Life Satisfaction on Dwarfism

DOI

10.2991/acpch-18.2019.29How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Dwarfism, life satisfaction, young adult

Abstract

Dwarfism or Short Stature has a physical difference from normal conditions which makes it has different psychological dynamics with normal people related to their life satisfaction. The purpose of this study was to find out the life satisfaction experienced by individuals who experience dwarfism in young adult. Life satisfaction is explored through its aspects, which refers to the desire to change lives, current, past, and future satisfaction, also about other people's appraisement. In addition, it was discussed in depth about the factors that influence life satisfaction in dwarfism. The research method used is qualitative, by deep interviewing to dwarfism with different backgrounds of life. Data analysis used was discourse analysis using interpretative validation. The result showed that the background of life can affect the life satisfaction of dwarfism. The factor of balance of hope and achievement also determined the depiction of life satisfaction in dwarfism. The background of life led to life satisfaction factors, to obtain a conception of life satisfaction and then the perceived life satisfaction had an impact on the subject's self-adjustment which later could be constructive or destructive.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - May Lia Elfina
AU  - Dwi Martha Ramadhani
PY  - 2019/03
DA  - 2019/03
TI  - Life Satisfaction on Dwarfism
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th ASEAN Conference on Psychology, Counselling, and Humanities (ACPCH 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 113
EP  - 117
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/acpch-18.2019.29
DO  - 10.2991/acpch-18.2019.29
ID  - Elfina2019/03
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