Psychological wellbeing of Turkish university students with physical impairments: An evaluation within the stress-vulnerability paradigm

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 106-118

  Koca Atabey, Mujde ^a,b   Karanci, A Nuray ^a   Dirik, Gulay ^c   Aydemir, Deniz ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF TURKEY   (Turkey)

^c ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Disabled university students; Psychological distress; Social model of disability; Stress related growth; Stress vulnerability model

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; COST OF ILLNESS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNED HELPLESSNESS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PERSONALITY TEST; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; AWARENESS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HELPLESSNESS, LEARNED; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952721153     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207594.2010.513413     Document Type: Article

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