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KMID : 1151020190470010089
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Mental Health & Social Work
2019 Volume.47 No. 1 p.89 ~ p.118
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A Study on the Self-determination and Motivation Perceived by the People with Mental Disability and the Mental Health Professionals-Focusing on Self-determination Theory
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Park Byung-Sun
Bae Sung-Woo
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Abstract
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This study was to explore the perception of people with mental disability and mental health professionals toward self-determination, motivation, autonomy, competence, and relatedness that were presented in Ryan and Deci’s self-determination theory(1985) as important psychological needs. For this, 5 people with mental disability and 13 mental health professionals were interviewed to collect and analyze data using focus group interview(FGI) methods. The main results were as follows: First, people with mental disability often lack in self-deterministic behavior. but their self-deterministic behavior tend to increase when external motivations such as parents’ death, separation from family etc. forced them to live an independent life. Second, among psychological needs that affect self-determination, the ‘relatedness’ was an important factor to increase self-determination. Therefore it is important to create an environment that can provide autonomy and competence based on relatedness. Third, it is necessary to expand supportive and successful self-determination experience through recovery of family and social relationships. Fourth, efforts are needed to ensure that people with mental disability themselves become life’s decision maker through proper drug management and provision of incentives for change. Lastly, several implications and limitations of the study were discussed.
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KEYWORD
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people with mental disability, mental health professionals, Self-determination Theory, self-deterministic behavior, motivation, psychological needs
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