Analysis of Changes in Disability Acceptance Patterns of Disabled People Using the Latent Transfer Model

This study is a longitudinal study using the 1st year (2018) and 4th year(2021) data of the Korea Disabled People's Development Institute's Disability and Dynamics Life and Dynamics Panel Data. It was conducted to examine the types of latent groups of disability acceptance and transition patterns of people with disabilities, and to verify the factors affecting the transition of latent groups. As a result of the analysis, first, the latent groups of disability acceptance of people with disabilities were classified into three groups ('low disability acceptance group', 'medium disability acceptance group', and 'high disability acceptance group') at the same time points in the 1st and 4th years. Second, as a result of examining how the latent profile of disability acceptance of people with disabilities was transferred in the 4th year compared to the 1st year, most groups, except for the 'high disability acceptance group', were likely to maintain their current group type even after 3 years. In addition, some of the 'high disability acceptance group' in the 1st year showed a duality in that they were more likely to move to the 'medium and lower disability acceptance group' after 3 years. Third, as a result of analyzing the variables that significantly affect the transfer of the latent disability acceptance profile of the disabled, the more males were in the ‘high disability acceptance group’ in the first year and the lower the final level of education, the higher the probability of transferring to the ‘low disability acceptance group’ in the fourth year. In addition, the more males were, the more economic difficulties they had, and the better their coping behaviors in times of danger in the first year, the higher the probability of transferring to the ‘high disability acceptance group’ in the fourth year.