International Journal of Human Ecology

The Korean Home Economics Association (대한가정학회)
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The Self-concept of Korean-American University Student Victims of Childhood Physical Abuse

  • Lee, Seung-Hee (Dept. of Child and Family Studies, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Shin, Kui-Soon (Major in Venture Business for Children, Daejeon University)
  • Published : 2006.06.30
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Abstract

This study examined the impact of childhood physical abuse on the self-concept of older adolescents and assessed perceptions of parental relationships as a mediator for consequences of abuse. Sixty-college undergraduates (aged 18-23 yrs.) completed this study. (1) The Self-Description Questionnaires, a multidimensional measure of self-concept, (2) the parent scales of the inventory parent and Peer Attachment, a measure of perceived parental support, and (3) the Assessing Environments, a retrospective report of family environment and parenting practices. Analyses, controlling for SES and education, showed that a history of physical abuse was a strong predictive of adolescence current self-concept. Further analyses would lend support to a mediation model, suggesting that physical abuse had a negative impact on self-concept through its negative effect on parent-child relationships.

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