Subjective Health and Life Satisfaction in Young Adults with a Physical Disability

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Subjective Health and Life Satisfaction in Young Adults with a Physical Disability

Original language description

This paper presents the results of a study that investigated connection between them. Research compared subjective health and life satisfaction between young adults with physical disability of lower extremities and intact population. There were 55 respondents in each research sample. Quantitative design had been chosen using two self-assessment scales: 12-item version of WHODAS 2.0 (WHO Disability Assessment Schedule) and SWLS (Satisfaction with Life Scale). The first had been translated into Czech language for the purposes of the research and is now freely available. Statistical analysis involving both causal-comparative and correlation testing had been used to determine the existence and the character of the relationship between subjective health and life satisfaction and the impacting factors and to identify the differences between the two groups. The results show that there is a causal relationship between life satisfaction and subjective health in both groups, while it seems to be stronger in the group of people with physical disability. It seems that in people with a physical disability when compared to intact population the degree of life satisfaction is influenced by subjective perception of health in greater measure. However, although in people with a physical disability the impact of subjective perception of health on their life satisfaction is substantial, subjective health is not as tightly linked with objective state of health. This means that even in situations when their medical condition and functional impairment may not be significantly improved it is meaningful to attempt to improve subjective perception of health. This may be achievable by interventions aimed at factors impacting subjective perception of health. More research, especially of qualitative or mixed design, is needed, however, to determine the key factors of subjective health in people with a physical disability.

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

AM - Pedagogy and education

OECD FORD branch

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

ICLEL 16 Conference Proceeding Book

ISBN

978-605-66495-1-6

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Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

468-477

Publisher name

ICLEL COnferences

Place of publication

Sakarya

Event location

Liepaja, Latvia

Event date

Jul 21, 2016

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

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