| The Effect Which Taking the Course Understanding People with Disabilities Has on Undergraduate Students Social Proximity to People with Disabilities and Interpersonal Relationship |
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Soo Ok Yoo, Jong Hye Lee |
| 대학생의 ‘장애인의 이해’ 과목 수강이 장애인에 대한 사회적 접근감과 대인 관계에 미치는 영향 |
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유수옥, 이종혜 |
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| Abstract |
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect which taking the liberal arts Understanding People with Disabilities has on Undergraduate students social proximity to people with disabilities and interpersonal relationship, and examine the change of two dependent variables(social proximity and interpersonal relationship) between the beginning and end of a semester. The results of this study are as follows. First, the social proximity to people with disabilities increased statistically significantly at the end of a semester compared with the beginning of a semester, and the social proximity to people with physical disabilities was higher than that to people with mental retardation. Also, the social proximity to visual impairment and health impairment was higher at the beginning of a semester, whereas the social proximity to hearing impairment and health impairment was higher at the end of a semester. However, the social proximity to mental retardation and autism spectrum disorder was lower both at the beginning and end of a semester. Second, owing to taking the course, Undergraduate students interpersonal relationship increased at the end of a semester in comparison with the beginning of a semester, which was not statistically significant, but there occurred some correlation and causality between social proximity and interpersonal relationship, which were more statistically significant at the end of a semester than at the beginning of a semester. Lastly, the sub-elements of interpersonal relationship which affected the social proximity to people with disabilities were communication and familarity at the beginning of a semester, whereas such sub-elements were communication and trust at the end of a semester.
In light of these results, the course Understanding People with Disabilities was found to have some effect on Undergraduate students social proximity to people with disabilities and subordinately on Undergraduate students interpersonal relationship forming their mature human relation. Taking the liberal arts Understanding People with Disabilities was proved to influence fostering the ability for interacting in socially heterogeneous groups , one of three competence which OECD presented as required in the rapidly changing period. |
| Key Words:
Social Proximity, Interpersonal Relationship, people with physical, people with mental disabilities. Attitude, competency of interacting in socially heterogeneous groups |
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