• Journal of School Social Work
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• v.47
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• pp.99-127
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• 2019

This study aims to verify the mediating effect of empowerment and citizenship in the relations between the volunteering satisfaction of adolescents and attitudes towards school violence. For the purpose, the data of Middle school students, who are studying at school located in Gunpo and Bundang of Gyeonggi Province, and 612 of collected 748 questionnaires were analyzed. Confirmatory Factor Analysis(CFA) and Structural Equation Modeling(SEM) was utilized to test research effectiveness. This study results are as follow. First, the satisfaction of adolescents' volunteer work directly positively influenced adolescents' empowerment and citizenship. However, it was found that the satisfaction of adolescents' volunteer work did not directly affect adolescents' perception of school violence and their coping behavior on school violence. Second, in terms of the effect of the satisfaction of adolescents' volunteer work through their empowerment and citizenship on the perception of school violence among adolescents, it was revealed that the satisfaction of volunteer work through citizenship among adolescents had an indirect impact on adolescents' perception of school violence. However, the satisfaction of volunteer work through empowerment did not influence adolescents' perception of school violence. Third, in regard with the effect of adolescents' satisfaction of volunteer work through their empowerment and citizenship on coping behavior on school violence, adolescents' satisfaction of volunteer work through their empowerment and citizenship directly influenced coping behavior on school violence. Based on the results, It is suggested that when it comes to exploring adolescents' attitudes toward school violence, plans for heightening not only adolescents' satisfaction of volunteer work, their empowerment, but also their citizenship are necessary.