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Poczucie osamotnienia a jakość życia młodzieży z niepełnosprawnością intelektualną w stopniu lekkim
The quality of life and sense of loneliness among youth with mild mental retardation

Author(s): Agnieszka Lewicka-Zelent, Ewa Trojanowska
Subject(s): Psychology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: quality of life; loneliness; isolation; mental retardation

Summary/Abstract: Being alone can be everybody’s experience. It is often accompanied by a reduction in the quality of life, which was also assumed in our study. In order to scrutinize this relationship a group of youth with mild mental retardation was examined. The methods employed for the study were a diagnostic survey and a survey technique. Three research instruments were used: a questionnaire to study loneliness among children and adolescents – The Syracuse-Amsterdam-Groningen Sociametric Scale), the Satisfaction With Life Scale questionnaire and the Life Orientation Test-Revised. The results were statistically analyzed and used in an attempt to draw general conclusions.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 42 (1)
  • Page Range: 319-335
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish