Psychosocial Adaptation to Chronic Illness and Disability: an Updated and Expanded Conceptual Framework
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Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin
Document Type
Citation
Publication Date
7-27-2021
Abstract
The article revisits and updates an earlier model (Livneh, 2001) that examined the building blocks that constitute the dynamics of psychosocial adaptation to chronic illness and disability (CID). In the revised tripartite model, the author reconstructs and refines the earlier model based on recent theoretical formulations, clinical reviews and research findings. In the revised model, the author discusses three overarching components, namely, antecedents (causes of medical conditions, background variables), processes (the dynamically unfolding course of post-CID events), and outcomes (anticipated exit indicators that serve, as snapshot end products, to assess the individual’s experienced and reported quality of life following onset of CID). The article concludes with a brief review of the model’s practical and research implications.
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Copyright © 2021 by Hammill Institute on Disabilities
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DOI
10.1177/00343552211034819
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/36274
Citation Details
Livneh, H. (2021). Psychosocial Adaptation to Chronic Illness and Disability: An Updated and Expanded Conceptual Framework. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 003435522110348. https://doi.org/10.1177/00343552211034819