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ABSTRACT

A Study on the Realities of Hearing Impaired Husbands and Wives when it comes to Divorce, Problems and Solution Measures
- Centered on the Seoul Metropolis –

Jeon, Hye Yeong
Master of Arts in Counseling
Graduate School of Counseling
Seoul Theological University


Until now, most of the studies on the hearing impaired people were conducted in relation to the social welfare and sign language interpretation areas. Thus, the reality is such that there are not many studies that examined counseling, targeting hearing impaired people. Even today, counseling service is not provided to the hearing impaired people. Hearing impaired people who are experiencing dysfunctional problem at home do not realize the need for counseling support or cannot demand counseling because of information blocking or communication difficulty. Although sign language interpretation centers for the hearing impaired people provide sign language interpretation services regarding legal, medical, occupational and educational areas, there are not many place were hearing impaired people can get counseling specialized for home related issues. Accordingly, this study sought to identify the realities of divorce in case of the hearing impaired husbands and wives who reside in Seoul and to identify problems and solution measures. Moreover, by identify the realities pertaining to the divorce of hearing impaired husbands and wives, problems that they face and solution measures, this study sought to help them to lead increasingly healthier and happier family life.
To realize these research objectives, this study examined literature and conducted survey, gathering together theoretical data and clinical data. Survey targets were the married and divorced hearing impaired people among the members of 25 branches of the Seoul Association of the Deaf who reside in Seoul. Research method included distributing survey questionnaire via postal mail to the hearing impaired people as well as visiting them in person. Then, sign language interpretation or sign language video by the sign interpretation company and sign language interpreter were used to help them understand the contents of the survey so that the respondents themselves can fill in the survey questionnaire. In particular, three divorced hearing impaired people were subjected to unstructured in-depth interview. In order to increase the viability level of the research, 126 non-divorced people and seven who did not answer correctly that were considered possible to omit were excluded among the collected survey questionnaires. In the end, total of 52 questionnaires were used for the statistical analysis. Moreover, qualitative analysis was conducted, targeting three divorced hearing impaired people.

The results obtained through this survey and in-depth interview can be summarized as follows.
First, reasons for the divorcing of hearing impaired people were examined. Excluding three who did not answer among 52 targets, most cited personality difference or communication with 38.5% followed by own or spouse’s issue (drinking, gambling etc.) (17.3%), financial issue (lack of competence, debt etc.) (15.4%), spouse’s extramarital affair (11.5%), conflict among family members (5.8%) and absence of an offspring (1.9%) in the order mentioned. According to the ‘2013 jurisdiction yearbook’ published by the Supreme Court, reasons cited for divorce among the ordinary people were; 47.3% who cited personality difference, followed by others (20.9%), financial issue (12.8%), spouse’s infidelity (7.6%), family conflict (6.5%), and mental and physical abuse (4.2%) in the order mentioned.
When the above mentioned results are examined, it is possible to claim there is no significant difference between the reasons that the hearing impaired people and ordinary people get divorced. This demonstrates that hearing impaired people are concerned over the similar issues as the ordinary people when it comes to their marriage. Meanwhile, this may indicate that there is no difference between the married lives of the hearing impaired people and that of the ordinary people. Compared to the ordinary people, however, there many instances in which hearing impaired people get a divorce without seeking help such as family counseling, counseling to prevent divorce, and legal consultation. Moreover, according to the targets, most of the hearing impaired people often experience considerable financial difficulty after getting a divorce since theirs is a divorce that is agreed mutually without having to hold discussions over alimony or child rearing expenses. Thus, development of the measures that enable hearing impaired people to get consultation on these issues is urgently called for.
Second, their experience with family counseling was studied, which demonstrated that 90.4% of the hearing impaired people have no experience getting counseling from a professional counselor when they were on the verge of getting a diverse, or to try to lead their married life. Meanwhile, three out of the five people who answered that they ‘have been counseled,’ had gotten the counseling from sign language interpreters who have no specialized knowledge of counseling.
As for the question, ‘If you never received counseling, what is the number of reason?’ most (30.8%) answered that ‘they did not know where to get counseling,’ followed by the discomfort felt when accompanied by sign language interpreter for counseling (21.2%), lack of awareness on the need for counseling (19.2%), others (15.4%), lack of trust (7.7%) and absence of counselor who can communicate in sign language (5.8%).
When all the respondents were asked, ‘whether they think that there is a need for counselors and counseling institutions specialized for hearing impaired people’, 44.2% said, ‘very much so’ and ‘they are necessary,’ which demonstrates that significant number of hearing impaired people desire specialized counse

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Ⅰ. 서 론 1
• A. 연구의 필요성 1
• B. 연구의 목적 4
• C. 용어의 정의 4
• Ⅱ. 이론적 배경 6
• A. 농(聾)에 대한 이해 6
• B. 이혼에 대한 이해 16
• Ⅲ. 연구 방법 21
• A. 연구방법과 연구대상 21
• B. 연구 도구 22
• C. 자료 수집 및 분석 방법 26
• Ⅳ. 연구결과 28
• A. 설문조사 결과 및 분석 28
• B. 심층면접조사 결과 및 분석 59
• Ⅴ. 결론 73
• A. 요약 및 논의 73
• B. 제언 76
• 참고문헌 79
• 부 록 82
• Abstract 98