Social Interaction and Emotional Adjustment among the Blind
- 1 April 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 32 (2) , 516-518
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1971.32.2.516
Abstract
To test the hypothesis that the level of a blind person's adjustment to his handicap is positively related to his involvement with a group of other blind persons, 41 blind veterans attending a VA rehabilitation program for the visually handicapped were rated by the staff psychologist and the director of mobility training as satisfactorily, fairly, or poorly adjusted to their blindness. Each S completed a questionnaire concerning his choice of friends from within the program and was designated as either having or not having membership in a group. Group members did have the highest level of judged adjustment.Keywords
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