, sometimes even debilitating, factors that help create positive change in the affected individuals' lives need to be examined. In the study presented here, the authors examined the relationship between levels of hope and social support in a sample of legally blind individuals who were actively engaged in blindness rehabilitation training. Social support from family members, friends, and a significant other were measured to examine the relationships among length of time spent at a training center, quality of social support networks, and levels of hope. Small sample size limits the generalizability of findings in this study, and nonsignificant subgroup differences may be due to the resultant lack of statistical power. Multiple training centers would have to be accessed to provide a sufficient sample size to adequately explore these and other individual factors related to levels of hope and social support. (Contains 1 table.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10