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The Effects of Family Strength on the Ethnical Identity of Third Culture Adolescents- Focusing on the Medication Effects of Self-Esteem

제3문화 청소년의 가족건강성이 민족정체성에 미치는 영향 : 자아존중감을 매개효과로

  • Received : 2016.07.02
  • Accepted : 2016.08.20
  • Published : 2016.08.28
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of Family Strength(FS) on the Ethnical Identity(EI) of Third Culture Adolescents and to verify the mediating effect of Self-Esteem(SE) between FS and EI. The subjects of this study were 86 adolescents from two different regions-Fairfax, Virginia and Irvine, California-who are ethnically Korean and hold either Korean or American citizenship. These analyses were carried out with SPSS 18.0, using t-test, one-way ANOVA, corelation analysis, regression analysis and Sobel test to test the significance of a mediation effect. The results of this study are as follows: 1. FS, SE and EI showed a significant positive correlation. 2. SE mediated the effects the relationship between FS and EI. 3. SE had a partial mediation effect on the relationship between FS and Exploration, a sub-variable of EI. SE also had a significant effect on Affirmation, a sub-variable of EI, but there was no significant effect on FS. The results discuss the implication and limitations of this study, and make suggestions for a follow-up study for a healthy ethnic identity formation.

본 연구의 목적은 제3문화 청소년의 가족건강성과 민족정체성의 관계에서 자아존중감의 매개효과를 검증해 보는 것이었다. 이를 위해 미국의 동부 버지니아 페어팩스(Fairfax) 카운티 지역과 서부 캘리포니아 얼바인(Irvine) 두 지역을 중심으로 한국인 청소년 혹은 미국시민권을 지니고 있지만 모국이 한국인인 청소년 86명을 대상으로 자료를 수집하여 분석하였다. 자료 분석은 SPSS 18.0 프로그램을 이용하여 기술통계, t-test와 일원분석분석, 상관분석, 회귀 분석을 실시하였고, 매개효과의 유의성을 검증하기 위해 Sobel test를 실시하였다. 본 연구의 주요결과는 첫째, 가족건강성, 자아존중감 그리고 민족정체성은 정적상관을 지니는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 가족건강성과 민족정체성의 관계에서 자아존중감은 부분매개효과를 지니는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 민족정체성 하위변인 중 민족정체성 탐색의 경우 가족건 강성과의 관계에서 자아존중감이 부분매개효과를 지니는 것으로 나타났으며, 민족소속감의 경우 자아존중감은 유의미한 영향력을 미치는 반면 가족건강성은 유의미한 영향력이 없는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 연구결과를 바탕으로 건강한 민족정체성 형성을 위한 연구의 함의와 시사점 및 연구의 한계 그리고 후속연구를 위한 제언을 제시하였다.

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