The Experiences of Children with Disabilities in Therapeutic Riding: Insights from Positive Psychology - Couverture souple

Naidoo, Pravani

 
9783838364742: The Experiences of Children with Disabilities in Therapeutic Riding: Insights from Positive Psychology
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3838364740 ISBN 13 : 9783838364742
Editeur : LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

Psychology is infamous for its longstanding contribution to propagating pathologising ways of conceptualising disability and ways of thinking about individuals with disabilities that prioritise attention to difference as meaning deviance and deficit. Characteristically, studies of childhood disability have made intermittent reference to strengths, capabilities and well-being in rather cursory and taken-for-granted ways. In response, the author identifies the nascent sub-discipline of positive psychology as a field that holds significant research utility. Accordingly,this study utilised a qualitative interpretive approach to investigate the subjective experiences of six South African children with cerebral palsy who participated in a therapeutic horse riding intervention programme over a two-year period. The study contributes to existing research within the field of disability and rehabilitation through its efforts to yield "thick descriptions" and "thick interpretations" in combination with the theory- laden validation of findings around the everyday subjective experiences of children with disabilities.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Psychology is infamous for its longstanding contribution to propagating pathologising ways of conceptualising disability and ways of thinking about individuals with disabilities that prioritise attention to difference as meaning deviance and deficit. Characteristically, studies of childhood disability have made intermittent reference to strengths, capabilities and well-being in rather cursory and taken-for-granted ways. In response, the author identifies the nascent sub-discipline of positive psychology as a field that holds significant research utility. Accordingly,this study utilised a qualitative interpretive approach to investigate the subjective experiences of six South African children with cerebral palsy who participated in a therapeutic horse riding intervention programme over a two-year period. The study contributes to existing research within the field of disability and rehabilitation through its efforts to yield "thick descriptions" and "thick interpretations" in combination with the theory- laden validation of findings around the everyday subjective experiences of children with disabilities.

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Éditeur
LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3838364740
ISBN 13 
9783838364742
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
308
Coordonnées du fabricant
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