Basic hope and coping among women with physical disability – the moderating role of types of disability

Abstract

This research aims to investigate the relationship between basic hope and coping among women with physical disability exploring the moderating effect of types of disability. The study involved 165 women with physical disability who completed of two inventories: Basic Hope Questionnaire BHI-12 and The Coping Orientations to Problems Experienced (COPE) by Carver, Scheier and Weintraub in the Polish adaptation by Piątek and Wrześniewski. The associations between the variables were examined using correlation and moderation analyses. The obtained results show that relation between basic hope and coping among women with physical disability are moderated by types of disability. Two moderating models designed are statistically significant.