Korean Journal of Child Studies (아동학회지)

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The Effect of Ego Strength and School Adjustment on the Life Satisfaction of School-Aged Children

자아강도와 학교 적응이 학령기 아동의 생활만족도에 미치는 영향

  • 김세영 (신경대학교 노인복지학과 아동전공)
  • Received : 2015.05.31
  • Accepted : 2015.08.07
  • Published : 2015.08.31
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Abstract

This study was conducted in order to model the relationship between children's ego strength and their school adjustment and life satisfaction levels. For this purpose, 4,765 4th-6th grade elementary school children were surveyed by means of a questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed by means of structural equation modeling. The results of this study may be summarized as follows. First, in all the grades, a significant and positive correlation was observed between the children's ego strength and their school adjustment and life satisfaction levels. Second, ego strength was found to be a variable that had a significant effect on life satisfaction indirectly through the medium of school adjustment. Third, the relation model between the variables differed according to grade. That is, the direct effect of ego strength on life satisfaction was stronger in the high grades, and the level of school relationship adjustment was found to have a significant effect on family relationship satisfaction as a factor of life satisfaction in 4th graders, whereas it did not in the case of 5th and 6th graders.

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