Perceived social support, self image and psychological wellbeing among physically handicapped individuals

Abstract

This research was conducted to see the effect of perceived social support, self-image and psychological wellbeing of physically handicapped individuals. To find out how these variables effect the wellbeing of physically handicapped individuals as they have limited exposure to environment and some have limited contact with other individuals. In this study, we take 43 participants both male and female age range from 15 years and above all participants are physically handicapped. Multidimensional Perceived Social Support Scale (MPSSC), Ryff Psychological wellbeing scale 54 items and Rosenberg self-esteem scale in Urdu version were used. After data collection results were calculated through SPSS. Descriptive statistical analysis was used for participant information. T-test analysis was used for the finding out group differences between all study variables and Pearson correlation analysis was used to check the hypotheses. The SPSS analysis showed that there is a significant relationship between social support, self-image and psychological wellbeing of physically handicapped individuals.