Experiences of students with visual impairments in higher education: barriers and facilitators

T Firat - British Journal of Special Education, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This study explored the factors that facilitate and complicate the higher education process for
students with visual impairments (VI). The participants were six university students with VI …

Enhancing social connectedness: How adults with vision impairment perceive and use social media in Nigeria

NC Meribe, EI Bassey, AE Bassey… - New Media & …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
As the number of social media users continues to increase globally, it is important to explore
the experiences of different segments of users. While research on social media use by …

Linking perceived social support to self-esteem and social integration among adolescents with visual impairment: A cross-lagged study

W Yuan, Z Xie, P Dong, Y Yang - Frontiers in psychology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
This study examines the relationship between perceived social support and self-esteem and
between perceived social support and social integration among adolescents with visual …

Analysis of the coping process among visually impaired individuals, using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA)

IO Sim - International journal of environmental research and …, 2020 - mdpi.com
There is a lack of research based on in-depth theoretical and scientific knowledge to
understand the visually impaired, and there has been little effort in the application of …

Perspectives on social support among adults with acquired vision impairment

E Bassey, C Ellison - British Journal of Visual Impairment, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
This study investigates the implications of acquiring vision impairment later in life on the
effect of social support among adults with acquired vision impairment in Nigeria. It further …

University Processes of Students with Visual Impairments Taking Distance Education

T Firat, A Bildiren - Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This research aims to reveal the reasons why students with visual impairments (VI) prefer
distance education, their experiences in the distance education process, and their …

Friends' Perspective: Young Adults' Reaction to Disclosure of Chronic Illness

EC Igler, JE Austin, EKD Sejkora… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - Springer
Chronic illness can negatively impact adolescents' and young adults' social support. Social
support can buffer the negative impact of living with chronic illness. The purpose of this study …

Internalized Stigma and Depression among Individuals with Schizophrenia over Time

B Heuchert - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Schizophrenia is a mental illness that affects less than one percent of the US adult
population. Individuals with this chronic brain disorder experience symptoms which can …

Study on the level of self-esteem in visually impaired students

VC LUCA, L MIHĂILESCU - Book of Proceedings of the 10th …, 2020 - ceeol.com
The purpose of the research was to investigate the level of self-esteem in visually impaired
children in order to determine, together with investigations on other levels (health …

A Study on the Psychological Process of Family Caregivers for Individuals with Adventitious Blindness

CN Wu - 2021 - search.proquest.com
本研究採敘事探究 (narrative inquiry) 法, 旨在探究中途失明者主要照顧家屬心路歷程,
並了解照顧者對社會支持的覺知. 為提供其他中途失明者與其照顧家屬能有可供參考之案例 …