Acceptance of disability, attitudes toward disability, and coping in adolescents with visual impairments : A cross-lagged study

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE: This study aims to understand the reciprocal relationships among acceptance of disability, attitudes toward disability, and coping among Chinese adolescents with visual impairments.

RESEARCH DESIGN: Adolescents with visual impairments (NT1 = 311, NT2 = 170) from four Chinese special education schools completed three questionnaires twice over 1 year. Cross-lagged panel modeling was carried out to analyze the questionnaire data.

RESULTS: The findings revealed that attitudes toward disability and self-directed coping at Time 1 (T1) positively predicted acceptance of disability at Time 2 (T2). Self-directed coping at T1 positively predicted attitudes toward disability at T2, and attitudes toward disability at T1 negatively predicted relinquished-control coping at T2.

CONCLUSION/IMPLICATIONS: Visually impaired adolescents' attitudes toward disability and coping serve as antecedents of their acceptance of disability. There is a positive reciprocal relationship between coping and attitudes toward disability. Psychological interventions aimed at optimizing psychosocial adjustment among students with visual impairments may benefit from targeting coping strategies and attitudes toward disability. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Rehabilitation psychology - (2024) vom: 11. Apr.

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yuan, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Ping [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Li-Fang [VerfasserIn]
Xie, Zhengli [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 11.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1037/rep0000559

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NLM370921399