Physical Disability and Human Behavior

Physical Disability and Human Behavior, Second Edition presents the theoretical foundations of disability and behavior. This book is divided into seven chapters that address the developmental consequences of brain injuries.
This book covers the bases of attitudes toward the disabled; emotional reactions to illness and disability; adolescent development and personality; depression and denial; situational stresses of illness; applicable perceptual theories; family attitudes and relationships; and studies in rheumatoid arthritis. Other chapters consider the analysis of Parson's Social Role Theory and the attitudes of employers towards the disabled. These topics are followed by discussions of the principles of somatopsychology and the social isolation and restricted mobility. A chapter is devoted to the influence of emotional arousal in rehabilitation. The concluding chapter focuses on the relation of physical changes to emotional behavior.
The book can provide useful information to psychologists, therapists, students, and researchers.

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Preface

1. Theoretical Foundations
   Adler's Individual Psychology
   Schilder's Body-Image
   Parsons' Social Role Theory
   Somatopsychology
2. Developmental Consequences of Physical Disability
   Developmental Consequences of Brain Injuries
   Co-Twin Studies in Rheumatoid Arthritis
   Studies Involving Other Disorders
   Adolescent Development and Disability
   Personality and Social Development
   Attitudes toward Disability
   The Aging Process and Disability
3. Attitudes and Disability
   The Bases of Attitudes Toward the Disabled
   Attitudes of Employers
   Family Attitudes and Relationships
   Attitudes of Staff and Professionals
4. Emotional Factors in Illness and Disability
   Emotional Reactions to Illness and Disability
   Sensory and Social Isolation and Restricted Mobility
   The Situational Stresses of Illness and Disability
   Relation of Physical Changes to Emotional Behavior
   Depression and Denial
   Influence of Emotional Arousal in Rehabilitation
5. Sensory and Perceptual Processes in Disability
   Body-Image
   Phantom Perceptions
   Sensory Compensation
   Applicable Perceptual Theories
   Sensory-Tonic Theory
   Neurogeometric Theory
   Avenues of Application - Biofeedback
   6, Motivation - The Organization and Direction of Behavior
   Motivation, Disability, and Rehabilitation
   Clinical Implications of Motivational Concepts
6. Regulation and Control of Behavior: Learning and Skilled Performance
   Behavior Modification
   Subject Index