Mental Health and Quality of Life of Adolescents with Physical, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Zenon Gajdzica, Professor, Special Educator, Institute of Pedagogy, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland. Stanisława Byra, Associate Professor, Special Educator, Institute of Pedagogy, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Poland.Anna Kołodziej-Zaleska, Assistant Professor, Psychologist, Institute of Psychology, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.Katarzyna Rutkowska, Assistant Professor, Psychologist, Institute of Psychology, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Poland.Daniela Dzienniak-Pulina, Assistant Professor, Sociologist, Institute of Sociology, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.

• 1. Introduction 2. Youth with a disability from the biopsychosocial perspective – assumptions of the study 3. Mental health evaluation by adolescents with a disability and by their parents 4. Health-related quality of life of youth with a disability in the physical, emotional, family, peer, and educational context 5. Evaluation of health-related quality of life: perspectives of adolescents with disability and of parents 6. Personal and social resources of adolescents with a disability and of their parents: similarities and differences 7. Meaning of personal and social resources in maintaining health-related quality of life of adolescents with a disability 8. Conclusion