Psychological and dynamic aspects of handicaps.
Within a research program on the functional approach of the handicap we have realized a psychological survey in order to test the relationship between the functional approach and the desires of the disabled. 72 handicapped persons, fairly representative of the general population of our area, were included into the study. A coded interview, a projection test and a connotation test were carried out and their result computerized and statistically analyzed. The results show clearly that the handicap, if it modifies the daily life of the subjects, has no repercussion on personality tendencies. The emotional repercussion of experienced situations is independent of the characteristics of the handicap. The perception of his body is, for the handicapped, in reference to the others. Confrontation favors the integration of handicapped people. The experience of being handicapped in daily life exists only in situations where the others are involved.
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000339:Affect; D001828:Body Image; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D012929:Psychological Distance; D012649:Self Concept; D012803:Sick Role