The role of parental and peer support in adolescents well-being: a comparison of adolescents with and without a visual impairment.
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.
Kef
Sabina
S
Faculty of Psychology and Pedagogy, Vrije Universiteit, Van der Boechorststraat 1, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands. s.kef@psy.vu.nl
Deković
Maja
M
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001766:Blindness / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting; D010379:Peer Group; D012649:Self Concept; D012944:Social Support; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000523:psychology*