Adjustment to physical handicap and illness : A survey of the social psychology of physique and disability / Roger G. Barker, Beatrice A. Wright, Mollie R. Gonick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barker, Roger G. (Roger Garlock), 1903-1990, author.

Wright, Beatrice A., author.

Gonick, Mollie R., author.

Series:

Bulletin (Social Science Research Council (U.S.)) ; 55.

History of Disabilities: Disabilities in Society, Seventeenth to Twentieth Century.

Social Science Research Council bulletin ; 55, revised 1953

History of Disabilities: Disabilities in Society, Seventeenth to Twentieth Century

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

People with disabilities--Psychology.

People with disabilities.

Social psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 440 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : [publisher not identified], 1946.

Summary:

The association of particular kinds of behavior with particular varieties of physique is a frequently observed phenomenon of human nature. In American culture, for example, it requires no extensive investigation to reveal that characteristic differences in behavior are frequently associated with differences in sex, with differences in physical maturity, and with certain differences in race. In cases where grouped data do not reveal such associations, case studies frequently show the importance of the individual's physique as a factor in his personal adjustment. It is with certain aspects of this problem that we are concerned in this publication, namely, the relation between social behavior and personality and normal and pathological variations in physical size, strength, motor ability, sensory acuity, and health. The authors' motivation in preparing this publication has been to bring together what is known in this area and to point out problems for investigation. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

Contents:

1. Introduction.

2. Somatopsychological aspects of normal variations in physique.

3. Somatopsychological significance of crippling.

4. Psychology of the tubercular.

5. Somatopsychological significance of impaired hearing.

6. Social psychology of acute illness.

7. Employment of the disabled.

Notes:

Reproduction of the original from the New York Academy of Medicine.

"Bibliographies of literature on the somato-psychological significance of physique": pages [373]-423.

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OCLC:

1477835570