TY - JOUR
KW - Visual disability
KW - Blindness
KW - Coping
KW - Psychological adjustment
KW - Quality of life
KW - Psycho-ophthalmology
AU - Jorge Luis Méndez-Ulrich
AU - Luca Prats-Basset
AU - Felipe Yagüe
AU - Antoni Sanz
AB - A group of 35 visually impaired people participated in a cross-sectional, correlational study in order to assess the role of control beliefs on coping, perceived quality of life and psychological adjustment to disability. Participants completed a battery of psychometric tests that were adapted to an oral presentation format in the context of a structured interview. Results suggest that resilient coping, quality of life and psychological adjustment are related to perceived competence, but not to disability severity, the cause of disability (congenital or supervening) or gender. Moreover, increased perceived competence leads to a decrease in anxiety and depression symptoms, a reduction of negative affectivity and greater positive affectivity. The possible applications of these findings in clinical psychology practice aimed at improving psychological adjustment and optimising the process of adaptation to visual impairment are discussed.
IS - 2-3
M3 - Journal article
N2 - A group of 35 visually impaired people participated in a cross-sectional, correlational study in order to assess the role of control beliefs on coping, perceived quality of life and psychological adjustment to disability. Participants completed a battery of psychometric tests that were adapted to an oral presentation format in the context of a structured interview. Results suggest that resilient coping, quality of life and psychological adjustment are related to perceived competence, but not to disability severity, the cause of disability (congenital or supervening) or gender. Moreover, increased perceived competence leads to a decrease in anxiety and depression symptoms, a reduction of negative affectivity and greater positive affectivity. The possible applications of these findings in clinical psychology practice aimed at improving psychological adjustment and optimising the process of adaptation to visual impairment are discussed.
PB - Elsevier
PY - 2016
SP - 55
EP - 61
T2 - Ansiedad y Estrés
TI - Perceived control, coping and psychological adjustment to visual disability
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S113479371630029X
VL - 22
SN - 1134-7937
ER -