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Grönvik, Lars
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Grönvik, L. (2005). Funktionshinder - ett mångtydigt begrepp. In: Forskning om funktionshinder: Problem - utmaningar - möjligheter (pp. 37-62). : Studentlitteratur, lund
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Funktionshinder - ett mångtydigt begrepp
2005 (Swedish)In: Forskning om funktionshinder: Problem - utmaningar - möjligheter, Studentlitteratur, lund , 2005, p. 37-62Chapter in book (Other scientific)
Abstract [en]

Kapitlet beskriver olika sätt att definiera funktionshinder utifrån deras ontologiska antaganden, teoretiska definitioner och operationella definitioner. Resonemangen fokuserar på hur handikappforskare definierar begreppet funktionshinder. Kapitlet konkluderar med att hävda att olika definitioner av funktionshinder behövs för olika syften och att möjligheten att endast formulera en allmängilitig definition vare sig är möjligt eller önskvärt.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Studentlitteratur, lund, 2005
Keywords
funktionshinder, definitioner, handikappforskning
National Category
Social Work
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-71280 (URN)91-44-02676-5 (ISBN)
Available from: 2005-05-02 Created: 2005-05-02
Grönvik, L. (2005). The Eternal Question: Definitions of Disability in Research.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>The Eternal Question: Definitions of Disability in Research
2005 (English)Conference paper, Published paper (Other (popular scientific, debate etc.))
Abstract [en]

In this paper I present an analysis of how disability is defined in a sample of often referred works on disability. The analysis focuses on how disability is defined, both explicit and implicit in the selected works. In short, the findings suggest that all of them, but of various extents, lack from consistency in the definition of disability. Expressed in a quantitative methodological vocabulary, one can say that the validity is violated in the analyzed studies.

This inconsistency, or validity violation, appears in three different modes. First, there is a traditional kind of validity, where the theoretical and operational definitions differ from each other. Second, some of the studies lack from what can be called internal coherency, where the author uses the concept of disability in altered ways through her/his text. The third and last inconsistency has to do with referential techniques. Commenting citations, it is not uncommon that the authors retain conceptualizations originating from the quoted

sources. In some of the texts, this engenders a definitional opaqueness. However, since disability is such an ambiguous concept, the findings question the possibility to apply a

strict criterion of validity to studies on disability. Nevertheless, there is a need for some kind of expressed declaration of how the concept will be used.

Keywords
Definition, Disability, Impairment, Conceps
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-75854 (URN)
Available from: 2006-02-21 Created: 2006-02-21
Grönvik, L. (2003). Att definiera människor - om olika definitioner av kategorin. In: Forskarstafett kring funktionshinder och handikapp 8 april 2003 (pp. 5-6).
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Att definiera människor - om olika definitioner av kategorin
2003 (Swedish)In: Forskarstafett kring funktionshinder och handikapp 8 april 2003, 2003, p. 5-6Conference paper, Published paper (Other scientific)
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-47158 (URN)
Available from: 2005-02-28 Created: 2005-02-28
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