Abstract
This study aims to identify healthy family functions that can help university students, who are in the transitional phase from late adolescence to adulthood, establish self-differentiation, which is a critical developmental task for them. The research examines whether family function mediates the relationship between family function and self-differentiation, and aims to provide foundational data for the development of programs to support stable self-differentiation in university students and policies to enhance family function. To achieve this, a self-report online survey was conducted with 204 university students enrolled in a university located in Northern Gyeonggi Province. The SPSS 25.0 program was used for data analysis, including calculating internal consistency, conducting frequency analysis to understand the general characteristics of the study subjects, descriptive statistics to determine the level of research variables, independent sample t-tests, ANOVA, and post-hoc tests to identify differences in research variables according to the characteristics of the study subjects, and using the SPSS Process Macro to test mediation effects. The results showed a significant positive correlation between family function and self-differentiation, indicating that family function significantly influences the establishment of self-differentiation. These findings suggest that family function plays a crucial role in the development of self-differentiation and provide foundational data for practical support in education aimed at fostering healthy families.
본 연구는 후기 청소년기에서 성인기로 진입하는 대학생들을 대상으로, 자기분화를 확립할 수 있도록 건강한 가족기능을 찾는 데 목적이 있다. 가족기능이 자기분화에 미치는 영향을 확인하고, 안정적인 자기분화 확립을 위한 프로그램 개발과 가족기능 향상을 위한 정책 기초자료를 제공하고자 한다. 이를 위해 경기북부 소재 대학에 재학중인 대학생 204명을 대상으로 자기보고식 온라인 설문조사를 실시하였다. SPSS 25.0 프로그램을 사용하여 내적합치도를 산출하고, 빈도분석, 기술통계분석, 독립표본 t검정, 분산분석 및 사후검정을 실시하였으며, 매개효과 검증을 위해 SPSS Process Macro를 활용한 분석을 진행하였다. 분석 결과, 가족기능은 자기분화에 유의한 정(+)의 상관관계를 보였으며, 이는 가족기능이 자기분화를 확립하는 데 중요한 영향을 미친다는 것을 시사한다. 이러한 결과는 건강한 가족을 위한 교육을 지원하기 위한 기초자료로 활용될 것이다.