Denial and perceived visibility as predictors of adaptation to disability among college students

Abstract

The intent of this study was to examine the relationships between both denial and perceived visibility of disability and psychosocial adaptation to the condition. To this end, responses of 97 college students with disabilities to measures that included sociodemographic, disability-related and psychological variables, as well as denial, perceived visibility of disability, and psychosocial adaptation were analyzed. Results indicated that, after controlling for participants' sociodemographic, disability-related, and selected experiential variables, only denial was found to contribute significantly to psychosocial adaptation to disability.