Relationship of Family Functioning with Individual Adjustment in Spinal Cord Disabled Covered by the Welfare Organization in Aligudarz City

Spinal cord injury leads to changes in family structure and compatibility problems for individual adjustment. Family members who take care of the people are in close interaction with them will be adversely influenced. This research aims to investigate the relationship of family functioning with individual adjustment in spinal cord disabled covered by the welfare organization in Aligudarz city.
The study is a descriptive -analytical type of correlation studies. Study population of this research was 50 spinal cord disabled individuals and their main related person of the family. The tools used in this study included Family Assessment Device, California individual adjustment questionnaire and two check - list includes demographic characteristics of disabled and family. Data were analyzed using Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test, Pearson Correlation Coefficient (R).
Statistical analysis showed a significant relationship (P0.05).
Family functioning can affect a disabled individual adjustment spinal cord. So with adhering to the ways in which family functioning, individual adjustment spinal cord disabled and consequently the health of their families and the disabled improve.