휠체어 이용 장애인의 이동성이 우울에 미치는 영향: 사회적 차별 경험의 매개효과를 중심으로

초록

This study examines the mediating effects of social discrimination on the relationships between mobility and depression among wheelchair users. Previous studies on mobility of the disabled relied on subjective measures of mobility. To address the limitation, in this study, subjective measures and objective measures based on GPS data from participants’ cell phones were used together. Results of path analysis based on data from “2017 National Survey on Persons with Disabilities” revealed that the number of going out had positive indirect effects on depression through social discrimination. When data collected for this study were used, the results were same. The final path analysis estimated a path model adding objective measures of mobility. Results showed that the daily average moving-distance had positive indirect effects on depression through social discrimination. These findings imply that social meanings of mobility need to be considered when scholars and policy makers work on mobility issues of the mobility disabled.

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