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ERIC Number: EJ544479
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0145-482X
The Personal Networks and Social Supports of Blind and Visually Impaired Adolescents.
Kef, S.
Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, v91 n3 p236-44 May-Jun 1997
This study examined the personal networks and social supports of 316 blind and visually impaired youth, ages 14-23, in the Netherlands. The average participant had a personal network of 15 people (compared to 15-20 for sighted adolescents.) The oldest adolescents had the largest networks and blind adolescents had the smallest. For all adolescents, parents were the most important source of support. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Blindness, Foreign Countries, Friendship, Interpersonal Relationship, Parent Child Relationship, Partial Vision, Peer Relationship, Severity (of Disability), Social Networks, Social Support Groups, Visual Impairments
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Netherlands
Note: Special Issue on Adolescence and Early Adulthood.