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The Moderation Effect of Social Support on the Relationship between the Level of Digital Information Usage and Life Satisfaction of People with Disabilities

장애인의 디지털정보화 활용 수준이 삶의 만족도에 미치는 영향: 사회적 지지의 조절효과 분석

  • Received : 2021.08.02
  • Accepted : 2021.10.18
  • Published : 2021.12.31
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Abstract

Recently, Korean society has emphasized the level of digital information usage in each individual's life due to the advent of the intelligent information society and the great digital transformation. The purpose of this study is to examine how the level of digital information usage of people with disabilities affects their satisfaction with life and whether social support moderates the relationship between the level of digital information usage and life satisfaction. This study analyzed the data of 2,200 people with disabilities taken from the 2020 Survey on the Digital Divide conducted by the National Information Society Agency. The results of the analysis suggest that people with disabilities have a higher degree of satisfaction when they are employed and have a higher than average monthly income and higher levels of digital information usage and social support. In addition, the results show that social support played a negative moderator role between the level of digital information usage and life satisfaction. This shows that life satisfaction can increase when the disabled frequently use digital devices and technologies in their daily lives without relying on social support, and suggested the need for intervention in policies and practice sites.

최근 우리사회는 지능정보사회로의 진입과 디지털 대전환으로 인해 개인의 삶에서 디지털정보화 활용 능력이 강조되고 있다. 본 연구는 정보취약계층인 장애인의 디지털정보화 활용 수준과 삶의 만족도의 관계를 실증적으로 파악하고, 이들간 관계에서 사회적 지지의 조절효과를 검증하기 위해 실시하였다. 이를 위해 한국지능정보사회연구원의 「2020년 디지털정보격차 실태조사」 자료를 분석에 활용하였으며, 연구대상자는 장애인 2,200명이다. 연구결과, 장애인의 디지털정보화 활용 수준이 높을수록 삶의 만족도가 높아지는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 사회적 지지의 경우 디지털정보화 활용 수준과 삶의 만족도간의 관계에서 부(-)적인 조절효과를 가진 것으로 나타났다. 즉 장애인이 사회적 지지에 의존하기보다 자립과 자력으로 디지털기기 및 기술을 일상생활에서 빈번하게 활용할 시 삶의 만족도가 높아질 수 있음을 확인하였으며, 정책 및 실천현장에서 이에 대한 개입의 필요성을 제언하였다.

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