• Login
    View Item 
    •   BEARdocs Home
    • Honors College
    • Theses - Honors College
    • View Item
    •   BEARdocs Home
    • Honors College
    • Theses - Honors College
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Identity and Meaning in an Unimagined Future: The Effects of Life-Altering Physical Disability Acquired During Emerging Adulthood

    View/Open
    Thesis (393.6Kb)
    Email thread with authorizations (106.6Kb)
    Authorization agreement (109.4Kb)
    Access rights
    No access - Contact librarywebmaster@baylor.edu
    Date
    2020-05-22
    Author
    McCullough, Katherine
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Abstract
    Emerging Adulthood is the term that developmental psychologists use to describe the stage of life in between adolescence and adulthood. During these years, individuals determine their core values and find their place of belonging in the world. These years are typically viewed as those with individual’s highest level of beauty, physicality, and opportunity. Young adults do not imagine what their current lives would look like if they had a physical disability, something that seems to belong in a different category than youth. There is, however, a space where disability interacts with young adulthood that has yet to be fully investigated. I conducted a Grounded Theory study in order to explore ways that individuals cope, learn, and achieve with physical disabilities when they are developed during emerging adulthood. Through a series of semi-structured interviews, I gathered data directly from thirteen individuals who developed a life-altering physical disability between the ages of seventeen and twenty-nine. Through the use of constant comparison between my field notes and current literature, three major themes emerged: How does this experience change me? How does this experience change others? and How do I find meaning in this? In this thesis, I explain how these themes relate to this particular experience of disability, and I offer a unique lens with which to view the interaction of disability and young adulthood.
    URI
    https://hdl.handle.net/2104/10899
    Department
    University Scholar.
    Collections
    • Theses - Honors College

    Copyright © Baylor® University All rights reserved. Legal Disclosures.
    Baylor University Waco, Texas 76798 1-800-BAYLOR-U
    Baylor University Libraries | One Bear Place #97148 | Waco, TX 76798-7148 | 254.710.2112 | Contact: libraryquestions@baylor.edu
    If you find any errors in content, please contact librarywebmaster@baylor.edu
    DSpace software copyright © 2002-2016  DuraSpace
    Contact Us | Send Feedback
    TDL
    Theme by 
    Atmire NV
     

     

    Browse

    All of DSpaceCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

    My Account

    Login

    Statistics

    View Usage Statistics

    Copyright © Baylor® University All rights reserved. Legal Disclosures.
    Baylor University Waco, Texas 76798 1-800-BAYLOR-U
    Baylor University Libraries | One Bear Place #97148 | Waco, TX 76798-7148 | 254.710.2112 | Contact: libraryquestions@baylor.edu
    If you find any errors in content, please contact librarywebmaster@baylor.edu
    DSpace software copyright © 2002-2016  DuraSpace
    Contact Us | Send Feedback
    TDL
    Theme by 
    Atmire NV