PSYCHOSOCIAL BEHAVIOR OF WOMEN WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITY

该项目解决了目前与残疾有关的研究中的一个空白。 几乎没有人研究过身体因素对心理社会的影响， 残疾对发展亲密关系的影响， 身体残疾妇女追求行为的能力， 被认为是理所当然的，包括约会，身体 亲密关系婚姻和养育子女 因此，这一具体目标 项目是：（1）开发，测试和完善一种工具，用于描述 身体残疾妇女的性功能;（2） 描述身体残疾妇女的社会性行为 与非残疾妇女相比;（3）识别残疾， 环境问题。心理和社会因素影响 残疾妇女的社会性行为，并检查 （4）将研究成果应用于开发 和/或修改妇女咨询和教育方案， 身体残疾和康复专业人员;以及（5） 利用各种方式传播研究成果及其 应用于临床和教育环境。 研究设计 特点是定性研究，开发一种测量工具， 身体残疾妇女的性功能，试点测试 和完善这一文书，并进行了大规模的国家研究， 性功能，心理因素，社会因素，环境因素 对600名残疾妇女进行了抽样调查， 一个同样大小的对照组。 将检验三个假设 通过本研究发现：（1）社会性别的差异显著 身体残疾妇女的行为与无残疾妇女相比 （2）残疾妇女的性功能 与残疾发生时的年龄显著相关;（3）心理 因素（包括感知控制，心理自给自足， 自我概念，抑郁症，和先前的性剥削）解释更多的 身体残疾妇女性功能的差异 而不是残疾因素、社会因素或环境因素。 这 本研究利用了一个高素质的研究开发和审查小组 和一个国家咨询委员会，以产生研究成果， 通过在咨询和教育项目中的应用进行验证。

This project addresses a current gap in disability-related research. Little has been done to examine the psychosocial influence that physical disability has on the development of intimate relationships and the abilities of women with physical disabilities to pursue behaviors typically taken for granted by women without disabilities, including dating, physical intimacy, marriage, and parenting. As such, the specific aims of this project are to: (1) develop, test, and refine an instrument for describing the sexual functioning of women with physical disabilities; (2) characterize the sociosexual behaviors of women with physical disabilities as compared to women without disabilities; (3) identify disability, environmental. psychological, and social factors which influence the sociosexual behaviors of women with physical disabilities and examine the relationships among them: (4) employ the research findings in developing and/or modifying counseling and educational programs for women with physical disabilities and rehabilitation professionals; and (5) disseminate, using a variety of methods, the research results and their application in clinical and educational settings. The research design features a qualitative study, the development of an instrument to measure sexual functioning in women with physical disabilities, the pilot testing and refinement of that instrument, and a large-scale national study of sexual functioning, psychological factors, social factors, environmental factors, and disability using a sample of 600 women with disabilities and an equal-sized matched control group. Three hypotheses will be tested through this research: (1) there are significant differences in sociosexual behaviors of women with physical disabilities as compared to women without disabilities; (2) the sexual functioning of women with disabilities is significantly related to age at onset of disability; and (3) psychological factors (including perceived control, psychological self-sufficiency, self-concept, depression, and prior sexual exploitation) explain more of the variance in the sexual functioning of women with physical disabilities than do disability factors, social factors, or environmental factors. This study draws upon a highly qualified research development and review team and a national advisory committee to produce research results that will be verified through application in counseling and educational programs.