Personality profiles of physically impaired young adults

✍ Scribed by Lynn C. Richman; Dennis C. Harper

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1980
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 316 KB
• Volume: 36
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-9762
• DOI: 10.1002/1097-4679(198007)36:3<668::aid-jclp2270360310>3.0.co;2-l

✦ Synopsis

Investigated MMPI profile differences between two groups (N = 54) of young adults with dissimilar disabilities (cleft lip/p+ate orthopedic) who &splayed obseryable physical impairment. The results indcate that hfferent form of chromc observable disability may have differing impact on adult ersonality adjustment. The findings suggest that young adults with cleft &/palat? $splay fewer F a l i t y adjustment problems than those with orthopdc imprunnent. hese rasults are discussed in relation to findings from s previous study of similar disability groups of adolescents.