지체부자유 청소년의 심리적 안녕감

The Psychological Well-Being of Adolescents with Physical Impairments

The purpose of this study was to investigate the psychological well-being of adolescents with physical impairments. Psychological well-being of 54 adolescents with physical impairments, 40 adolescents with visual impairments, 40 adolescents with hearing impairments, and 52 adolescents with no disabilities was measured through the scale of depression and hopelessness. There were no differences among adolescents with physical impairments and the other three groups regarding the level of self- reported depression and hopelessness. However, within the adolescent group with physical impairments, the adolescents with cerebral palsy showed the higher level of self-reported depression than the adolescents without cerebral palsy, but not in hopelessness. There was no difference between the physically impaired adolescents with walking ability and the physically impaired adolescents without walking ability on the level of depression and hopelessness.