시각장애 성인의 공감 특성 간의 관계

서지정보

ㆍ발행기관 : 한국시각장애교육재활학회 ㆍ수록지정보 : 시각장애연구 / 30권 / 4호
ㆍ저자명 : 이경림, 황순영, 이후희

목차

Ⅰ. 서 론
Ⅱ. 연구방법
Ⅲ. 연구결과
Ⅳ. 논의 및 제언

한국어 초록

본 연구는 시각장애 성인의 배경변인별로 인지적, 정서적, 표현적 공감 수준을 알아보고 이들 요인 간
의 관계에 대해 분석함으로써 시각장애 성인의 공감 특성을 살펴보고자 하였다. 이를 위해 시각장애 성
인 119명을 대상으로 공감 수준을 조사하였다. 연구결과, 시각장애 성인의 시력 정도, 시각장애학교 교육
기간, 직업에 따라 공감 수준에 차이가 나타났다. 또한 시각장애 성인의 표현적 공감은 모든 공감능력의
하위영역 간에 유의미한 상관관계가 나타났다. 반면, 인지적 공감의 하위영역인 관점취하기와 정서적 공
감, 상상하기와 정서적 공감, 인지적 공감과 정서적 공감 간에는 상관이 나타나지 않았다. 이는 시각장애
성인들이 타인의 입장이나 관점을 잘 받아들인다 할지라도 다른 사람이 처한 상황이나 조건을 동일한 방
식으로 느끼는 감정으로의 이입이 힘들다는 것을 의미한다. 따라서 시각장애 성인의 공감 수준이 낮게
나타난 하위영역에 대한 공감 수준을 발달시킬 필요가 있으며, 본 연구의 결과는 시각장애 성인을 위한
공감 프로그램의 개발 및 적용에 있어서 배경변인을 고려해야 함을 시사한다.

영어 초록

The purpose of this study is to examine the empathetic characteristics of visually
impaired adults through analyzing the cognitive, emotional and expressive empathetic
level of visually impaired adults depending on the background variable. To this end,
the purpose of the study was first explained and cooperation was requested. After
then, the questionnaire was sent out. A total of 119 visually impaired adults were
screened wirelessly and they were asked to fill up the questionnaire. The
characteristic variables of study subjects included the period during which they
attended the school for visual impairment, the severity of visual impairment, the
occupation, etc. This study selected those adults who did not have more than one
duplicate disability in addition to visual impairment.
As for the data collected in this study, IBM SPSS Statistics 21 was utilized. To
examine the cognitive, emotional and expressive empathetic level of visually impaired
adults, t-test and One-way ANOVA were calculated. Also, Pearson correlation was
conducted in order to determine the correlation between the cognitive, emotional and
expressive empathetic factors of visually impaired adults.
The results as to this study are as follows.
First, Those visually impaired adults with total blindness, who relied on auditory
and tactile senses, had a high level of emotional and expressive empathy, whereas the visually impaired adults with low visual acuity, who relied on the remaining visual
acuity, had a high level of cognitive empathy. As a result of examining the analysis
outcome of cognitive, emotional and expressive empathetic level for each background
variable of visually impaired adults, those visually impaired adults who had attended
the school for visually impairment for more than 6 years had a higher level of
emotional and expressive empathy than the visually impaired adults who had attended
the school for visual impairment for less than 6 years. From the examination of
emphatic level in accordance with occupation, the teachers were found to have the
highest cognitive empathetic level, whereas social workers were found to have the
highest level of emotional and expressive empathy.
Second, as a result of analyzing the relationship between the empathetic factors of
visually impaired adults, a correlation was found between the emotional empathy total
score and expressive empathy total score. On the other hand, no correlation was
found between taking viewpoint, which are the sub-domains of cognitive empathy and
emotional empathy total score, imagining which are the sub-domains of cognitive
empathy and the empathy total score, the cognitive empathy total score and emotional
empathy total score. These findings mean that an expressive emphatic level will not
be high even when embracing the viewpoint of other people. On that account, it is
necessary to understand the characteristics for each empathetic factor in order to
understand the empathetic characteristics of visually impaired adults. It is believed
that the results of this study can be utilized as preliminary data for developing and
applying an empathy program for visually impaired adults.

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