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THE MEASUREMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL‐BEING IN THE PERSON WITH APHASIA
Author(s) -
Brumfitt Shelagh
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
international journal of language and communication disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.101
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1460-6984
pISSN - 1368-2822
DOI - 10.3109/13682829809179407
Subject(s) - psychology , aphasia , construct (python library) , relevance (law) , context (archaeology) , psychological well being , outcome (game theory) , scale (ratio) , psychological testing , cognitive psychology , psychotherapist , clinical psychology , paleontology , physics , mathematics , mathematical economics , quantum mechanics , computer science , political science , law , biology , programming language
This paper will introduce the construct of psychological well‐being and discuss its relevance to speech and language therapy. Measures of psychological well‐being are used routinely in psychological contexts, both as diagnostic and research indicators, and also as outcome measures. There is not a tradition of measuring psychological well‐being in the speech and language therapy context, yet the clinical significance of well‐being to therapeutic outcome is recognised. This paper will evaluate the existing measures available and discuss the development and validation of the Visual Analogue Self Esteem Scale for use with aphasic speakers (Brumfitt and Sheeran, 1998). Problems inherent in evaluating self‐knowledge in communicatively disordered speakers will be discussed.