This study purposed to examine life satisfaction of disabled students attending integrated classes at an elementary school, For this purpose, we sampled 30 disabled students and 351 non-disabled students from integrated classes. Non-disabled students were divided into high, middle and low groups according to their school record, and two students were sampled from each group. Disabled students were sampled mainly among those who had literacy and whose degree of disability was moderate.
The disabled students’ life satisfaction was analyzed through Huebner’s MSLSS, and the tool was tested for validity and reliability in order to confirm its applicability in Korea.
The results were as follows, Students\' life satisfaction was significantly different according to their academic achievement, and disabled students’ overall life satisfaction was similar to that of the high or middle group of non-disabled students. According to sub-factor, however, the low group students and the disabled student group were very low in friend, family and neighbor satisfaction. Particularly for peer bullying, disabled students were found to be bullied significantly more than non-disabled students.
In addition, friend satisfaction and community dissatisfaction were suggested as the most significant variables influencing disabled students’ school life satisfaction.