장애차별경험과 장애인의 우울감의 관계 연구 = Study for the Relationship between Disability Discrimination Experience and Depression of People with Disabilities -Focusing on the Mediating Role of Self-Esteem and the Moderating Role of Social Support

국문 초록 (Abstract)

장애인의 차별경험은 사회적 경제적 기회의 박탈이기도 한 동시에 심리적 정신적 건강에도 영향을 미친다. 이에 본 연구는 장애인의 차별경험이 우울감에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 알아보고 그 사이에 어떠한 매개요인이나 조절요인이 작용하는지 알아보았다. 2008년에 수집된 한국복지패널자료를 이용하였으며, 성인 장애인으로 총 404명의 연구대상자를 분석하였다. 회귀분석을 통한 Baron과 Kenny(1986)의 매개효과 분석법과 Aiken과 West(1991)의 조절효과분석법이 사용되었다. 결과는 장애인의 차별경험 횟수가 많을수록 장애인의 우울수준은 높게 나타났다. 이 관계에 대해 자아존중감은 부분 매개하는 효과를 나타냈고 사회적 지지 중에서는 비공식적 물질적 지지와 차별경험의 상호작용항이 조절효과를 나타냈다. 연구를 통해, 장애인의 심리적 우울의 원인이 장애로 인한 차별경험에 있다는 것을 증명할 수 있었고, 장애인 심리상담은 자아존중감을 강화하는 방향으로 이루어져야 하며, 장애인에 대한 사회적 지지로서, 물질적 지원은 공적영역에서 국가에 의해 제공되도록 하는 것이 장애인의 우울감 감소를 위해 필요하다고 결론지었다.

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

People with disabilities` experience with discrimination experience leads to the deprivation of the societal and economic opportunities. At the same time, they affect the people with disabilities, psychologically and mental health-wise as well. However, not all the people with disabilities experience same degree of depression. This research was conducted to identify the influence of the people with disabilities` experience with discrimination on the mental health and to identify the set of mediators or moderators that exist, and how these in turn affect the depression level. Data from the Korean Welfare Panel collected in 2008 was used for the research. Total of 404 research subjects, who were adults with disabilities were subjected to the analysis. Baron and Kenny`s(1986) method for analyzing the effect of the mediators through regression analysis and Aiken and West`s (1991) method for analyzing the effect of moderators were used. As for the results, level of people with disabilities` depression was higher as the frequency of people with disabilities` experience with discrimination was higher. Self-esteem concerning this relationship manifested the effect of mediating in parts. Among the social supports, interaction among unofficial financial support and experience of discrimination manifested moderating effect. Through this conclusion, it was possible to prove that the reason that the people with disabilities are psychologically depressed is because of the society`s discrimination against their disability. Likewise, psychological consultation for the people with disabilities needs to take place with the aim of increasing their self-esteem. As for the social support for the people with disabilities, the conclusion reached is that the nation should provide financial support in the public domain, in order to decrease the depression of people with disabilities.