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Partnership and Motivations for Starting a Family of One’s Own in the Opinions of Students with Disabilities

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  • Maria Łukaszek

    (Department of Resocialization Pedagogy, Faculty of Pedagogy, University of Rzeszów, 35-010 Rzeszów, Poland)

  • Małgorzata Zaborniak-Sobczak

    (Department of Disability Research, University of Rzeszów, 35-010 Rzeszów, Poland
    Psychological and Pedagogical Counselling Centre No 1 in Rzeszów, 35-005 Rzeszów, Poland)

  • Remigiusz Kijak

    (Department of Disability Research, University of Rzeszów, 35-010 Rzeszów, Poland
    Department of Biomedical Foundations of Development and Sexology, University of Warsaw, 00-927 Warsaw, Poland)

Abstract

Creating and maintaining stable, happy intimate relationships is a right every individual has. Previous research has shown that people with disabilities are at risk of building unsatisfactory partner relationships. The aim of the study was to ascertain the beliefs of students with disabilities concerning their motives for starting families and, in regard to potential partners, their tolerance for risky life experiences and the personal qualities accepted. A cross-sectional study was conducted with a sample of 2847 university students in southeastern Poland. It was found that the following motives for entering into a permanent relationship were considered more important by students with disabilities than they were by students without disabilities: enhancement of self-esteem ( p = 0.001), high economic potential of a partner ( p = 0.007) and a shared system of values and interests ( p = 0.036). Love ( p = 0.031) and the mental qualities ( p = 0.010) of a partner were considered less important by students with disabilities than they were by students without disabilities. Moreover, students with disabilities are far more likely than students without disabilities to accept disability ( p < 0.001) in potential partners. They are also significantly more willing to enter into relationships with people who have risky life experiences, even in the form of violence against previous life partners ( p < 0.015) and children ( p = 0.001), addiction to alcohol ( p < 0.001) or drugs ( p = 0.01) and the resulting treatment, and those having served time in prison ( p = 0.034). Educational and institutional support for students with disabilities should be intensified with regard to partner selection being satisfactory to both partners.

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  • Maria Łukaszek & Małgorzata Zaborniak-Sobczak & Remigiusz Kijak, 2023. "Partnership and Motivations for Starting a Family of One’s Own in the Opinions of Students with Disabilities," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(11), pages 1-22, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2023:i:11:p:5971-:d:1157414
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