Teenagers with motor disability in the family social field Cover Image

Judėjimo negalią turintis paauglys šeimos socialiniame lauke
Teenagers with motor disability in the family social field

Author(s): Arvydas Virgilijus Matulionis, Jurgita Subačiūtė
Subject(s): Psychology, Sociology, Behaviorism, Social Theory, Health and medicine and law, Family and social welfare, Inclusive Education / Inclusion
Published by: Lietuvos mokslų akademijos leidykla
Keywords: capital; field and habitus; disability; adolescence; socialization

Summary/Abstract: The family, to which a teenager with motor disability belongs, is often accompanied by internal changes and personal experiences. Motor disability of a teenager is a common factor affecting parents’ as a couple’s personal relationships, career development, family leisure, as well as economic, social, cultural and symbolic capital development. According to the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu’s sociological theory, field and habitus concepts, the article from the sociological point of view analyses adolescence touched by motor disability and teenager’s habitus formation. Attention is paid to a teenager with motor disability and the challenges emerging to his family in the family social field.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 183-192
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Lithuanian