The Positive Psychology of Personal Factors

Implications for Understanding Disability

Personal factors are an element of social-ecological models of disability but have not been well defined or described. This book examines personal factors from the field of positive psychology to begin to identify and build strengths-based approaches to promoting the full participation, dignity, and well-being of disabled people.

Historically, interventions designed to impact the lives of disabled people were predicated upon deficits-based models of disability. This began to change with the introduction of World Health Organization (WHO) frameworks, particularly the International Classification of Function (ICF), that emphasized that disability could only be understood in the context of interactions among health, environmental factors, and personal factors and by examining the impact of such factors on a person’s activities and participation. The ICF identified personal factors as among the elements of a social-ecological model of disability but did not provide an extensive taxonomy of what constitutes such factors. The Positive Psychology of Personal Factors examines personal factors that come from the field of positive psychology and, as such, to begin to identify and build strengths-based approaches to promoting the full participation, dignity, and well-being of disabled people.

Contributor: Michael L. Wehmeyer (Edited by), Erin E. Andrews (Contributions by), Kathleen R. Bogart (Contributions by), Brandon Boring (Contributions by), Brooke Bryson (Contributions by), Katherine Budge (Contributions by), Thomas Dirth (Contributions by), Sidai Dong (Contributions by), Michal Einav (Contributions by), Timothy R. Elliott (Contributions by), Elisa S. M. Fattoracci (Contributions by), Anjali J. Forber-Pratt (Contributions by), Hannah Fry (Contributions by), Devin Guthrie (Contributions by), Mikki Hebl (Contributions by), Joshua Hicks (Contributions by), Yunzhen (Judy) Huang (Contributions by), Joseph Maffly-Kipp (Contributions by), Alexandra Kriofske Mainella (Contributions by), Malka Margalit (Contributions by), Vani A. Mathur (Contributions by), Megan McSpedon (Contributions by), Michelle Nario-Redmond (Contributions by), Jeffrey Noel (Contributions by), Timothy Oxendahl (Contributions by), Kevin Rand (Contributions by), Tomer Schmidt-Barad (Contributions by), Mackenzie L. Shanahan (Contributions by), Elisabeth Silver (Contributions by), Susan Miller Smedema (Contributions by), Laurel Wade (Contributions by), Michael L. Wehmeyer (Contributions by), Dana S. Dunn (Edited by), Dana S. Dunn (Contributions by)

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