在美国人中接受和肯定残疾. 具有学习障碍和多动症的成年人
Mercedes A Zapata1, Frank C Worrell1
1University of California, Berkeley, USA.
Journal of learning disabilities
|July 25, 2023
概括
包括接受和肯定在内的残疾身份影响了学习障碍 (LD) 和/或注意力缺陷/多动症障碍 (ADHD) 的成年人的心理健康和生活满意度. 这些态度对于理解这些人群中的心理社会功能至关重要.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 神经发育障碍 神经发育障碍
- 关于残疾人的研究.
背景情况:
- 个人残疾身份影响身体残疾的成年人的心理社会功能.
- 关于学习障碍 (LD) 和注意力缺陷/多动症障碍 (ADHD) 的成年人的残疾身份存在有限的研究.
研究的目的:
- 在LD和/或ADHD的成年人中检查个人残疾身份,特别是残疾接受和肯定.
- 评估残疾身份分数与焦虑,抑郁,生活满意度和自我效能等心理社会结果之间的关联.
主要方法:
- 用因子分析来验证残疾接受和肯定尺度.
- 这项研究包括大量的成年人样本,其中包括只有LD,只有ADHD和并发性LD和ADHD.
- 回归分析探讨了残疾身份和心理社会变量之间的预测关系.
主要成果:
- 已验证的4项残疾接受度和3项残疾肯定度,用于LD和ADHD群体.
- 残疾肯定显著预测了LD或ADHD的成年人的生活满意度.
- 接受残疾是一般自我有效性的重要预测因素.
结论:
- 对于患有LD和ADHD的成年人来说,残疾身份态度在临床和学术上都很重要.
- 在残疾身份研究中,患有并发性LD和ADHD的成年人可能需要特别注意.
- 了解残疾身份可以为改善心理社会功能提供干预信息.
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