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In this study, we investigated self-advocacy and peer-advocacy awareness among 3,000 adults
nationwide, and examined the relationship with lifestyle awareness. Our results confirmed that
people with a sense of self-advocacy had higher levels of identity, life satisfaction, good health, and
financial comfort, and lower levels of isolation and loneliness than those without. The reasons given
for not speaking up included values such as personal responsibility, being a nuisance, being reserved,
exclusionary thinking, shame, and leaving it up to others. It was also confirmed that people with a sense
of peer-advocacy had higher levels of identity, life satisfaction, good health, and financial comfort, and
lower levels of isolation and loneliness than those without.
From the above findings, it became clear that self-advocacy and peer-advocacy have the potential
to be practical tools for improving well-being. Therefore, the significance of cultivating self-advocacy
and peer-advocacy in home economics education, which pursues “better lives” and “better society,” was
rediscovered. Learning is required that allows students to reexamine their own values, which are obstacles
to self-advocacy and peer-advocacy, and improve their self-advocacy and peer-advocacy skills.
