APS

31st APS Annual Convention · 2019

Is It You or Your Environment? Relational and Personal Mobility’s Role in the Loneliness Experienced By Individuals with Disabilities

Washington, DC · May 2019

Poster · Social

  • Lauren Howard
    The College of William & Mary
  • Kosuke Sato
    Kochi University
  • Joanna Schug
    College of William & Mary

Abstract

Individuals with disabilities are at higher risk of experiencing loneliness. This study examines whether the fluidity in the social environment influences the loneliness of individuals with disabilities. We surveyed over 5000 participants' perceptions of relational and personal mobility in the US and Japan and found differences between the two societies.

Cultural

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