From self-awareness to self-identification with visual impairment: A qualitative study with working age adults at a rehabilitation setting

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1140-1151

  Senra, Hugo ^a   Oliveira, Rui Aragão ^a   Leal, Isabel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

adjustment; Experience of sight loss; qualitative study; visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; VISION, LOW; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83455205836     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: 14770873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215511410729     Document Type: Article

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