REPORT OF INTENSIVE INVESTIGATIONS OF THE PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS OF FORTY EIGHT ABOVE-THE-KNEE AMPUTEES

Abstract

The report presents the results of a study of the psychological adjustment problems of a group of forty-eight above-the-knee leg amputees who reside in the Metropolitan New York Area, and gives special attention to their adjustment problems with prosthetic devices. All of the subjects are veterans of World War II, and each sustained the loss of his limb as a result of combat experience with one of the military services. The research study is concerned particularly with an evaluation of the role of psychological factors -- attitudes and opinions, hopes and aspirations -- as they may affect adjustment to a prosthesis.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1949
Accession Number
AD0641317

Entities

People

  • Lawrence Edwin Abt

Organizations

  • New York University

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Disabled Persons
  • Employment
  • Families (Human)
  • Health Services
  • Human Behavior
  • Joints (Anatomy)
  • Lepidoptera
  • Medical Personnel
  • Motivation
  • Neurobehavioral Manifestations
  • Peripheral Nervous System
  • Physicians
  • Prostheses And Implants
  • Prosthetics
  • Psychological Tests
  • Psychology
  • Recreation

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