A study on the alienation of physical activity participation of adults with adventitious visual impairment Ga-ram Jo 1 , Joon-sik Kim 2 , Yeon-soo Kim 2 , In-hwan Cho 3 , Dae-joong Ma 4 , Woon-hyung Ghim 5 , In-hwan Hong 6 , & Hyeong-Gon Yu 2 * 1 Korea Nazarene University, 2 Seoul National University, 3 Soonchunhyang University Hospital Cheonan, 4 Jeju National University Hospital, 5 Sinchon Ghim's Eye Clinic & 6 Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital [Purpose] The purpose of this study is to investigate the alienation and the overcoming process of the physical activity participation of people with Adventitious Visual Impairment(AVI) [Methods] 21 Adults with AVI were recruited and one on one semi-structured interview was conducted. Ground theory was used to analyze the data. Member check, peer debriefing was conducted to enhance the trustworthiness of this study. [Results] As a result, a total of 203 concepts were derived. This consisted of 21 subcategories and the common themes of the subcategories were categorized into nine categories. Specific results are as follows. First, the physical activity of people with AVI was directly affected by the sports facilities, physical activity programs, and professional instructor. This causal condition resulted in the loss of leisure experience in the context of the busy daily life and the depressed psychological state. Second, due to the perceived need of health care and the positive involvement of others, people with AVI came to expect the effect of exercise. Third, people with AVI participated in physical activity again as a tool to achieve the purpose of health improvement. This type of physical activity has a limitation that it can not guarantee the continuity of physical activity due to the limitation that it does not contain autonomy and interest of people with AVI. [Conclusion] Based on these results, the following suggestions were made. First, it is necessary to improve the environment for ensuring participation in physical activity of people with AVI. Moreover education and promotion of the effects and values of the exercise should be carried out for people with AVI and their guardians. Second, it is necessary to diversify physical activity types and reconstruct existing exercise programs. Key words: People with Adventitious Visual Impairment, Alienation, Physical Activity 서 론 인구고령화에 따른 만성질환의 증가와 산업화에 따른 각종 사고의 증가로 장애인의 수는 지속적으로 증가해왔 논문 투고일∶2019. 12. 10. 논문 수정일∶2020. 02. 10. 게재 확정일∶2020. 03. 05. * 교신저자 ∶유형곤(hgonyu@snu.ac.k). 다. 2017년 보건복지부의 장애인 실태에 따르면 장애발 생은 주로 후천적 원인(88.1%)에 의한 것으로 보고되었 다(Ministry of Health and Welfare, 2017). 시각장애 인의 증가 경향도 이와 마찬가지이며, 우리나라의 시각장 애인은 전체 장애인인구의 9.8%를 차지하고 있다. 시각 장애 발생시기는 92.6%가 돌 이후인 것으로 보고되고 있 기 때문에 후천성 중도 시각장애인이 시각장애인구의 다 수를 차지한다고 할 수 있다(Lee & Ye, 2016). Korean Journal of Sport Science 2020, Vol. 31. No. 1, 115-127 체육과학연구 https://doi.org/10.24985/kjss.2020.31.1.115 ⓒ Korea Institute of Sport Science