Mental Health and Quality of Life of Adolescents with Physical, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Perspectives of Parents and Children

by Zenon Gajdzica, Stanislawa Byra, Anna Kolodziej-Zaleska, Katarzyna Rutkowska, Daniela Dzienniak-Pulina

Overview

This timely volume addresses issues related to the mental health and health-related quality of life of adolescents through a study with three groups: those with physical, intellectual, and other developmental disabilities, specifically fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD).

Investigating the physical, cognitive, and social-emotional dimension of adolescents' quality of life, the chapters explore the meaning of personal and social resources of adolescents with disability and their parents in the context of the Polish system of support for families with disabled children, further highlighting difficulties intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Another field-defining work on the progression of mental health research for children and adolescents, this book will be a useful and timely contribution to researchers, post-graduate students, and scholars in the fields of developmental and social psychology, mental health research, adolescent psychotherapy, and disability. It will also be of interest to school counselors, parents, and caregivers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032435329
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/06/2025
Series:	The Mental Health and Well-being of Children and Adolescents
Pages:	162
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Zenon Gajdzica, Professor, Special Educator, Institute of Pedagogy, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.

Stanisława Byra, Associate Professor, Special Educator, Institute of Pedagogy, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Poland.

Anna Kołodziej-Zaleska, Assistant Professor, Psychologist, Institute of Psychology, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.

Katarzyna Rutkowska, Assistant Professor, Psychologist, Institute of Psychology, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Poland.

Daniela Dzienniak-Pulina, Assistant Professor, Sociologist, Institute of Sociology, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Youth with a disability from the biopsychosocial perspective – assumptions of the study 3. Mental health evaluation by adolescents with a disability and by their parents 4. Health-related quality of life of youth with a disability in the physical, emotional, family, peer, and educational context 5. Evaluation of health-related quality of life: perspectives of adolescents with disability and of parents 6. Personal and social resources of adolescents with a disability and of their parents: similarities and differences 7. Meaning of personal and social resources in maintaining health-related quality of life of adolescents with a disability 8. Conclusion