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- Title
Perceptions of Youth with Disabilities in Bhutan on Family Support, Attitudes, and Encouragement towards Meaningful Community Engagement: Implications for Parental Self-Efficacy.
- Authors
Sherab, Kezang; Schuelka, Matthew J.
- Abstract
Purpose: Awareness and attention towards disability-inclusion in Bhutan has steadily increased over the last few years. However, there are still many challenges that remain to support meaningful employment and community engagement for youth with disabilities such as inequity, discrimination, stigma, inaccessible physical environments, and bullying that seems to impact the selfefficacy of the youth with disabilities themselves. In this article, we explore how youth with disabilities in Bhutan perceive their family's level of support, attitudes, and encouragement in order to explore the implications of parental self-efficacy. Method: This article reports on a national-level survey in Bhutan on the perceptions of youth with disabilities (n = 216; Male = 127 & Female = 87) about family attitudes, support systems, and family encouragement towards their employment and the role of parental self-efficacy beliefs. The participants in the survey were recruited through purposeful sampling procedures that provides representation and generalizability across multiple characteristics and factors. Data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: Findings from this study suggest that youth with disabilities were supported and encouraged to contribute to the family livelihood within the home, but less so out in the community, indicating lower parental self-efficacy beliefs about their child with a disability's capabilities to contribute in the community and their own ability to facilitate and ensure that contribution. Conclusion: Negative family attitudes and lower self-efficacy can be detrimental as it limits the ability of youth with disabilities to fulfil and achieve their life goals. Equally, youth with a disability's perception of their negative family attitudes and low self-efficacy can also be detrimental to their development. This article recommends further research into the self-efficacy beliefs of parents of children with disabilities. Furthermore, engagement, awareness raising, and training parents on ways to support their child with a disability to engage in meaningful employment and community activities.
- Subjects
BHUTAN; SOCIAL participation; INFERENTIAL statistics; RESEARCH; SOCIAL support; EMPLOYMENT of people with disabilities; PATIENT participation; FAMILY support; PARENTS of children with disabilities; MULTIVARIATE analysis; COMMUNITIES; PATIENTS' attitudes; FAMILY attitudes; SELF-efficacy; PARENTING; SEX distribution; COMPARATIVE studies; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CHI-squared test; SCALE analysis (Psychology); RESEARCH funding; PEOPLE with disabilities; JUDGMENT sampling; STATISTICAL correlation; ATTITUDES toward disabilities; PROXY
- Publication
Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development, 2023, Vol 34, Issue 2, p27
- ISSN
2211-5242
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.20372/dcidj.623