Visual impairment and self-education – selected psychosocial aspects

Psychosocial impact of visual impairment in working-age adults.

AIM To review the evidence for the presence of lower levels of psychosocial well-being in working-age adults with visual impairment and for interventions to improve such levels of psychosocial well-being. METHODS Systematic review of quantitative studies published in English from 2001 to July 2008 that measured depression/mental health, anxiety, quality of life, social functioning or social s...

The effect of visual impairment on emotional development and emotional competence in learners who are visual impairment

Abstract Background and Aim: Emotion is a strong affective perception or feeling that arises from personal circumstances, one's mood, or communication with others. Emotions are multidimensional and have holistic structures that consist of different dimensions such as behavioral expression, physiological layers, phenomenological experience, cognitive processes and social context. The aim of ...

Genetical aspects of severe visual impairment in childhood.

The effect of psychosocial self-care education on retirement syndrome in educators: a quasi-experimental study

Introduction and goal:Retirement is one of the life crises, which can cause psychological and social problems in people, and cause incompatibility and symptoms called retirement syndrome. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of psychosocial self-care training program on retirement syndrome in educators as a program to improve and expose retirees to retirement. Materials and meth...

The Effectiveness of Group Therapy based on Acceptance and Commitment on Self-Esteem of Female Students With Visual Impairment

Objective: Students with visual impairments have built negative attitudes towards their abilities due to difficulties in achieving social skills, orientation, and independent mobility. Their negative attitude towards blindness puts them at high-risk developing loneliness, social isolation, depression, anxiety, decreased life expentancy, no participation in group activities, and low levels of so...