본 연구의 목적은 발달장애인의 도전적 행동이 보호자의 돌봄 부담에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지를 도전적 행동의 유형별로 구체적으로 살펴보는 것이다. 이에 본 연구는 2020년 발달장애인 일과 삶 실태조사를 활용하여 발달장애인의 도전적 행동 유형이 보호자의 돌봄 부담에 미치는 영향을 살펴보았다. 분석결과에 따르면, 8개의 유형들 중에서 발달장애 자녀가 ‘특이한 반복적인 습관’, ‘위축된 행동이나 부주의한 행동’ 그리고 ‘비협조적인 행동’을 하는 비율이 높을수록 보호자의 돌봄 부담은 높아지는 것으로 나타났다.
이상의 분석결과를 토대로 발달장애인 보호자의 돌봄 부담을 완화시키기 위한 구체적이고 차별화된 방안들을 제시하였다.
As various care programs have been reduced due to COVID-19, caregiving burden of disabled guardians is increasing. In this situation, the stress and burden experienced by guardians are increasing due to the challenging behaviour of children with developmental disabilities.
Considering this, it is very important to come up with a measure to reduce the caregiving burden of guardians. Above all, in order to understatnd the challenging behaviors in a more multidimensional manner and in-depth the impact of the challenging behavior on the caregiving burden, it is necessary to examine the challenging behaviors in detail by subtype.
The purpose of this present study is to examine the effect of challenging behavior of people with developmental disabilities on the caregiving burden of their guardians by type of challenging behavior. This study used the 2020 Work and Life Survey for the people with Developmental Disabilities, and the study examined the effect of each type of challenging behavior on the caregiving burden of their guardians.
Findings of this research can be summarized as follows: It was found that the higher the rate of children with developmental disabilities performing “unusual repetitive habits”, “intimidated or careless behavior”, and “non-cooperative behavior” the higher the caregiving burden in their guardians. Based on the results of this study, specific as well as differentiated service measures were proposed to alleviate the caregiving burden in guardians of people with developmental disabilities.