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Purpose: This study explores the association between spiritual intelligence, coping with disability, and adaptation to disability in those with a history of limb amputation.
Study Design: Analytical cross-sectional correlational study.
Place and Duration of Study: The present study was conducted at the Artificial Limb Centre (ALC), Fauji Foundation Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, from 28th November 2022 to 02nd January 2023.
Materials and Methods: An analytical cross-sectional correlational study was done on 385 individuals who had limb amputation. The sample selection method used in the study was a sample selection technique using a non-probability purposive sampling method. Participants aged 15 years and above with either unilateral or bilateral amputation of the upper and lower limbs were part of the study. The data were gathered using a demographic form, and the psychological tools were the Spiritual Intelligence Self-Report Inventory (SISRI-24), Coping with Disability Difficulties Scale (CDDS), and Adaptation to Disability Scale Revised (ADS-R). Collected data were then analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics Version 27.0. Using descriptive statistics and Pearson's product-moment correlation analysis.
Results: There was a significant positive correlation between spiritual intelligence and coping with disability (r = .262, p < .001), spiritual intelligence and adaptation to disability (r = .311, p < .001), and coping with disability and adaptation to disability (r = .151, p = .003). Positive thinking was positively correlated with adaptation to disability; on the other side, avoidance coping depicted a significant negative relationship with adaptation.
Conclusion: There was a positive correlation between spiritual intelligence and coping strategies and between spiritual intelligence and adaptation to disability in those who have undergone amputation of a limb. Positive coping strategies were associated with good adaptation, while avoidance coping mechanisms were associated with poor adaptation.
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