• The Journal of Special Children Education
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.1-26
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• 2018

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the pre-service teachers' perception of the happiness of people with disabilities through metaphor analysis and to provide basic data for the happy life of people with disabilities. Method: A sample of students at P college in Pusan, Korea, was sampled for convenience, and metaphorical expression and its meaning were calculated. Results: The 103 metaphors were reclassified into similar terms to reduce to 55 representative metaphors, and the representative metaphor was categorized by semantics. It was categorized as 'Coexistence without prejudice', 'Equal joy', 'Indispensable rights', 'Future to be fulfilled', 'Independent subject', and as a result of examination, there were differences in metaphor according to demographic variables. There was no meaningful result. Results & Conclusion: In this study, the pre-service teachers' subjective perception about the happiness of the handicapped was examined, and as a basic data for the more successful integrated education, the suggestion was provided to seek support for strengthening the pre-service teacher capacity.

• The Research Journal of the Costume Culture
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• v.30 no.6
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• pp.842-860
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• 2022

There has been growing attention on the well-being of people with disabilities. The purpose of this study was twofold: (1) to investigate the associations between individuals' socio-demographic and psychological characteristics and clothing expenditure, and (2) to examine the moderated mediation effect of self-efficacy and acceptance of disability on the association between dependency on others and happiness among people with visual impairment. This study was based on secondary analysis of data from the second wave of the 6th Panel Survey of Employment for the Disabled collected by the Employment Development Institute. The results of this study showed that average monthly expenditure on clothing was positively associated with self-efficacy, happiness, and acceptance of disability, while being negatively associated with dependency on others. The results also confirmed that self-efficacy mediated the association between dependency on others and happiness. A conditional direct effect of dependency on others on happiness was found, in which negative associations were significant among people with visual impairment who had low and mean levels of acceptance of disability (but not high levels). In addition, there was a significant conditional indirect effect, in which the indirect and negative effect of dependency on others on happiness via self-efficacy was significant for those with low and average levels of acceptance of disability. These findings support the importance of enhancing the independence and acceptance of disability among people with visual impairment, which ultimately contributes to their happiness.

• The Journal of Special Children Education
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.43-68
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• 2019

Purpose: This study aims to review the meanings of art education programs for people with disabilities through metaphors induced from practitioners of culture and art education programs at the community centers for people with disabilities. Method: To that end, 167 practitioners in charge of culture and art education programs for people with disabilities at the community centers were selected and data for metaphors were collected. Of it, Metaphors from a total of 141 practitioners, excluding those from 26 that failed to meet the standards, were selected and an analysis of the metaphors was carried out. Results: First, the analysis of meanings of the practitioners showed that they recognized the foundations of culture and art education for people with disabilities as the five categories: its reason of existence, direction to be pursued, approaches, medium for successful culture and art education for people with disabilities, and grounds for culture and art education for people with disabilities. Next, the analysis of the types of metaphors of the practitioners proved that they could be divided into ten: emotional happiness, equal enjoyment, social participation, improvement of self-esteem, communication and empathy, doing together, education through fun learning, education requiring hidden effort, ensuring the right of freedom, and acknowledgement of diversity. Conclusion: Based on the study results, discussion on a direction of culture and art education in lifelong education for people with disabilities has been held.

• Research in Community and Public Health Nursing
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• v.31 no.3
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• pp.244-255
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• 2020

Purpose: As the daily life experiences of community-dwelling people with mental disabilities are closely correlated to mental health recovery, this study aimed to analyze their daily life experiences in depth to determine their significance. Method: Participants included eight community-dwelling people with mental disabilities. A total of 12 in-depth interviews were conducted once or twice per participant. The collected data were analyzed using the phenomenological analysis method described by Giorgi. Results: The daily life experiences of community-dwelling people with mental disabilities were categorized into the following four components: "encountering shocking reality in the outside world", "life tied down by the mental illness", "happiness and gratefulness encountered in daily life", and "wishing for a change and self-sustaining life". Conclusion: This study found that the recovery and welfare of community-dwelling people with mental disabilities were promoted and that these patients made necessary efforts to become a member of the local community. These findings could be used as a reference for establishing social welfare policies which enable people with mental disabilities to participate as functioning members of the community that facilitate the prevention of relapse, to promote their integration into the community. Furthermore, the present results will contribute to the development of nursing intervention programs to promote recovery and prevent relapse, to ultimately establish a mental health management system.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.22 no.5
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• pp.765-778
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• 2022

This study is a qualitative case study whose aims were to investigate the work and welfare service experiences of people with developmental disabilities in the occupational rehabilitation facilities. For the purpose of this study selected as its participants 8 people with developmental disabilities whom has been worked currently in the occupational rehabilitation facilities. The profound interviews of those participants were performed and the data on the occupational rehabilitation facilities were analysed. Also, the study analysed the data in a way of investigating the respondents' statements regarding their work and welfare in the occupational rehabilitation facilities. The results of this analysis, 10 categories, 22 sub-categories and 5 key topics of the respondent's experiences were drawn out. The 5 key topics of the people with developmental disabilities in the occupational rehabilitation facilities were 'pride of the economic stability', 'happiness of work itself', 'a sense of accomplishment of the regular worker', 'recognition and exchange of the coworker and superior', 'expectation of the welfare service and the expansion of the participation in the occupational rehabilitation facilities were 'pride of the economic stability', 'happiness of work itself', 'a sense of accomplishment of the regular worker', 'recognition and exchange of the coworker and superior', 'expectation of the welfare service and the expansion of the participation in the occupational rehabilitation facilities'. Based on the results, implications for the work and welfare service of people with developmental disabilities in the occupational rehabilitation facilities were provided.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.19 no.10
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• pp.419-425
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• 2021

This study explores effective ways to improve the happiness of the primary caregiver of disabled children based on the comprehensively identification of their influencing factors. Based on the results of a comprehensive review of the relationship between the influencing factors, this study seeks to explore directions and policy alternatives that are effective in improving the happiness of the primary caregiver of disabled children. The effects of social support, parenting stress, family strength, and happiness were examined in this study using data collected from 430 primary caregivers of disabled children in three regions of Jeollabuk-do. The main findings of the analysis are as follows: First, it was discovered that social support has a direct effect on the happiness of the primary caregiver of disabled children, as well as an indirect effect via family strength. Second, the primary caregivers of disabled children's family strength was discovered to have a partial mediating effect on the relationship between social support and happiness. Convergence suggestions were presented based on the research findings to promote social support, family strength, and feelings of happiness for primary caregivers of children with disabilities.