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Counseling Psychology and Psychotherapy
2018. Vol. 26, no. 4, 101–118
https://doi.org/10.17759/cpp.2018260407
ISSN: 2075-3470 / 2311-9446 (online)

Coping Behavior of Persons with Disabilities as a Factor of Quality of Life and Subjective Well-Being

 
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Abstract

The article presents an analysis of the problem of determining disabled-since-childhood adults’ quality of life. We suggested that coping behavior was a factor of high quality of life and subjective well-being. The sample (N=102) included disabled-since-childhood adults’ (N=51) with visual (N=16), hearing (N=18) and mobility disabilities (N=17) and adults with typical development (N=51). The respondents` average age is 37 years. Methods: the brief questionnaire WHOQOL-BREF in the adaptation of the V.M. Bechterev Research Institute; M.V. Sokolova’s Subjective Well-Being Scale; The Ways of Coping Questionnaire (Folkman, Lazarus, adapted by Kryukova T.L., Kuftyak E.V.). The results indicate a sufficiently high quality of life of adults with disabilities regardless of the type of disorders. The links between coping strategies, indicators of quality of life and subjective well-being are described. Distancing, avoidance and positive revaluation strategies make the greatest contribution to the quality of life. We conducted a separate analysis of the determination of the quality of life by coping strategies in groups of people with various disabilities. The results of the study can be used to develop rehabilitation programs and help people with disabilities.

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Keywords: quality of life, subjective well-being, coping behavior, adults with disabilities (disabled-since-childhood adults)

Journal rubric: Empirical Researches

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/cpp.2018260407

Acknowledgements. The study was supported by RFBR, project № 17-06-00812 “Life trajectories of persons with disabilities through the prism of quality of life”.

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For citation: Khazova, S.A., Shipova, N.S., Adeeva, T.N., Tikhonova, I.V. (2018). Coping Behavior of Persons with Disabilities as a Factor of Quality of Life and Subjective Well-Being. Counseling Psychology and Psychotherapy, 26(4), 101–118. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.17759/cpp.2018260407

© Khazova S.A., Shipova N.S., Adeeva T.N., Tikhonova I.V., 2018

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Information About the Authors

Svetlana A. Khazova, Doctor of Psychology, associate professor, Professor of the Department of special pedagogy and psychology, Kostroma State University, Professor, Department of Neuro- and Pathopsychology of Adults, Moscow Institute of Psychoanalysis, Kostroma, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7777-2135, e-mail: hazova_svetlana@mail.ru

Natalya S. Shipova, Candidate of Science (Psychology), Associate Professor, Department of Special Pedagogy and Psychology, Kostroma State University, Kostroma, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0741-1297, e-mail: ronia_777@mail.ru

Tatiana N. Adeeva, Candidate of Science (Psychology), Associate Professor, Docent of the Department of Special Pedagogy and Psychology, Kostroma State University, Russian Federation, e-mail: adeeva.tanya@rambler.ru

Inna V. Tikhonova, Candidate of Science (Psychology), Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Special Pedagogy and Psychology, Kostroma State University, Medical psychologist, "Kostroma Regional Center for Psychotherapy and Practical Psychology", Kostroma, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7756-0610, e-mail: inn.007@mail.ru

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