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The Effect of Sleep Duration on Youth School Adjustment Mediated by Parenting Behavior (초중고생의 수면 시간이 부모양육태도의 매개를 통해 학교적응에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Soo Jung;Chung, Ick-Joong
    • Korean Journal of Child Studies
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    • v.37 no.3
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    • pp.13-26
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    • 2016
  • Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between sleep duration and school adjustment of elementary-, middle-, high-school youth and to verify the mediating effects of parenting behavior. Methods: We analyzed the data from Wave 4 of the first-grade panel of elementary school and Waves 1 and 4 of the first-grade panel of middle school in Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey (KCYPS), including 1,703 fourth graders, 2,119 seventh graders, and 2,108 tenth graders. Multiple regression was used for the data analyses. Results: The results of this study were as follows. First, longer sleep duration was associated with a higher level of school adjustment in fourth grade. In contrast, longer sleep duration was associated with a lower level of school adjustment in seventh and tenth grades. Second, longer sleep duration was related to a higher level of discipline through reasoning in fourth grade. However, longer sleep duration was related to a lower level of parental monitoring in seventh and tenth grades. Third, the relationship between sleep duration and school adjustment was mediated by parenting behavior. Discipline through reasoning had a mediating effect in fourth grade, but the mediating effect of parental monitoring was found in seventh and tenth grades. Conclusion: These results suggest a differentiated approach on sleep duration in accordance with developmental stage and the need for parent education.

Dynamic Relationships of Poverty and Delinquency Trajectories (빈곤과 비행 발달궤적의 역동적 관계)

  • Chung, Ick-Joong
    • Korean Journal of Child Studies
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    • v.30 no.3
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    • pp.113-125
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    • 2009
  • This study advances knowledge of developmental patterns in poverty and delinquency; data was obtained from waves 1-5 (2003-2007) of the Korea Youth Panel Survey. Semi-parametric group-based modeling (SGM) identified 4 trajectories of poverty from age 13 to 17 : non-poor, poverty increasing, low-level continuous poverty and chronic poverty groups and five developmental trajectories of delinquency : non-offending, late onset, low-level continuous, desisting, and chronic groups. A joint trajectory method predicted patterns of delinquency conditional on poverty trajectories. Chronic and low-level continuous poverty groups were more likely than others to follow chronic trajectories of delinquency; the non-poor group was more likely to be non-offending. Implications of this study for youth welfare were discussed to reduce risk for delinquency.

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The Effects of High School Students' Academic Problems on Suicidal Ideation -Focusing on the Mediational Effects of Individual-level Risk and Protective Factors- (인문계 고등학생의 학업문제가 자살생각에 미치는 영향 -개인수준의 위험요인과 보호요인의 매개역할을 중심으로-)

  • Park, Jae-Yeon;Chung, Ick-Joong
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Child Welfare
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    • no.32
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    • pp.69-97
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    • 2010
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of high school students' academic problems such as academic stress and low academic achievement on suicidal ideation and the mediating effects of individual-level risk factors (e.g., depression, aggression) and protective factors (self-esteem, emotion regulation) on the relationship between academic problems and suicidal ideation. This study used data of three waves(2005-2007) from the Korea Youth Panel Survey(KYPS). The analyses were conducted on 2,093 academic high school students, who participated in this panel study. The results from structural equation modeling show that academic stress has positive effects on depression and aggression, but negative effect on self-esteem. Low academic achievement has positive effect on aggression but negative effect on self-esteem. Depression and aggression as individual-level risk factors have positive effects on suicidal ideation. In contrast, self-esteem and emotion regulation as individual-level protective factors have negative effects on suicidal ideation. The relationship between academic problems and suicidal ideation is mediated by depression, aggression, and self-esteem. Based on the study findings, practice implications for youth welfare are discussed to screen high-risk youths and to prevent adolescent suicide in advance.

The effect of adolescents' relationship with teachers on intrinsic life goals: Focusing on the mediation effect of self-esteem (청소년의 교사와의 관계가 내재적 삶의 목표에 미치는 영향 -자아존중감의 매개효과를 중심으로-)

  • Lee, Eui Bhin;Han, Chang-Keun
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Child Welfare
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    • no.59
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    • pp.87-114
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    • 2017
  • This study aimed to examine whether adolescents' self-esteem mediates the relationship between adolescent-teacher relationship and the intrinsic life goals of adolescents. This study used 1,776 cases from the sixth-wave data of the Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey (KCYPS). This study conducted a hierarchical regression analysis and a Sobel test to examine whether the mediation effect was significant. Primary findings are summarized as follows: First, adolescents who had a good relationship with their teacher were more likely to have better intrinsic life goals. Second, adolescents who had a good relationship with their teacher were found to have higher levels of self-esteem. Third, the effect of adolescents' relationship with teachers on intrinsic life goals was found to be partially mediated by self-esteem. This study concludes with implications, limitations, and suggestions for future research.

The effect of neglect on sense of community among adolescents: Focusing on the moderation effect of peer attachment (방임이 공동체의식에 미치는 영향 -또래애착의 조절효과를 중심으로-)

  • Sohn, Ye Jin;Han, Chang-Keun
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Child Welfare
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    • no.60
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    • pp.1-24
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    • 2017
  • This study aimed to examine whether neglect influences sense of community and whether such a relationship is moderated by peer attachment. For this purpose, this study employed multi variate regression analyses using the sixth-panel data (2015) of fourth-grade elementary-school children from the Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey. Key findings were as follows: First, neglect was found to have negative impacts on sense of community. In addition, we found that peer attachment moderated the relationship between neglect and sense of community. This finding suggests that peer relationship and attachment protects some portion of negative impacts of neglect on sense of community. This study concludes with policy and practice implications to improve the well-being of adolescents.

Pathways From the Experiences of Neglect to Adolescent Smart Phone Dependency: The Mediating Effects of Self Resilience and Alienation (방임경험이 청소년의 스마트폰 의존에 영향을 미치는 경로: 자아탄력성, 소외감의 매개효과)

  • Park, So Youn;Yoo, Mee Sook
    • Therapeutic Science for Rehabilitation
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.27-39
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    • 2019
  • Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of the experiences of neglect on adolescent smart phone dependency, exploring the pathways through self-resilience and alienation. Methods: This study utilized the 7th wave data from the Korean Child Youth Panel Survey(KCYPS), and the sample included 1,805 participants with no missing data. The data was analyzed using SPSS 23.0 and AMOS 23.0 programs. Results: First, the experiences of neglect directly affected adolescent smart phone dependency. Second, the experiences of neglect indirectly affect smart phone dependency partially mediated by self resilience and alienation. Conclusions: The ways to prevent adolescent smart phone dependency were discussed.

The Effect of Protective Factors on the Resilience of Maltreated Children (보호요인이 피학대 아동의 적응유연성에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Soon-Gyu
    • Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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    • v.59 no.2
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    • pp.251-275
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    • 2007
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between child maltreatment, protective factors, and resilience in elementary school students. It was especially focused on what direct effect of the risk factor(child maltreatment) and protective factors to child resilience, and how protective factors affect the resilience of maltreated child. In the concrete, this study intended to find out whether protective factors mediate between child maltreatment and resilience. This study based on data from the first wave of 'Korean Youth Panel Survey(KYPS)' and subjects consisted of 2,844 4th grade elementary school students. In addition, to test the proposed models, the Mplus-structural equation modeling-was used. The major findings are as follows: First, when child maltreatment increased, resilience decreased. Second, when protective factors increased, resilience increased. Third, protective factors act as buffers against the negative effects of child maltreatment on resilience by mediation. Results indicated that child maltreatment related negatively to resilience and protective factors related positively to resilience. In addition, a mediational model in which protective factors mediates child maltreatment and resilience was supported. In conclusion, various theoretical and practical implications for social work practice focusing on the maltreated children were discussed.

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The cross-lagged effects of unmarried fathers' involvement on children's behavior problems (교차지연 모형을 통한 비혼 아버지의 양육참여와 아동의 문제행동간의 인과관계 검증)

  • Choi, Jeong-Kyun
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Child Welfare
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    • no.59
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    • pp.1-23
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    • 2017
  • Using a subsample of 3,409 unmarried smothers and their children from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing study, the present study examined the cross-lagged effects of unmarried fathers' involvement on their children's behavior problems. Father involvement was used as a latent variable to measure the frequency of fathers' visits to the child, fathers' instrumental support, and their supportive parenting. Both variables of father involvement and child behavior problems were repeatedly measured at child ages 3, 5, and 9 to estimate their trends over time. The results indicated that fathers' more active engagement in parenting at child ages 3 to 5 reduced behavior problems in children at ages 5 to 9. Further discussions include programs and services to support unmarried fathers through education and training opportunities for effective parenting, relationship skills, and conflict resolutions as well as policy strategies to encourage their continuous involvement in the lives of their children.

Analysis of an After-school Care Service Program for Elementary School Children and Suggestions for Improvement (초등학생 방과후 돌봄 서비스 분석과 개선방안)

  • Cho, Younghee
    • Journal of Family Resource Management and Policy Review
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.141-162
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    • 2014
  • The purpose of this research is to suggest some measures to improve policy issues by analyzing policy related to a child care service program in the community. Gilbert and Terrell's social policy analysis framework is used to analyze an after-school care service program for elementary school children. Furthermore, the Elementary Care Class(including the After-school Program), Youth After-school Academy, and Community Child Center, referred to as public care services, are employed to analyze community care service programs for children. The Elementary Care Class, Youth After-school Academy and Community Child Center are very similar in terms of the contents and application of the care service program for children, and mainly serve children in low-income groups. In addition, although user overlapping is an inevitable problem because the operating time of the Elementary Care Class and After-school Program coincides with that of the Youth After-school Academy and Community Child Center, it is structurally very hard to adjust the content of service, operating time, and so on because of differences in the delivery system for each program. Therefore, it is necessary to generate a unified delivery system to manage after-school care service programs for children and create a new special control tower to solve these problems. Furthermore, it is needed to extend the services to children from general double-income family, which is a blind spot of the care service.

Predictors of the Developmental Trajectories of Internalizing Problem Behaviors in Adolescents (청소년기 내면화 문제 행동의 발달궤적 양상과 유형화 예측 변인)

  • Oh, Young-Jin;Kim, Yeong-Hee
    • Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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    • v.48 no.10
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    • pp.89-103
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    • 2010
  • The purpose of this study was to examine the developmental trajectories of adolescents' internalizing problem behaviors. The data came from 3,188 middle school students through their participation in the Korea Youth Panel Survey(KYPS). Adolescents with a high level of internalizing problem behaviors in the first year showed a rapid decline in these behaviors over time, whereas for adolescents with a low level of these behaviors in the first year the decline was slow. The predictors of the developmental trajectories were related to individual variables, such as gender, self-esteem, self-control, stress, self-stigmatization, and academic achievement. The developmental trajectories of adolescents' internalizing problem behaviors were classified into four groups. The predictors of the patterns of developmental trajectories in adolescents' internalizing problem behaviors appeared to be related to individual variables.