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Temas em Psicologia

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GRILO, Inês  and  MAJOR, Sofia. Family quality of life, satisfaction with life and perceived social support in visual impairment. Temas psicol. [online]. 2015, vol.23, n.2, pp. 327-339. ISSN 1413-389X.  http://dx.doi.org/10.9788/TP2015.2-07.

The study of the influence of visual impairment on the individual still remains with unanswered questions. This research compared the quality of family life, life satisfaction and perceived social support in a sample of adult with visual impairment (n = 52) and sighted (n = 52) using. There were obtained statistically significant differences with the group with visual impairment providing superior results in the factors Time and Employment of the QOL, lower results in the factor Mass Media of the QOL and the subscale Attachment of the EPS. There was obtained statistically significant differences between demographic variables and the quality of family life and perceived social support, on the variables gender (higher result in males), age (higher results from 18-35 years), and employment status (superior results in employed subjects), in the group with visual disabilities. Despite the contribution of this study, further studies are needed to clarify the influence of visual impairment on the individual but also the family.

Keywords : Visual impairment; family quality of life; satisfaction with life; perceived social support.

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