The Impact of Restriction Caused on by Symptomson Life Satisfaction of People with Mental Illness: Mediating Effects of Self-Esteem and Human Rights Awareness

The purpose of this study was to explore the factors that assess the quality of life, even when a person’s everyday activities are restricted by mental health symptoms. Specifically, tried to the mediating effect of self-esteem, which is an internal factor of individual, and human rights awareness, which is a factor of social participation. For this purpose, we used the data of 264 people with mental disabilities from the fourth data set of the 2021 Korea Disabled Development Institute’s panel on the life of Persons with Disabilities. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, and structural models of significant variables, as well as verified the mediating effect of self-esteem and human rights awareness. The data were analyzed using the SPSS 25.0 and Amos 23.0 programs, and the results of the shown below. First, there was a significant correlation between the restriction of daily life, self-esteem, awareness of human rights, and life satisfaction brought on by mental illness symptoms. Second, the restriction of daily life, self-esteem, awareness of human rights, an life satisfaction pathways caused by the symptoms of the mental illness showed significant effects. Finally, self-esteem and awareness of human rights had a significant mediating effect on life satisfaction by lowering restrictions on daily life due to symptoms. Based on the above results, proposed a discussion to improve the quality of life based on the recognition of the mental illness.