The Positive Psychology of Personal Factors

Michael L. Wehmeyer; Dana S. Dunn

doi:10.5771/9781793634665

Summary

Historically, interventions designed to impact the lives of disabled people were predicated upon deficits-based models of disability. This began to change with the introduction of World Health Organization (WHO) frameworks, particularly the International Classification of Function (ICF), that emphasized that disability could only be understood in the context of interactions among health, environmental factors, and personal factors and by examining the impact of such factors on a person’s activities and participation. The ICF identified personal factors as among the elements of a social-ecological model of disability but did not provide an extensive taxonomy of what constitutes such factors. The Positive Psychology of Personal Factors examines personal factors that come from the field of positive psychology and, as such, to begin to identify and build strengths-based approaches to promoting the full participation, dignity, and well-being of disabled people.

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Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-7936-3465-8
ISBN-Online: 978-1-7936-3466-5
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 286
Product type: Edited Book

1. Dedication No access
2. Contents No access
3. Editors’ Note No access
1. Social Models of Disability No access
2. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health No access
3. Participation No access
4. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities No access
5. Strength-Based Approaches to Disability No access
6. Conclusions No access
7. References No access
1. Positive Psychological Perspectives on Disability No access
2. Looking Forward No access
3. References No access
1. Disability Culture No access
2. Disability Identity Development No access
3. Language No access
4. Conclusion No access
5. References No access
1. Coping No access
2. Adaptation to Disability No access
3. Conclusion No access
4. References No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Conclusion No access
3. References No access
1. Foundations for Understanding Self-Determination No access
2. Understanding Self-Determination as a Personal Factor No access
3. Causal Agency Theory No access
4. The Development of Self-Determination No access
5. Self-Determination as a Personal Factor and Disability No access
6. Conclusions No access
7. NOTE No access
8. References No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Conclusions, Implications, and Future Direction No access
3. References No access
1. Trajectories of Response to Trauma: Resilience Occurs Frequently No access
2. Lay Perspectives on Resilient Responses to Disability No access
3. The Foundational Principles, Resilience, and Disability No access
4. Conclusions and Future Directions No access
5. References No access
1. The Positive Psychology of Personality: Individual Differences in Strengths and Virtues No access
2. The Positive Psychology of Personality Traits No access
3. Conclusions No access
4. References No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Clinical Psychology Applications No access
3. Literature Limitations, Gaps, and Future Research No access
4. Conclusion No access
5. Notes No access
6. References No access
1. Disability in the Workforce No access
2. Understanding Stigma No access
3. Stereotypes of and Barriers Faced by Individuals with Disabilities No access
4. Identity Management Strategies No access
5. Additional Considerations: Situating People within Environments No access
6. Personal Factors No access
7. Future Directions No access
8. References No access
1. Types of Support No access
2. Personal Factors No access
3. Environmental Factors No access
4. Implications and Future Research No access
5. Conclusion No access
6. References No access
1. Life Satisfaction: Definition, Outcomes, and Predictors No access
2. Conclusions and Implications No access
3. Notes No access
4. References No access
Index No access Pages 269 - 276
About the Authors No access Pages 277 - 284
About the Editors No access Pages 285 - 286