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I am the fighter until the last moment: the relationship of race/ethnicity and education to self-reported coping strategies among older adults with visual impairment
- Authors:
- LEE Eun-Kyyoung, BRENNAN Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation, 2(4), 2003, pp.3-28.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This study examines how race/ethnicity and educational attainment are related to coping strategies and adaptation to age-related visual impairment among older adults. Narrative data from two previous studies of adaptation to vision impairment (n's = 155 and 343, respectively) were analyzed with qualitative methods. Results indicated that ethnicity of informants played an important role in relation to the type of coping strategies reported, which reflected differences in value systems and sociocultural contexts for each racial group. Educational levels were related to differences in the informants' help-seeking behaviors, attitudes toward learning, and the different kinds of coping resources available. These findings underscore the complexity of needs in the older visually impaired population. Implications of these findings for practitioners working with this population are discussed. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)