Journal of Family Relations (한국가족관계학회지)

Korean Association of Family Relations (한국가족관계학회)
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Mediating effect of family cohesion on the relations between the stress cognition of adolescents of single parent families and problem-focused coping behavior

한부모가족 청소년이 인지하는 스트레스와 문제해결적 대처행동 관계에서 가족응집력의 매개효과

  • Park, Kyeong Won (Dept. of Social Welfare & Counseling, Honam Theological and Seminary. Univ.) ;
  • Kim, Kyeong Shin (Dept. of Family Environment & Welfare, Chonnam Nat. Univ.)
  • 박경원 (호남신학대학교 사회복지상담학과) ;
  • 김경신 (전남대학교 생활환경복지학과)
  • Received : 2018.02.20
  • Accepted : 2018.06.11
  • Published : 2018.07.31
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Abstract

Objectives: The purposes of this study were to investigate the influence of stress cognition of adolescents in a single-parent family on their problem-focused coping behaviors, and to verify the mediating effect of family cohesion between stress cognition and their problem-focused coping behaviors. Method: A survey was conducted on middle school students in Gwangju, and the responses of 404 participants were used in the analysis. The data were analyzed using the SPSS 21.0 program. Results: The results of this study were as follows: First, stress cognition had a negative influence on the problem-focused coping behaviors of the adolescents of single-parent family. Second, family cohesion completely mediated the effects of stress cognition on this problem-focused coping behaviors. Conclusions: This study suggests that it is necessary to improve the function of family cohesion in order to improve the problem-focused coping behaviors of adolescents in single-parent families.

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