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The Effect of Self-efficacy on Life Satisfaction of Individuals Who Are Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing: Focused on the Mediating Effect of Interpersonal Relationships

  • Journal of Special Education: Theory and Practice
  • Abbr : JSPED
  • 2021, 22(2), pp.181-201
  • DOI : 10.19049/JSPED.2021.22.2.08
  • Publisher : Research Institute of the Korea Special Education
  • Research Area : Social Science > Education
  • Received : May 11, 2021
  • Accepted : June 15, 2021
  • Published : June 30, 2021

Seo Yookyung 1 Seoung-Woo Ahn 2

1부산대학교 특수교육학과
2부산대학교

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ABSTRACT

[Purpose] This study aimed to examine the effect of self-efficacy on life satisfaction of individuals who are deaf and hard-of-hearing and to verify the mediating effect of interpersonal relationships on relation between self-efficacy and life satisfaction. [Method] We extracted data for 278 deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals from the second-wave data of the 2019 Panel Survey of Employment for the Disabled. The extracted date was then analysed using SPSS 26.0. [Results] First, self-efficacy, interpersonal relationships, and life satisfaction of deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals were found to be above the Panel Survey’s median values. Second, self-efficacy, interpersonal relationships, and life satisfaction were found to be positively correlated. Third, self-efficacy had a significant impact on life satisfaction of deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals and the partially mediating effect of interpersonal relationships was verified on relation between self-efficacy and life satisfaction. [Conclusion] Since self-efficacy of deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals not only directly affects life satisfaction, but also has an indirect effect through interpersonal relationships, both self-efficacy and interpersonal relationships should be enhanced to increase life satisfaction.

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