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Moderating the Effects of a Friendship Network and Quality on the Association between Mutual Antipathy and Maladjustment (아동의 상호 적대관계와 부적응의 관련성에서 친구관계망 및 친구관계 질의 중재효과)

  • Shin, Yoolim
    • Human Ecology Research
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    • v.51 no.5
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    • pp.473-481
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    • 2013
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the moderating effects of a size of the friendship network and quality of friendship on the associations between mutual antipathy and maladjustment. The subjects were 678 fifth- and sixth-grade primary school children who were recruited from a public school in Bucheon City. The Peer Nomination Inventory was used to assess mutual antipathy, peer victimization, social withdrawal, aggression, and the friendship network. The children were given a classroom roster and asked to nominate up to three classmates who fit each description. Additionally, the children reported the quality of their friendships using the Friendship Quality Scale. Each child was asked to indicate his or her one best friend and rate how accurately a sentence describe done of their best friends on the scale. The results revealed that the friendship network and friendship quality significantly moderated the relationships between mutual antipathy and social withdrawal, and peer victimization. The magnitude of the association between mutual antipathy and social withdrawal was not significant for large friendship networks and high quality friendships. Although mutual antipathy was significantly associated with peer victimization, the association was stronger at lower levels than at higher levels of the friendship network and quality. However, there was no moderating effect of the friendship network and quality on the association between mutual antipathy and aggression. A large friendship network and high quality friendship could be protective factors among those who have mutual antipathy in peer groups.

The Impact of Family Strengths Perceived by Children and Self-Esteem on Friendship Quality (아동이 지각한 가족건강성과 자아존중감이 친구관계의 질에 미치는 영향)

  • Cho, A-Ra;Hyun, On-Kang
    • Journal of Families and Better Life
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    • v.26 no.4
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    • pp.135-148
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    • 2008
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the impacts of family strengths perceived by children and self-esteem on friendship quality. The subjects of this study were 747 students in the 5th and 6th grade who are from 10 elementary schools in Incheon and Gyeonggi Province. The results are as follows: First, positive factor of the friendship quality had significant difference depending upon gender of child. That is, female have higher friendship quality than male. Also, general self-esteem, social-peer self-esteem and positive factor of friendship quality had significant difference depending upon father's educational level. Second, gender of child, self-esteem, family strengths what kind of effect should have gone mad to friendship quality, it examined. The variable of social-peer self-esteem is the most influence positive factor in friendship. The variable of school academic self-esteem is the most influence conflict in friendship. Most important factors that affected competition in friendship were family values. And most important factors that affected satisfaction in friendship were general self-esteem. In conclusion, variables effecting friendship quality include gender of child, self-esteem and family strengths. Therefore, family strengths and self-esteem are very important in order to improve the positive friendship quality of children.

The Effect of Parent and Peer Attachment of Elementary School Children on the Quality of Friendship (초등학생의 부모애착과 친구애착에 따른 친구관계의 질)

  • Jang, Jeong-Back;Yoon, Mi-Hyun
    • The Korean Journal of Community Living Science
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.685-695
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    • 2008
  • This study was to find out the effect of child-parent and child-peer attachment levels on the quality of the child's friendship. Participants were 355 fifth and sixth graders of three elementary schools in Jeolabukdo. The questionnaire used for this study were Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment(IPPA) and Quality of Friendship Scale. The t-test and the regression-analysis were used for this study. According to the result, when the father attachment was higher and safer, the child's friendship was functioning more positively. However, there wasn't any meaningful relationship between the security of mother attachment and the quality of the child's friendship. When peer attachment level was higher and safer, the quality of the child's friendship was significantly higher. On the other hand, there was meaningful relationship between the security of parent attachment and peer attachment. On relationships among parent attachment, peer attachment, and the quality of the child's friendship, effects of secure father attachment and secure peer attachment were functioning meaningfully on the quality of the child's friendship. Secure peer attachment was the most effective factor functioning positively on the quality of the child's friendship among those three factors, child-parent attachment, peer attachment, and the quality of the child's friendship.

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Friendship Quality of Aggressive Children and Their Best Friends (공격적 아동과 가장 친한 친구의 친구관계 질)

  • Shin, Yoo-Lim
    • Journal of Families and Better Life
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.133-141
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    • 2011
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the correlations among physical, relational aggression and friendship quality and the similarity of perceptions of friendship quality between friends. Moreover, APIM was applied to examine the actor and partner effects of aggression on friendship quality. The subjects were 339 5th grade children recruited from 2 public primary schools located in Gyeonggi province. The results demonstrated that there were significant correlations between friendship quality and both types of aggression. The perceptions of help, intimacy, emotional stability, and conflict between friends were significantly similar. Finally, there were significant self-effects of physical aggression on friendship conflict. Moreover, there were self-and partner-effects of relational aggression on friendship conflict.

The Relationship between Attachment and Children's Friendship Network and Friendship Quality: Focusing on the Mediating Effect of Empathy (아동기 부모애착이 친구관계망과 친구관계 질에 미치는 영향: 공감능력의 매개효과를 중심으로)

  • Lee, Pyeong Hwa;Shin, Yoolim
    • Human Ecology Research
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    • v.56 no.2
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    • pp.123-131
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    • 2018
  • This study investigated associations between attachment and friendship. This study also examined the mediating effects of empathy on the association between two variables. Participants consisted of $4^{th}$ to $6^{th}$ grade elementary school children including 173 boys and 141 girls. Two elementary schools were located in Seoul and Bucheon. Children participated in a peer nomination interview. They nominated their three most liked peers. Children's responses to the best friend of the peer nomination identified the children's best friends. A Friendship Quality Scale measured children's positive friendship quality and friendship satisfaction. Children completed the Inventory of the Parent and Peer Attachment Scale that assessed maternal and paternal attachment. In addition, they completed a children's version of the Empathy Quotient that measured empathy. Pearson's correlation and Structural Equation Modeling were used to analyse the data. The results indicated that attachment had a direct influence on friendship network. Children who had the high levels of attachment security had large friendship network. However, attachment did not have a significant effect on friendship quality. Moreover, empathy had mediating effects on the association between attachment and friendship quality as well as the friendship network. The results of this research highlight the importance of attachment and empathy on children's friendship.

Relationships between Victimization by Peers, Bullying, and Friendships, with a focus on Friendship Network, Friendship Quality, and Friends' Characteristics (또래 괴롭힘의 피해 및 가해와 친구 관계의 관련성 : 친구관계망, 친구관계 질 및 친구의 특성을 중심으로)

  • Shin, Yoo-Lim
    • Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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    • v.45 no.5
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    • pp.75-83
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    • 2007
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between peer victimization by peers, bullying, and friendships, with a focus on friendship network, friendship quality, and friends' characteristics. The subjects were 678 fifth and sixth grade primary school children recruited from a public school in Bucheon city. The peer nomination index was used to assess peer victimization, bullying, and friendship network. In addition, children themselves reported on the quality of their friendships using the Friendship Quality Scale. The results showed that victimization by peers was influenced by friendship network size, support, and victimization of friends, whereas bullying was explained by support and the bullying behaviors of friends.

Attachment to Fathers and Mothers and Self-Perceived Competence about Friendship Quality in Elementary School Children (친구관계의 질에 영향을 주는 부/모애착과 자기역량지각)

  • Hong, Sung-Hui;Kim, Kyung-Hee
    • Korean Journal of Child Studies
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.225-242
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    • 2005
  • This study investigated the relations between children's self-perceived competence and friendship quality by grade, sex and father/mother attachment, and the relative importance of father/mother attachment and self-perceived competence on quality of children's friendships. There was a mean difference in self-perceived competence by grade and father/mother attachment. While both 3rd graders and 5th graders showed high levels of father/mother attachment and self-perceived competence, 5th graders showed higher self-perceived competence than 3rd graders. There was a mean difference in friendship quality by grade, sex and father/mother attachment : 5th graders showed higher friendship quality than the 3rd graders, and girls showed higher friendship quality then boys. In conclusion, children's friendship quality was influenced by father/mother attachment and social acceptance.

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The relationship between adolescents peer victimization and friendship quality (청소년의 또래 괴롭힘과 우정의 질과의 관계)

  • 배재현;최보가
    • Journal of Families and Better Life
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.159-171
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    • 2001
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between adolescents peer victimization and friendship quality. The 679 subjects were selected from the fifth and sixth graders of elementary schools and the first and second graders of middle schools. The instruments of measurement were peer victimization scale, friendship quality scale, friendship nominations measure. The main findings of this study were as follows : 1) The type of peer victimization has significant difference according to gender and grade. There was no significant grade difference in prosocial behavior. 2) The type of friendship quality has significant difference according to gender and grade. There were no significant grade difference in positive friendship and negative friendship. 3) There was significant correlation between adolescents peer victimization and friendship quality.

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The Effects of Parent-Adolescent Communication and Friendship Quality on Adolescent Happiness (부-자녀 및 모-자녀 의사소통과 친구관계의 질이 중·고등학생의 행복감에 미치는 영향)

  • Yun, Kibong;Doh, Hyun-Sim
    • Korean Journal of Child Studies
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    • v.38 no.2
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    • pp.149-164
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    • 2017
  • Objective: The purpose of the study was to examine the direct effects of parent-adolescent communication and its indirect effects through adolescent friendship quality on happiness among both middle and high school students. Methods: Participants in this study were 1,126 adolescents (667 middle school students and 459 high school students) in Seoul and Gyoung-gi Do. Data were collected through self-report questionnaires for adolescents, which included measures of parent-adolescent communication, friendship quality and happiness. Data were analyzed by t-tests, correlations, and SEM using SPSS 22.0 and Mplus 6.0. Results: For middle school students, father-adolescent communication had direct and indirect effects on happiness. However, mother-adolescent communication did not directly or indirectly affect adolescent happiness. Specifically, only father-adolescent communication had an significant indirect effect through friendship quality on adolescent happiness. For high school students, father-adolescent communication had direct effects on happiness, while mother-adolescent communication had significant indirect effects on adolescent happiness via friendship quality. Conclusion: This study underscores the importance of parent-adolescent communication and friendship quality in predicting adolescent happiness with differences in direct and indirect paths between middle and high school students. These findings emphasize the role of parent-adolescent communication and friendship quality in developing programs to improve the happiness of adolescents.

Social Withdrawal and Friendships in Childhood (학령기 아동의 사회적 위축성과 친구관계)

  • Shin, Yoolim
    • Korean Journal of Child Studies
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    • v.28 no.5
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    • pp.193-207
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    • 2007
  • The present study investigated the influence of withdrawal on children's best friendship including prevalence of best friendship, friendship quality, and friends' psychosocial characteristics. Subjects were 471 fifth and sixth graders recruited from two public schools. The peer nomination index was used to assess peer victimization, withdrawal, and prosocial behavior. Peer rejection and acceptance were also measured. Children reported on the quality of their friendships using the Friendship Quality Scale(Bukowsi et al., 1994). Results showed that compared to control group, withdrawn children had fewer best friends and perceived their friendship quality more negatively. Moreover, withdrawn children are similar with their best friends in respect with prosocial behavior, withdrawal, peer victimization, and peer rejection level.

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