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Disability-Based Disparities in Adolescent Subjective Well-Being
ISBN/EAN: 9783330069312
Umbreit-Nr.: 2499231
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 244 S.
Format in cm: 1.5 x 22 x 15
Einband:
kartoniertes Buch
Erschienen am 16.06.2017
Auflage: 1/2017
- Zusatztext
- Hedonic subjective well-being (SWB) is now widely regarded as an important indicator of social progress and a goal of public policy. Research on SWB or the science of happiness in high-income countries has proliferated, including studies examining the correlates, effects, and determinants of adolescent SWB. However, there is a paucity of data on the SWB of adolescents with disability. The available data suggest that adolescents with disability in high-income countries face a heightened risk of poor SWB relative to non-disabled peers. Few studies have investigated potential causes of disability-based differences in adolescent SWB. This absence of research may be due, in part, to the widely held but now contested assumption that disability is inherently negative and thus a direct cause of poor SWB. This book explores the notion that disability-based differences in adolescent SWB can be largely explained by differential exposure to adverse life conditions rather than the presence of disability per se. On this basis, disability-based differences in SWB may be socially determined and potentially preventable, and might therefore be more aptly described as disability-based disparities.
- Autorenportrait
- Amber Savage is a registered Occupational Therapist and holds a PhD in Rehabilitation Science. She is currently research manager of the Family and Disability Studies Initiative, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Canada.