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Objective: To explore the different coping strategies used by congenitally visually impaired young adults to cope with the burden of disability. Methodology: An open-ended interview technique was used to gather item pool from 35 visually impaired individuals (20 men and 15 women) with age range 18 to 26 years (mean=21.29±2.65). A list of 25 items were further validated by experts and piloted on 10 participants (5 men and 5 women). Lastly, a sample of 426 (62% men and 38% women) visually impaired young adults aged 16 -28 years were tested for psychometric properties of Coping Strategies Scale for Visually Impaired (CSS-VI) along with Depression Anxiety Stress Scale. Results: Factor Analysis generated three factors of CSS-VI, emotion venting, active problem solving and support seeking strategies. The CSS-VI was found to have good internal consistency, and discriminant validity. Conclusion: The results suggest that individuals with congenital VI use more positive coping to curtail the stress associated with their dysfunction.

Safia Sultana, Sadia Saleem, Zahid Mahmood. (2020) Coping with the stress of congenital visual impairment, , Volume 45, Issue-4.
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