고령 지체장애인의 장애수용과 생활만족도의 변화-장애기간별 차이

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This study examines whether and to what extent the life satisfaction of elderly people with physical disabilities changes according to their acceptance of disabilities. In particular, special attention is paid to how the influence of disability acceptance varies depending on the period of disability. For the analysis, data from the 2nd Wave (1-6th year) of the Employment Panel Survey for the Disabled were used, and people with physical disabilities over the age of 50 were examined. A latent growth model (unconditional model and conditional model) analysis was conducted, and a multi-group comparison analysis was conducted by dividing the disabled by the period of disability. As a result of unconditional model analysis, the level of disability acceptance tended to gradually decrease over time in the group with less than 20 years of disability, but no statistically significant trend was found in the group over 20 years. Life satisfaction tended to increase over time in both groups. The initial value of disability acceptance turned out to increase the initial level of life satisfaction for both groups. Nonetheless, such effect of the initial value of disability acceptance is greater in those with more than 20 years of disability. In terms of the rate of change in life satisfaction, the difference between the two groups was clear. For those with less than 20 years of disability period, the effect of the initial value of disability acceptance on the rate of change in life satisfaction was not significant, but in the case of more than 20 years, the influence was clear. In addition, the effect of the rate of change in disability acceptance on the rate of change in life satisfaction was significant in both groups for less than 20 years of disability and more than 20 years. The above analysis results require strategies to improve their disability acceptance for elderly people with short disabilities, and furthermore, strategies to improve life satisfaction based on improving disability acceptance. It also raises the need to consider differentiation according to the period of disability in the process of seeking intervention strategies.

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