Naslov
Influence of blindness on beliefs in a just world

Autori
Pojatić, Đorđe ; Degmečić, Dunja

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Abstract Book 4th Student Congress of Neuroscience / Omrčen, Hrvoje - Rijeka : Printex, Čakovec, 2014, 93-93

ISBN
978-953-7957-19-3

Skup
4 th Student Congress of Neuroscience, NEURI 2014

Mjesto i datum
Rijeka, Hrvatska, 25.04.2014. - 27.04.2014

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Recenziran

Ključne riječi
slijepoća, uvjerenja, pravedan svijet
(blindness, beliefs, just world)

Sažetak
Introduction: Blindness is defined as visual acuity of less than 3/60 in the better eye with best possible correction. The onset of blindness can cause psychiatric disorders. It is unknown and necessary to determine whether there is a difference in anxiety rate and perception of a just world in people with long-lasting blindness. Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the influence of long-lasting blindness on the level and type of anxiety of blind people and on their attitudes towards justice in the world.Methods: Anxiety levels were measured using the Beck Anxiety Inventory. Attitudes towards justice were measured using the General Belief in a Just World Scale. A group of blind people was interviewed by the researcher and healthy subjects from the control group solved the test themselves. There wasn`t gender and number difference (n = 27, 15 women, 12 men) or age difference (min.=33, max.=65, mean=48, s.d.= ± 10.8) between the two groups.results: Blind patients had a significantly higher General Belief score compared to the control group (p<0.02). Blind people didn’t have a significantly higher Beck Anxiety score compared to the control group, but the score pertaining to the questions of the test related to panic anxiety was significantly higher in the blind people compared to the control group (p<0.001). In both groups, the General Belief score was significantly higher if the Beck Anxiety score was lower (p<0.02).Conclusion: The results of this study revealed significantly better attitudes of blind people towards a just world, showed a reverse proportional ratio between good attitudes and anxiety score, and showed a correlation between panic anxiety and blindness.

Izvorni jezik
Hrvatski

Znanstvena područja
Biotehnologija u biomedicini (prirodno područje, biomedicina i zdravstvo, biotehničko područje)

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