EVALUATION
OF THE FACTORS AND COMPONENTS OF
SOCIETAL
INTEGRATION OF ADULTS WITH CONGENITAL
PHYSICAL
DISABILITIES
R.
Peled, O. Hetzroni
Most existing
research examining characteristics of adults with
disabilities and
their integration into society reflects perspectives of
caretakers and
professionals but does not examine the perception
from their own
perspective (O'Brien 2007; Christ 2008). This study
investigated
integration into the community from the unique
perspective of
adults with physical disabilities, thus, constructing an
integration model
including factors and components relating to quality
of life and
integration. A mixed research method was used including
personal and group
interviews and questionnaires filled out by over
124 adults with
congenital physical disabilities. Results demonstrate
that school type,
army service and education were found to be related
integration level.
Type of residence was found to be related to
independence, while
residence and education were found to be
related to quality
of life and self capability. No relationship was found
between employment,
integration, and quality of life. These results do
not support
previous studies and the interview reports of this study.
(Magill-Evans,
Galambos, Darrah and Nickerson, 2008).Results also
demonstrate
differences between objective and subjective physical
indexes, whereas
the objective index was found to be related to active
participation and
feeling of independence, and the subjective index
relates to parental
relationship, personality characteristics, type of
schooling, and
social integration. . . Parental relations and personality
characteristics
were found to contribute significantly to integration and
to quality of life,
specifically in areas of relationships, independence
and education. The
lecture will present research findings, their
significance and
the constructed model.
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