A case study on the quality of life of bakers with mild mental retardation
Date of Publication
2005
Document Type
Master's Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Education Major in Special Education
College
Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC College of Education
Department/Unit
Educational Leadership and Management
Thesis Adviser
Perlita M. Jamoralin
Defense Panel Chair
Marikita T. Evangelita
Defense Panel Member
Lilia S. Bautista
Myrna R. Gigantone
Abstract/Summary
This study seeks to describe the quality of life of four bakers with mild mental retardation using the scales and indicators formulated by Dr. Robert Cummins (1997), namely, material well-being, health, productivity, intimacy, safety, place in community, and emotional well-being. It also sought to describe the subjective quality of life of each of the four bakers in terms of importance and satisfaction felt about each of the above domains. And finally, it sought to describe bakers’ level of satisfaction with their quality of life compared with that of Filipinos in general. The study utilized primarily the Quality-of-Life Scale (Intellectual / Cognitive Disability) constructed Cummins (1997). Home visits were conducted as well as interviews to the parents or siblings of the participants using the McLoughlin and Lweis (1994) case history format. To clarify on some vague and conflicting information, a follow-up interview to the bakers was conducted. The findings revealed that the bakers generally perceive themselves as healthy, safe, and relatively productive. In the Objective Scale, they attributed higher ratings on domains of Health, Safety, and Productivity. Lower ratings were attributed to domains of material well-being, intimacy, place in community, and emotional wellbeing. Furthermore, the bakers seem to perceive some negative attitudes of the people towards them. For this reason, they have given low evaluation to the domains of personal relationship and closeness to community. The study also revealed that although the intimacy domain is rated low, which may indicate impaired social relations, the bakers generally consider almost all the domains important. Moreover, even if the domain on Intimacy is considered low important, all bakers feel satisfied with this domain including place in community because intimacy and place in community are domains that are distal from self. Therefore, these bakers put these domains on the abstract level. People tend to feel generally satisfied with factors that are abstract and non-specific. Compared with the Philippine normative data on Personal Well-Being, the mean value of the four bakers satisfaction index is higher than the Philippine norm (R = 55%).
Abstract Format
html
Language
English
Format
Electronic
Accession Number
CDTG003863
Shelf Location
Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F Henry Sy Sr. Hall
Physical Description
1 computer optical disc ; 4 3/4 in.
Recommended Citation
Lin, E. (2005). A case study on the quality of life of bakers with mild mental retardation. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/3263