Characteristics of the psychosocial adaptation of adolescents from the perspective of the state of health

The article presents some results of the research carried out on the subject of psychosocial adaptation of adolescents with physical disabilities. In this context, both the concept of psychosocial adaptation and the concept of disability are described. According to the research approach, psychometric instruments were used to identify the peculiarities of psychosocial adaptation of adolescents with physical disabilities. Moreover, for the study carried out, we considered it important to identify the relationship between the research variables such as general indices of psychosocial adaptation, hopelessness scale, affective problems, anxiety problems, somatic accusations, attention problems, oppositional behavior problems, conduct problems, the components of self-esteem and - the psychosocial factors related to the process of psychosocial adaptation of adolescents with physical disabilities. In this paper, we will only describe the relationship between the listed variables and the health status (with disability/without disability) of adolescents, but in general, the research carried out also refers to other factors: the environment of residence, the type of disability, the mode of studies