Journal of Family Relations (한국가족관계학회지)
- Volume 23 Issue 3
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- Pages.177-199
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- 2018
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- 1229-5310(pISSN)
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- 2713-8232(eISSN)
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The effect of family relations on adolescents' social competence: examining the mediating role of ego-resilience
가족관계가 청소년의 사회적 유능성에 미치는 영향: 자아탄력성의 매개효과
- Oh, Eunjung (Dobong-gu Healthy Family-Multicultural Family Support Center/Graduate School of Culture and Industries, Duksung Women's University) ;
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Yuh, Jongil
(Dept. of Human Development & Family Studies, Duksung Women's University)
- Received : 2018.08.10
- Accepted : 2018.10.20
- Published : 2018.10.31
Abstract
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of family relations on adolescents' social competence. Furthermore, this study aimed to examine the mediating role of ego-resilience between those factors. Method: Two hundred and ninety-nine high school students completed measures of family cohesion, family expressiveness, ego-resilience, and social competence. T-tests, correlation and regression analyses were conducted. Results: The results reveled that family cohesion, family expressiveness, and ego-resilience were positively related to social competence. The results also revealed that family cohesion and expressiveness were significantly predicted social competence, emphasizing the role of family relations. Moreover, the association of family cohesion and expressiveness with adolescents' social competence was partially mediated by ego-resilience. Conclusions: The findings suggests that family cohesion and expressiveness contributes to adolescents' social competence directly and indirectly through ego-resilience. Results were discussed in terms of their implications for intervention to enhance social competence among adolescents.
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