Title of Paper
Relationships among travel, social and occupational participation, and life satisfaction for people with mobility disability: A longitudinal analysis
Abstract (150 Words)
Although people with mobility disability, such as spinal cord injury (SCI), often report great environmental and attitudinal challenges while traveling, research has found that traveling is important to people with SCI because travel activities may contribute to their social engagement and life satisfaction. Since SCI is a lifelong injury, it is important to better understand the transitions of individuals life following SCI and how factors such as traveling influence the long-term management of SCI, participation in society, and life satisfaction. Using a longitudinal research method, the study identified an increasing pattern of life satisfaction and declining trends of travel, social and occupational participation among 17,143 people with SCI wo registered in the SCI Model Systems from 1996 to 2016. In addition, results of the study suggest travel activities can positively contribute to social and occupation participation of people with SCI and their life satisfaction over time.
Relationships among travel, social and occupational participation, and life satisfaction for people with mobility disability: A longitudinal analysis
Although people with mobility disability, such as spinal cord injury (SCI), often report great environmental and attitudinal challenges while traveling, research has found that traveling is important to people with SCI because travel activities may contribute to their social engagement and life satisfaction. Since SCI is a lifelong injury, it is important to better understand the transitions of individuals life following SCI and how factors such as traveling influence the long-term management of SCI, participation in society, and life satisfaction. Using a longitudinal research method, the study identified an increasing pattern of life satisfaction and declining trends of travel, social and occupational participation among 17,143 people with SCI wo registered in the SCI Model Systems from 1996 to 2016. In addition, results of the study suggest travel activities can positively contribute to social and occupation participation of people with SCI and their life satisfaction over time.