Abstract

The purpose of this study is to reveal the content and structure of interpersonal experiences in the workplace of people with intellectual disabilities. To achieve this purpose, 10 workers with intellectual disabilities in their 20s and 30s were selected as research participants by applying a phenomenological research method, and data collected through in-depth interviews were analyzed based on Giorgi's five-step procedure. First, 7 components and 22 sub-components were derived from the interpersonal experience of intellectually disabled people, and 7 components were 'interpersonal relationship with non-disabled people', 'interpersonal relationship formation at work', 'resolution of interpersonal conflicts at work', and 'wish for the future'. Second, the interpersonal experience structure of people with intellectual disabilities in the workplace was identified as the structure of the experience according to the relationship object and the temporal and situational context, focusing on seven components. Accordingly, this study is meaningful in that it revealed the interpersonal experience of people with intellectual disabilities at work and derived the desire for interpersonal relationships of people with intellectual disabilities. Based on these results, it is possible to build a work structure that considers the psychological characteristics of people with intellectual disabilities in the work place in the field of vocational rehabilitation. In addition, it is expected to contribute to overall interpersonal relationships in the vocational rehabilitation training process for people with intellectual disabilities, such as using them as basic data for developing interpersonal relationship programs at counseling sites.

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