Open AccessThe factors of psychological well-being of adolescents with disabilities
Author(s) -
Ingrida Baranauskienė,
Liudmyla Serdiuk,
Ivan Danyliuk,
Anton Kurapov
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
specialusis ugdymas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.114
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2424-3299
pISSN - 1392-5369
DOI - 10.21277/se.v2i40.482
Subject(s) - psychology , psychological adaptation , self esteem , aggression , developmental psychology , psychological well being , self realization , social psychology
The article describes the psychological study aimed at determining of the factors supporting disabled adolescents’ psychological well-being. Learning in the inclusive educational environment has a high developmental potential for social adaptation, revealing of the internal resources for self-realization and psychological well-being of adolescents with disabilities. The factors supporting disabled adolescents’ psychological well-being are revealed and the prognostic model of its development is proposed. The most important factors supporting disabled adolescents’ psychological well-being are: an expected attitude from others to them, their self-interest, self-esteem, meanings in life and goals understood by them, self-confidence, and belief in their own abilities. The predictors having the greatest impact on psychological well-being and presented in the developed predictive model are: commitment, acceptance of aggression, self-esteem, and the expected attitude of others.