Mediating Effect of Social Participation on the Experience of Discrimination and Self-Acceptance of Disability Among People With Mental Illness

Abstract

Abstract Date Presented 04/02/2022 This study investigated the relationship among discrimination experience, social participation, and self-acceptance of disability for people with mental illness. We focused on the mediating effect of social participation. There was an indirect effect of discrimination experience on self-acceptance of disability by fully mediating social participation. In terms of OT, it will be meaningful to understand the role of social participation in these mechanism of mental illness. Primary Author and Speaker: Jiin Jeong Contributing Authors: Eunyong Yoo