Attitude of Persons with an Mental Disability to Marriage: Q Methodological Approach.
10.12934/jkpmhn.2010.19.3.241
- Author:
Myung Hee KIM
1
;
Eun Seon AN
;
Eun Hee KANG
Author Information
1. Dongrae Job Rehabilitation Center, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Mentally disabled persons;
Marriage;
Attitude
- MeSH:
Bias (Epidemiology);
Humans;
Marriage*;
Mentally Disabled Persons
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
2010;19(3):241-251
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify the attitude of persons with an mental disability to marriage. METHODS: The Q-methodology which provides a method of analyzing the individual's subjectivity was used. The 30 participants classified 36 selected Q-statements on a 9 point scale to make a normal distribution. The collected data was analyzed by a PC Quanl Program. RESULTS: Four types of attitude of persons with an mental disability to marriage were identified. Type I: Actively supportive-resistant against social bias, Type II: Passively supportive-reliant on others, Type III: Intensively desiring-less sense of reality, Type IV: Controlling desire-more sense of reality. CONCLUSION: The results of this study suggest a need develop a variety of programs specifically designed for each type of attitude to change attitudes to marriage for persons with an mental disability.
