Resilience's Impact on the Mental Well-Being of Individuals with Physical Disabilities

Abstract

Introduction: Physically disabled people's mental health should be a top priority since it has a considerable influence on their general quality of life. Promoting these people's psychological health and general well-being depends on recognizing and addressing the particular difficulties they confront.

Objectives: This study's primary goal was to use route analysis to investigate how social identity, group action, and resilience can help persons with physical disabilities avoid the detrimental effects of being Stigmatized internally. Our concept has two possible outcomes: the first is achieved by Group recognition and group action, and the 2nd is accomplished through resilience.

Methods: A total of 321 Chinese individuals with physical disabilities between the ages of 19 and 84 (45.1% men; mean and SD of age = 46.1 [13.3]) replied to the survey. Through an online poll, data for three months were gathered.

Results: The evaluated model successfully matched the data. We discovered that resilience acted as a mediator in the association between Stigmatized internally and the psychological well-being of persons with physical disabilities. However, neither the social identity nor group activity served as a mediator in our individual relationships between Stigmatized internally and quality of life.

Conclusions: The findings supported the link between Stigmatized internally and poor quality of life among people with physical disabilities. The findings indicate that some interacting mechanisms, including resilience, may help to mitigate the harmful impacts of Stigmatized internally. However, neither the aim of collaboration nor any consequences of affiliation with the group were identified.