ERIC Number: EJ730079
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Aug
Pages: 14
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The Role of Parental and Peer Support in Adolescents Well-Being: A Comparison of Adolescents with and without a Visual Impairment
Kef, Sabina; Dekovic, Maja
Journal of Adolescence, v27 n4 p453-466 Aug 2004
In the present study we examined the importance of parental and peer support for well-being of adolescents with and without a visual impairment. The sample included 178 adolescents who are blind or visually impaired and 338 adolescents without visual impairments. Peer and parental support proved to be important for well-being of both adolescents with a visual impairment and sighted adolescents. Whereas in the group of adolescents with a visual impairment, a positive linear relationship exists between peer support and well-being, in the group of adolescents without an impairment well-being appears not be affected by peer support. Parental support is more strongly related to well-being of adolescents without impairments than of adolescents who are blind or visually impaired.
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Visual Impairments, Parent Role, Well Being, Parent Child Relationship, Peer Relationship, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Netherlands
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