Social-ecological influences on interpersonal support in people with physical disability

Devereux, Paul G.; Bullock, Charles C.; Gibb, Zebbedia G.; Himler, Heidi L.

doi:10.1016/j.dhjo.2015.05.002

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“…In addition, associating with other disabled persons made them feel comfortable, as they shared experiences with people who could understand their disabled situations better than persons without disabilities (Sadiki, Radzilani–Makatu & Zikhali 2015). Thus, social support improves well-being among people with AAD (Elliott, Kurylo & Rivera et al 2002 ), and this support is effective if provided for a long time (Devereux et al 2015 ). The problem-focused individuals used institutional support from health professionals to cope with their disabilities.…”

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Strategies employed in coping with physical disabilities acquired during adulthood in rural South Africa

Sadiki

Kibirige

2022

Afr. j. disabil.

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Background: Society places people with physical disabilities acquired during adulthood in disadvantaged positions, especially when they cannot participate in activities like their non-disabled counterparts. The situation can be worse for individuals who acquire disabilities during adulthood, where they have to learn to cope with the adulthood-acquired physical disabilities.Objectives: This study aimed to identify the types of physical disabilities acquired during adulthood and their causes and explore how participants defined their disabilities and the coping strategies they used.Methods: The study used a phenomenological research design. Five adults (three women, two men) with adulthood-acquired disabilities were purposefully selected from a rural area in Limpopo, South Africa. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews. Thematic analysis was used to generate themes about coping strategies study participants used.Results: The results show four types of adulthood-acquired disabilities amongst the participants: visual impairment, paraplegia, weakened muscles which led to bilateral amputation, loss of function on both hands and legs. Participants’ meanings of their physical adulthood-acquired disabilities ranged from a punishment, pain, not a bother, black magic, to results of doing wrong things to someone. In coming to terms with their adulthood-acquired disabilities, participants used problem- and emotion-focused strategies. Four themes from the participants’ responses were spiritual support, social support, substance dependency, access to health and rehabilitation services.Conclusion: The study contributes to understanding the experiences of individuals who acquired disabilities in adulthood, how they define their disabilities and the divergent coping strategies they use. This study established that participants used problem-focused, positive emotion-focused and negative emotion-focused coping strategies.

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Strategies employed in coping with physical disabilities acquired during adulthood in rural South Africa

Sadiki

Kibirige

2022

Afr. j. disabil.

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“…While public transport and para-transport options have been examined through social constructionism, there has been a dearth of studies examining automobility and access to private modified vehicles. This paper will seek to address this gap in the literature by applying a social constructionist and socio-ecological model to the barriers and benefits of automobility (Devereux, Bullock, Gibb, & Himler, 2015;Simplican, Leader, Kosciulek, & Leahy, 2015).…”

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On the road again: The barriers and benefits of automobility for people with disability

Darcy

Burke

2018

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

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“…That study demonstrated the breadth of ways in which the pandemic experience impacted their participants and identified distinct connections between different social-ecological levels and psychological well-being. Prior research has also indicated that the meaning of social support ( Devereux et al, 2015 ) and resilience ( Terrill et al, 2019 ) among PWDs varies across levels in social-ecological models. Brutzman and colleagues (2022) review contemporary applications of social-ecological approaches to social issues, highlighting the advantages of contextual complexity such approaches offer.…”

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Narrative identity among people with disabilities in the United States during the Covid-19 pandemic: The interdependent self

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Manning

Hennein

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Journal of Research in Personality

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Social-ecological influences on interpersonal support in people with physical disability

Cited by 18 publications

References 30 publications

Strategies employed in coping with physical disabilities acquired during adulthood in rural South Africa

Strategies employed in coping with physical disabilities acquired during adulthood in rural South Africa

On the road again: The barriers and benefits of automobility for people with disability

Narrative identity among people with disabilities in the United States during the Covid-19 pandemic: The interdependent self

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