Psychological Well-Being and Quality of Life among Person with Intellectually Disabled and Physically Disabled

To study the relationship between Psychological Well-Being and Quality of Life among Clients and to see group differences on study variables between Person with intellectual disability and physical disability. Corelational study. Total sample size was 150 male Clients in which 75 were physically disabled (PD) (polio affected, deaf & dumb & visually impaired) and 75 were intellectually Disabled (ID). Affectometer-2 and WHOQOL-BREF were used to study Psychological Well-Being and Quality of Life. Results showed significant positive correlation between Psychological Well-Being (combination of feeling good & functioning effectively) and Quality of Life and negative relationship with disability of Clients. Group differences were seen that Person with Physically Disabled have high Psychological Well-Being (t=5.91, p<0.01) and Quality of Life (t=8.40, p<0.01) as compared to Person with Intellectually Disabled. On the basis of our results it is concluded that Person with Intellectually Disabled have low Psychological Well-Being and Quality of Life as compared to Person with Physically Disabled.