Body-image boundaries and adjustment to poliomyelitis.
- 1 July 1957
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology
- Vol. 55 (1) , 88-93
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0042679
Abstract
In a group of 56 polio patients, a relationship between psychological adjustment to physical handicap and a measure of body-image boundaries was shown to exist. "Apparently, individuals who conceive of their body boundaries as possessing defensive, armoring, barrier-like qualities are significantly better able to adapt to the circumstances surrounding physical loss than are those individuals whose body concept does not contain these features.".Keywords
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