Mental Health and Quality of Life of Adolescents with Physical, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

This timely volume addresses issues related to the mental health and health-related quality of life of adolescents through a study with three groups: those with physical, intellectual, and other developmental disabilities, specifically Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).

Zenon Gajdzica, Professor, Special Educator, Institute of Pedagogy, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland. Stanis-awa Byra, Associate Professor, Special Educator, Institute of Pedagogy, Maria Curie-Sk-odowska University, Poland. Anna Köodziej-Zaleska, Assistant Professor, Psychologist, Institute of Psychology, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland. Katarzyna Rutkowska, Assistant Professor, Psychologist, Institute of Psychology, Maria Curie-Sk-odowska University, Poland. Daniela Dzienniak-Pulina, Assistant Professor, Sociologist, Institute of Sociology, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.

1. Introduction 2. Youth with a disability from the biopsychosocial perspective - assumptions of the study 3. Mental health evaluation by adolescents with a disability and by their parents 4. Health-related quality of life of youth with a disability in the physical, emotional, family, peer, and educational context 5. Evaluation of health-related quality of life: perspectives of adolescents with disability and of parents 6. Personal and social resources of adolescents with a disability and of their parents: similarities and differences 7. Meaning of personal and social resources in maintaining health-related quality of life of adolescents with a disability 8. Conclusion