Itzick Michal, Kagan Maya, Tal-Katz Patricia
a School of Social Work , Ariel University , Ariel , Israel.
Disabil Rehabil. 2018 Sep;40(18):2208-2216. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2017.1331380. Epub 2017 May 26.
Perceived social support has gained importance as a significant preventive factor of depressive symptoms and as helpful for rebuilding feelings of self-worth and subjective well-being among people with physical disabilities. The current study examined whether perceived social support moderates the association between perceived discrimination and subjective well-being among people with physical disabilities in Israel.
Data were collected by means of structured questionnaires among a convenience sample of 433 people with physical disabilities in Israel and hierarchical multiple regression was performed.
The findings reveal that perceived social support has a moderating role in the association between perceived discrimination and subjective well-being among people with physical disabilities, such that those with low and moderate levels of perceived social support showed a negative association between perceived discrimination and subjective well-being, while those with high levels of perceived social support showed no association between perceived discrimination and subjective well-being. Findings are discussed in light of the social model of disability, and practical implications are suggested. Implications for Rehabilitation A negative association was found between perceived discrimination and subjective well-being among people with physical disabilities with low and moderate levels of perceived social support. Professionals working with people with physical disabilities must acknowledge the importance of social support for people with physical disabilities and for their families. Professionals working with people with physical disabilities should take a proactive approach to locating disabled people who do not receive or do not have adequate social support and offer them assistance. Professionals working with people with physical disabilities should engage in wide social activities aimed at providing resources and opportunities to service beneficiaries. Society bears the collective responsibility to act in order to reduce the social problem of discrimination against people with disabilities, as well as to raise public awareness of this issue.
感知到的社会支持已成为抑郁症状的重要预防因素，并且有助于身体残疾者重建自我价值感和主观幸福感。本研究调查了在以色列，感知到的社会支持是否会调节身体残疾者所感知到的歧视与主观幸福感之间的关联。
通过结构化问卷对以色列433名身体残疾者的便利样本进行数据收集，并进行分层多元回归分析。
研究结果表明，感知到的社会支持在身体残疾者所感知到的歧视与主观幸福感之间的关联中起调节作用，即感知到的社会支持水平低和中等的人，其感知到的歧视与主观幸福感之间呈负相关，而感知到的社会支持水平高的人，其感知到的歧视与主观幸福感之间无关联。根据残疾社会模型对研究结果进行了讨论，并提出了实际意义。康复启示 在感知到的社会支持水平低和中等的身体残疾者中，感知到的歧视与主观幸福感之间呈负相关。为身体残疾者提供服务的专业人员必须认识到社会支持对身体残疾者及其家庭的重要性。为身体残疾者提供服务的专业人员应积极主动地寻找那些没有得到或没有足够社会支持的残疾人，并为他们提供帮助。为身体残疾者提供服务的专业人员应广泛开展社会活动，旨在为服务对象提供资源和机会。社会负有集体责任采取行动，以减少对残疾人的歧视这一社会问题，并提高公众对这一问题的认识。
