Goals with limited vision: A qualitative study of coping with vision-related goal interference in midlife

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-93

  Boerner, Kathrin ^a   Wang, Shu Wen ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

coping; goals; midlife; qualitative study; Visual disability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; VISION, LOW; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 84856036184     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: 14770873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215511407219     Document Type: Article

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