J. Except. People 2016, 5(2):7-16

Individuals with visual impairment and their perception of life satisfaction

Dita Finková, Kateřina Jeřábková, Martina Hubištová, Jana Kasáčková, Veronika Švecová, Gabriela Smečková
Institute of Special Education Studies, Faculty of Education, Palacký University Olomouc, Žižkovo náměstí 5, 771 40 Olomouc, Czech Republic

Although the issue of life satisfaction is being discussed in various theoretical disciplines, it has not been defined clearly yet. There are many terms that are close to term life satisfaction, such as happiness, well-being, quality of life etc., these are sometimes used interchangeably. This paper introduces an initial research of life satisfaction of individuals with visual impairment in the Czech Republic. The authors used a standardised Questionnaire of Life Satisfaction by Fahrenberg, Myrtek, Schumacher and Brahler (in Rodná, Rodný, 2001) to find out whether the life satisfaction of individuals with visual impairment differs from statistically given norm.

Keywords: Life satisfaction, quality of life, visual impairment, domains of life satisfaction, individual approach.
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This study was supported by the project "Perception of subjective impact of disability/presence of chronic illness and concept of health awareness and literacy (IGA_PdF_2015_003)".

Published: December 11, 2016  Show citation

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Finková, D., Jeřábková, K., Hubištová, M., Kasáčková, J., Švecová, V., & Smečková, G. (2016). Individuals with visual impairment and their perception of life satisfaction. Journal of Exceptional People, 5(9), 7-16
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