The Connection between Social Support and Resilience of People with Disabilities with Life Satisfaction and Hope for the Future

Abstract

The presented research explored the relationship of social support, the resilience of people with disabilities and the satisfaction with life and hope for the future. The aim of the research was to explore the possibility of predicting the quality of life and hope for the future among people with disabilities on the grounds of sociodemographic data as well as measurements of resilience and social support on 230 participants. The research was conducted via online survey form, consisting of a questionnaire exploring demographic characteristics, Brief scale of resilience, Scale of satisfaction with life, Scale of hope for the future and Scale of social support. The findings of this research imply several possible defence factors for satisfaction with life and hope for the future of people with disabilities and the role of all of us is to encourage and improve social support for people with disabilities.