Success in Life for Older Adolescents with Cerebral Palsy Journal Articles

abstract

• In this article, the psychosocial themes emerging from an exploratory qualitative study are reported. Using a constant comparative method, the authors describe how older adolescents with cerebral palsy defined success in life and the factors they viewed as helping or hindering their success. Participants were 10 adolescents with cerebral palsy between 18 and 20 years of age who took part in a semistructured interview exploring their perceptions of success. For these adolescents, success meant being happy in life. Three key psychosocial factors were related to success in life: being believed in, believing in yourself, and being accepted by others (belonging). The findings are useful in guiding the design of services to meet the life needs of individuals with disabilities.

authors

• King, Gillian
• Cathers, Tamzin
• Polgar, Janice Miller
• MacKinnon, Elizabeth
• Havens, Lisa

status

• published 

publication date

• November 2000

has subject area

• 11 Medical and Health Sciences (FoR)
• 16 Studies in Human Society (FoR)
• 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences (FoR)
• Adolescent (MeSH)
• Adult (MeSH)
• Cerebral Palsy (MeSH)
• Female (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Interviews as Topic (MeSH)
• Male (MeSH)
• Nursing (Science Metrix)
• Psychology (MeSH)
• Quality of Life (MeSH)
• Research (MeSH)
• Self Concept (MeSH)
• United States (MeSH)

published in

• Qualitative Health Research  Journal

keywords

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Cerebral Palsy
• Female
• Humans
• Interviews as Topic
• Male
• Psychology
• Quality of Life
• Research
• Self Concept
• United States

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1177/104973200129118796

PubMed ID

• 11146856

start page

• 734

end page

• 749

volume

• 10

issue

• 6