TY - JOUR
T1 - Perceived social support, psychological adjustment, and functional ability in youths with physical disabilities
AU - Wilson, Sylia
AU - Washington, Lindsay A.
AU - Engel, Joyce M.
AU - Ciol, Marcia A.
AU - Jensen, Mark P.
PY - 2006/11/1
Y1 - 2006/11/1
N2 - Objective: To examine the relationship between perceived social support and psychological adjustment and functional ability in youths with physical disabilities. Participants: Thirty-seven youths with neuromuscular disease and 33 with spina bifida. Measures: Demographic and disability-related questions, Child Health Questionnaire, Functional Disability Inventory, and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support. Results: Social support from family, but not from friends, was significantly associated with better psychological adjustment. Significant interactions emerged between family support and age, as well as between friend support and gross motor functioning, in the prediction of functional ability. Conclusions: Social support appears to play an important role in psychological adjustment and functional ability in this population, and the nature of this role may be moderated, to some extent, by age and gross motor functioning. Future research and clinical implications are discussed.
AB - Objective: To examine the relationship between perceived social support and psychological adjustment and functional ability in youths with physical disabilities. Participants: Thirty-seven youths with neuromuscular disease and 33 with spina bifida. Measures: Demographic and disability-related questions, Child Health Questionnaire, Functional Disability Inventory, and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support. Results: Social support from family, but not from friends, was significantly associated with better psychological adjustment. Significant interactions emerged between family support and age, as well as between friend support and gross motor functioning, in the prediction of functional ability. Conclusions: Social support appears to play an important role in psychological adjustment and functional ability in this population, and the nature of this role may be moderated, to some extent, by age and gross motor functioning. Future research and clinical implications are discussed.
KW - Functional ability
KW - Neuromuscular disease
KW - Physical disabilities
KW - Psychological adjustment
KW - Social support
KW - Spina bifida
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U2 - 10.1037/0090-5550.51.4.322
DO - 10.1037/0090-5550.51.4.322
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33751223822
SN - 0090-5550
VL - 51
SP - 322
EP - 330
JO - Rehabilitation Psychology
JF - Rehabilitation Psychology
IS - 4
ER -