The Trajectory of Suffering-Parents of Children with Intellectual Disability on the Future

• Authors: Jakub Niedbalski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the research was to characterize the situation of intellectually disabled individuals and their families, with special stress on parents’ doubts and dilemmas which grow as their disabled children mature and enter adulthood. The subject of the study was to analyze the processual character of transformations related to bringing up children with intellectual disabilities that take place in generational families, in particular, those which are related to transformations on the level of parents’ perceptions, role, and identity. These notions were reconstructed on the basis of the personal experiences of parents of disabled children. The theoretical basis of the research was the concept of a trajectory of suffering, and the applied methodology was the grounded theory methodology.

Keywords

EN

parents; children; Disability; trajectory; qualitative research

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Socjologiczne
• Journal: Polish Sociological Review
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 209
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 95-116

Dates

published

2020-03-29

Contributors

author

Jakub Niedbalski

• University of Lodz

Identifiers

DOI

10.26412/psr209.06