Social Supports Available to Persons with Disabilities in Nigeria

Perceptions Of Disability ◽

Functional Social Support ◽

Negative Perceptions ◽

The Individual ◽

Personality Features

Disability entails more than the mere physical deformity such as stroke; however, a disability could manifest in different forms; mental, emotional, sensory and intellectual disability among others. People with disability are faced with a lot of challenges and they experience depression, isolation and social exclusion which were explained in studies from the natural and behavioral sciences. Also, Social workers and Psychologists alike have often discussed the importance of social inclusion and social support for people living with a disability. Social support helps to reduce psychological stress, enhance the quality of life and achieve social inclusion. Lack of social support increases the risk of depression, social exclusion, maladaptive behaviors and mortality. In this paper, we will give a thorough explanation of Social support and its forms. We emphasized the influence of neurobiology, personality features, social system and perception on who gets social support and to what extent. The paper also discussed Nigeria’s perceptions of disability and the social support networks in Nigeria, using vast literature. From literature, social supports are of different kinds however, this paper emphasized the need for functional social support which entails changing negative perceptions about disability. In other words, social support should not be just assisting the individual to access their immediate needs but should entail involving them in decision making – social inclusion.

Protective factors in the attainment of resilience in persons with disability

Masyarakat Kebudayaan dan Politik ◽

10.20473/mkp.v31i32018.291-299 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 31 (3) ◽

pp. 291

Author(s):

Wiwin Hendriani

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Protective Factors ◽

Psychological Intervention ◽

Normal Person ◽

Self Identity ◽

Instrumental Case Study ◽

Study Approach ◽

Analysis Technique ◽

People who live with a physical disability requires further attention. Living as a disabled person is not easy, especially if the individual was born as a normal person. This study aims to identify the protective factors that play an inﬂuential role in the attainment of resilience in individuals who experience physical changes as a disabled person. This research applied the instrumental case study approach. The participants consisted of eight individuals with physical disabilities. The data was gathered using an in-depth interview, while the thematic analysis technique was used in the data analysis. The results show that there were eight protective factors involved in achieving resilience in individuals who experience physical change as a disabled person. The eight factors consist of four external protective factors; social support, psychological intervention, the presence of a source of inspiration and the availability of public facilities for persons with disabilities. There are also four internal protective factors, namely religiosity, the willingness to learn, an awareness of social support, and an awareness of self-identity. The results of this study can be implemented in order to assist in the attainment of resilience among other groups of individuals who also undergo a change of physical condition through the strengthening of the eight protective factors.

Embodied Cognition and Media Engagement: When the Loneliness of the Protagonist Makes the Reader Sense Coldness (and Vice Versa)

Human Communication Research ◽

10.1093/hcr/hqab010 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 47 (4) ◽

pp. 444-476

Author(s):

Nurit Tal-Or ◽

Irene Razpurker-Apfeld

Keyword(s):

Embodied Cognition ◽

Social Exclusion ◽

Social Inclusion ◽

Psychological State ◽

Media Psychology ◽

Physical Warmth ◽

Psychological Experiences ◽

Abstract Embodied cognition research documents the interplay between physical sensations and corresponding psychological experiences within the individual. Accordingly, physical warmth leads to a sense of social inclusion, and being socially rejected leads to physical coldness. In the current research, we demonstrate that these embodied cognition relationships also apply to a media consumer and a media character with whom the consumer identifies. In Study 1, participants (N = 120) read one of four narratives in which we manipulated identification with the protagonist and her social exclusion/inclusion situation. In Study 2 (N = 120), the narrative described the protagonist experiencing coldness/warmth in high/low identification conditions. The findings suggest that when the character experiences either the physical or the psychological state, the identifying consumer consequently experiences either psychological feelings or physical sensations, respectively. We discuss potential limitations of the study and also its contribution to media psychology and to embodied cognition research.

Predictors for Loneliness Perceived by the Interviewer or the Individual: Findings from Limited Disability Pensioners and Medical Rehabilitation Patients

Acta de Investigación Psicológica ◽

10.22201/fpsi.20074719e.2020.1.338 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 114-130

Author(s):

Sonia Lippke

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Life Satisfaction ◽

Self Report ◽

Medical Rehabilitation ◽

Computer Assisted ◽

The Individual ◽

Study Participants ◽

Interview Studies ◽

Rate Female

Loneliness can be seen as indicator of social participation which is a major concern of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Temporary disability pensioners and medical rehabilitants are persons with disabilities, whose rights should be empowered. Moreover, loneliness is a major burden for the individual and finding ways to overcome loneliness are accordingly required. Previous research has shown that different socio-demographic characteristics, life-satisfaction and social support interrelate with loneliness. The aim of the present study was to replicate findings with two computer-assisted telephone interview studies with individuals insured with a local pension fund. While study 1 recruited N = 453 disability pensioners (mean age=50.4 years, 53.5 % female) and assessed their loneliness with the typical self-report measured by directly asking, study 2 recruited N = 1,044 patients in a medical rehabilitation (mean age=49.5 years, 36 % female) and used the reports of their interviewers without asking the study participants directly about their loneliness. In both studies, more life-satisfaction was significantly associated with less loneliness (beta=-.41 and -.23). However, only in the interviewer-rated study, higher social support was related to less loneliness (beta=-.16). Sex differences were found in the interviewer-rated study (women were rated as lonelier, beta=.11), while an interrelation with age was only found if self-reports were used in terms of younger disability pensioners reported more loneliness (beta=-.24). The findings open options for counseling to also improve self-reported life-satisfaction. While interviewers rate female interviewees as lonelier than men, interventions should not forget about men as they report equal loneliness if controlled for other variables. The results replicate that health and life-satisfaction are imperative and addressable to decrease loneliness. This should be researched further and used for interventions.

Social Inclusion and Exclusion: How Evolution Changes our Relational and Social Brain

10.5772/intechopen.99916 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Chiara Fante ◽

Sara Palermo ◽

Vincenzo Auriemma ◽

Morese Rosalba

Keyword(s):

Social Exclusion ◽

Social Inclusion ◽

Social Groups ◽

Psychological Impact ◽

Human Beings ◽

Group Affiliation ◽

Social Pain ◽

Social Brain ◽

Motivational Systems ◽

Belonging to social groups is an important need for human beings and social exclusion has a significant psychological impact on individual wellbeing. Social neuroscience has clarified the similarity of the neuronal substrate between physical pain and social pain during the experience of social exclusion. Pain is the oldest signal that something is wrong for our brain, and the anticipation of pain motivates a move away from perceived dangerous or noxious stimuli. The Evolutionary Theory of Motivation (ETM) considered group affiliation as an adaptive goal that supports the individual\'s adaptation to the environment; however, invalidating experiences may induce avoidance of its pursuit. In this perspective, social exclusion could thus be considered as the result of failures at one or more levels of the human motivational systems. This chapter attempts to understand the neuroscience findings on social exclusion in this theoretical framework.

Finding a Place to Belong: The Role of Social Inclusion in the Lives of Homeless Men

The Qualitative Report ◽

10.46743/2160-3715/2015.2414 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Meaghan Bell ◽

Christine Walsh

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Social Exclusion ◽

Social Inclusion ◽

Support Networks ◽

Survival Strategies ◽

Homeless Shelter ◽

Informal Social Support ◽

Homeless Men ◽

Key Informant

This study explores the role of informal social support networks of male homeless shelter residents. Authors utilized ethnographic methods, relationality and reflexive research approaches and key informant interviews with 10 shelter residents to investigate perceptions of belonging in overcoming social exclusion and countering the stigmatization cast onto as a result of their condition of homelessness. Study findings challenge our normative conceptions of homelessness by discerning between “rooflessness” and “rootlessness” suggesting that homelessness is more than the absence of shelter, but rather denotes the absence of support and inclusion in one’s community. This research highlights a community within the shelter characterized by notions of acceptance and companionship. The associations shelter residents developed are creative and collaborative survival strategies allowing residents to negotiate their conditions of homelessness. As a result, some residents expressed reluctance to leave the shelter and (re)integrate into the community that had cast them off.

Actualization of cultural heritage by museum means for the visitors with hearing impairment

Человек и культура ◽

10.25136/2409-8744.2021.2.35540 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 72-81

Author(s):

Daria Rodionova ◽

Sergei Ivanovich Gusev ◽

Yana Igorevna Tolkalova

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Hearing Impairment ◽

Social Inclusion ◽

Cultural Practices ◽

The People ◽

The Subject ◽

The Individual ◽

Museum Tour ◽

Further Development

The subject of this research is the actualization of cultural heritage by museum means. The object of this research is the adaptation of persons with hearing impairment, namely the experience of Russian museums. Museum plays a significant role in the processes of sociocultural adaptation, self-identification and social inclusion of the people with disabilities, possessing a unique set of criteria, ability to accumulate and transmit cultural potential. The active participation of museums in solution of sociocultural problems in many ways determines the vector of further development of museology, implementing modern cultural practices. The authors believe that working with the hearing-impaired visitors requires reconsideration of the traditional ways of presenting museum information and development of the new forms of interpretation of exhibition material. The conclusion is made that museum personnel should orient towards the individual peculiarities of each visitor, taking into account their capabilities in selecting the channel of museum communication, forms, methods and approaches. Museum personnel should plan their work jointly with the pedagogues, rehabilitation specialists, social workers, psychologists, and persons with disabilities directly. Each museum should be provided with the necessary conditions for working with children of each disability category. Namely this underlied the development of the concept of museum tour “We Can Hear You Through The Eyes” on the premises of Kuzbass State Museum of Local Lore.

Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution? Social Housing Allocation Policies and Social Exclusion in Britain

Journal of Social Policy ◽

10.1017/s0047279402006797 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 31 (4) ◽

pp. 643-667 ◽

Cited By ~ 32

Author(s):

HAL PAWSON ◽

KEITH KINTREA

Keyword(s):

Social Exclusion ◽

Social Housing ◽

Social Inclusion ◽

Community Sustainability ◽

Residential Areas ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Individual Level ◽

Residential Communities ◽

The One ◽

This article examines claims that social housing allocations policies can, on the one hand, contribute to and on the other, counter, social exclusion. In setting the scene, the paper investigates connections between housing processes and social exclusion and describes the development of social housing allocations systems over the past few decades. Drawing on evidence from two recently completed national studies in England and Scotland it shows that allocation policies contribute to social exclusion in three main ways. First, a large proportion of social landlords restrict eligibility for social housing thereby contributing directly to exclusion. Second, mechanisms within allocation systems continue to segregate the most excluded to the worst residential areas. Third, through the 1990s allocation policies became increasingly coercive, so reducing or eliminating tenant choice over their own housing in distinct contrast to the choice that is available in the private market. The paper then reviews the dilemmas faced by policy-makers: whilst aspects of allocations contribute to social exclusion at the individual level, they may be justified by their role in promoting sustainable residential communities. Although there are hopes that the ‘choice-based’ approaches to lettings which emerged in the late 1990s can both boost community sustainability and counter the disabling impact of coercive approaches, the article suggests it is unlikely that such methods can significantly enhance social inclusion as long as social housing remains a housing sector of last resort, with in-built disadvantages.

SEXUALIDADE E REPRODUÇÃO COMO DIREITOS DAS PESSOAS COM DEFICÊNCIA INTELCTUAL E SUAS INTERFACES COM AS POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS NA

Revista Políticas Públicas ◽

10.18764/2178-2865.v17n2p467-477 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 17 (2) ◽

pp. 467

Author(s):

Renato Barboza Barboza

Keyword(s):

Intellectual Disabilities ◽

Social Inclusion ◽

Reproductive Rights ◽

Public Policies ◽

Education And Health ◽

The People ◽

People With Intellectual Disabilities ◽

The Individual ◽

Sexual And Reproductive Rights

O presente artigo discute as políticas públicas em curso no país, nos setores da Educação e da Saúde, destinadas às pessoas com deficiência intelectual, no marco dos direitos sexuaise reprodutivos, a partir da problemática das DST/Aids. Examina a questão da inclusão social à luz da Convenção sobre os Direitos das Pessoas com Deficiência da Organização das Nações Unidas, ratificada no Brasil em 2008, além de outros documentos da gestão pública vislumbrando-se a reduçãode vulnerabilidades nessa população. Aborda o conceito de vulnerabilidade na análise das dimensões individual, social e programática, quanto aos avanços e desafios na implementação de políticas e programas sociais eficazes nesses setores no cenário contemporâneo.Palavras-chave: Direitos sexuais e reprodutivos; deficiência intelectual; políticas públicas.SEXUALITY AND REPRODUCTION AS RIGHTS FOR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES AND THEIR INTERFACES WITH THE NATIONAL PUBLIC POLICIES OF EDUCATIONAND HEALTH: gaps and possibilitiesAbstract: The present article discusses the public policies of the Education and Health that are in development in the country for the people with intellectual disabilities in the context of sexual and reproductive rights, from the problem of STD/AIDS. It examines the issue of social inclusion under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of the United Nations Organization, ratified in Brazil in 2008, and other official documents of public policy in the country, to reducing vulnerabilities in this population. It discusses the concept of vulnerability and analyzes the individual, social andprogrammatic dimensions, about the advances and challenges in the implementation of effective social policies and social programs in these sectors in the contemporary scenario.Keywords: Sexual and reproductive rights, intellectual disability, public policies.

From Bullets to Handshake: The Dynamics of Social Exclusion, Social Inclusion, Social Protection and Boko Haram in Nigeria

African Journal of Terrorism and Insurgency Research ◽

10.31920/2732-5008/2020/v1n3a5 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (3) ◽

pp. 73-94

Author(s):

Akinyetun Shola ◽

Salau Jamiu Adewale Adewale ◽

Ahoton Samuel ◽

Alausa Abiodun ◽

Odeyemi Deji

Keyword(s):

Social Exclusion ◽

Social Inclusion ◽

Social Protection ◽

Boko Haram

Perceived uniqueness: Locus of control, social exclusion, and choice

Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal ◽

10.2224/sbp.8066 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 47 (11) ◽

pp. 1-7

Author(s):

Shichang Liang ◽

Yaping Chang ◽

XueBing Dong ◽

Jinshan Wang

Keyword(s):

Locus Of Control ◽

Social Exclusion ◽

Undergraduate Students ◽

Social Inclusion ◽

Personal Control ◽

Central China ◽

External Locus ◽

Internal Locus Of Control ◽

Uniqueness Results ◽

The Relationship

We examined the influence of locus of control on the relationship between social exclusion and preference for distinctive choices. Participants were 212 undergraduate students at a university in Central China, who completed measures of social exclusion, locus of control, choice, and perceived uniqueness. Results showed that participants who believed that the environment controlled their fate (external locus of control) preferred more distinctive choices in a social exclusion context than in a social inclusion context, whereas participants who believed that they could control the environment (internal locus of control) preferred less distinctive choices. Further, perceived uniqueness mediated the effect of social exclusion and locus of control on choice. These results add to the literature on social exclusion and personal control.