Body Image, Hopelessness and Personality Dimensions in Lower Limb Amputees
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A sample of lower limb amputees and equal number of matched surgical controls was studied on body image, hopelessness and personality dimensions using Fisher's Body Distortion Questionnaire (BDQ). Beck's Hopelessness Scale and Hindi PEN Inventory. Amputees had significantly higher mean scores on body distortion (x 27.86), hopelessness (x 14.08) and neuroticism (x 9.30) as compared to surgical controls. Furthermore they had significantly lesser scores on extraversion (x 11.26) in comparison to their surgical counterparts. No significant differences were found on psychoticism in the two groups. Psychological aspects of amputation have not received much attention. By and large, amputees are believed to have more difficulty in dealing with people than things. It is the loss of ability to relate psychologically, socially, sexually and vocationally that inhibits the amputees most.
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