In this study, I examined validity evidence for a new disability identity scale, Personal Disability Identity Scale–Self-Worth and Meaning, in a sample of 525 adults with visual impairment (VI) or blindness. Personal disability identity (PDI) refers to feelings about having a disability as well as incorporation of disability status into overall self-concept (Dunn & Burcaw, 2013). Pre-existing measures of PDI (Darling & Heckert, 2010; Hahn & Belt, 2004) operationalize three factors of the PDI concept (i.e., Affirmation, Denial, Pride), which has been theorized to encompass more domains (Dunn & Burcaw, 2013; Forber-Pratt, Lyew, Samples, & Mueller, 2017). The Self-Worth and Meaning subscales were intended to capture prev...
The relation between self-determination and intellectual functioning is complex, as other contextual...
There appears to be a belief held by many people, both in the field of disability services and among...
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between various coping-related variables...
In this study, I examined validity evidence for a new disability identity scale, Personal Disability...
OBJECTIVE: Visual impairment (VI) has been associated with depression and anxiety. Although research...
This is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published arti...
grantor: University of TorontoIt is often assumed that life with a physical disability is ...
Purpose/Objective: The rejection-identification model (RIM) argues that the negative impacts of stig...
The purpose of this study was to investigate disability identity and the role that it may play in mo...
In this dissertation, nearly three thousand (n = 2,764) people with disabilities completed a 31-ques...
Current disability identity theories measure disability experience in dichotomous ways: disabled and...
The purpose of this paper is to explore how individuals with disabilities establish and maintain a s...
Self-determination is a complex notion with deep historical and philosophical roots. The Oxford Engl...
The degree to which individual members of social minority groups identify with their stigmatized ing...
The constructs of participation, inclusion and Quality of life make reference, albeit often implicit...
The relation between self-determination and intellectual functioning is complex, as other contextual...
There appears to be a belief held by many people, both in the field of disability services and among...
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between various coping-related variables...
In this study, I examined validity evidence for a new disability identity scale, Personal Disability...
OBJECTIVE: Visual impairment (VI) has been associated with depression and anxiety. Although research...
This is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published arti...
grantor: University of TorontoIt is often assumed that life with a physical disability is ...
Purpose/Objective: The rejection-identification model (RIM) argues that the negative impacts of stig...
The purpose of this study was to investigate disability identity and the role that it may play in mo...
In this dissertation, nearly three thousand (n = 2,764) people with disabilities completed a 31-ques...
Current disability identity theories measure disability experience in dichotomous ways: disabled and...
The purpose of this paper is to explore how individuals with disabilities establish and maintain a s...
Self-determination is a complex notion with deep historical and philosophical roots. The Oxford Engl...
The degree to which individual members of social minority groups identify with their stigmatized ing...
The constructs of participation, inclusion and Quality of life make reference, albeit often implicit...
The relation between self-determination and intellectual functioning is complex, as other contextual...
There appears to be a belief held by many people, both in the field of disability services and among...
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between various coping-related variables...