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Physical disability--a psychological approach.
- Title
- Physical disability--a psychological approach.
- Author
- Wright, Beatrice A. (Beatrice Ann), 1917-2018
- Publication
- New York, Harper [1960]
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Details
- Description
- 408 p.; 22 cm.
- Summary
- A milestone for the professions that deal in practical ways with the behavior and adjustment of physically deviant persons," as well as for students, this book places the social-psychological side of disablement in the realm of applied science; heretofore it has been a welfare specialty based largely on experience and art. Physical disability uses as basis for discussion not separate disability categories (as blindness or crippling) but rather situations common to all disability groups of all ages. Concrete examples are cited profusely throughout the discussion. Both factors within the person and factors attributable to the environment are considered in terms of how they aid - or - hinder psychological adjustment. The first part of the book analyzes some important problems and solutions arising from the social and personal evaluation of a disability; the second, more clinical part, is concerned with the practical problem of how the person himself and the parent may be effectively encouraged to meet the challenge imposed by disability. Throughout, attitudes and their origins are examined critically, especially as they bear upon psychological rehabilitation. The final chapter discusses the heritage of somatopsychology and underscores essential findings and conclusions. Research is introduced as it bears on psychological problems and issues under discussion. A minimum of technical language is used.
- Subject
- People with disabilities > Psychology
- Medical rehabilitation
- Rehabilitation
- Personnes handicapées > Psychologie
- Réadaptation
- pardons
- Rehabilitation
- Medical rehabilitation
- People with disabilities > Psychology
- Körperbehinderung
- Psychologie
- Gehandicapten
- Psychologische aspecten
- People with disabilities > Rehabilitation
- Handicapped > Psychology
- Disabled Persons > psychology
- Disabled people - welfare services - psychology
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliography.
- Contents
- Forward. Preface. 1. Circumscribing the problem. 2. Inferior status position. 3. Salutary status position. 4. Frustration and uncertainty. 5. Value changes in acceptance of disability. 6. Development of the self-concept. 7. Self-concept and the perception of interpersonal relations. 8. The adolescent with a physical disability. 9. Grievances and gratifications in everyday relationships. 10. Sources of attitudes toward persons with Atypical physique. 11. Training in social skills. 12. The parent as a key participant. 13. Motivating children in the rehabilitation program. 14. The client as comanager in his rehabilitation. 15. An assessment of the field of somatopsychology. Bibliography. Index of names. Index of subjects.
- LCCN
- 60005732
- OCLC
- ocm00964788
- 964788
- SCSB-280830
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library