Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association (대한가정학회지)
- Volume 38 Issue 5
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- Pages.15-24
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- 2000
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- 1225-0937(pISSN)
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- 2234-2818(eISSN)
A Longitudinal Study of Causal Relationships between Delinquency and Self-Esteem among Adolescents
청소년의 비행과 자아존중감간의 인과적 관계에 대한 종단 연구
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to explore the causal relationships between delinquency and self-esteem among adolescents. The subjects of this study were 497 adolescents attending middle schools in Pusan. The data was collected by longitudinal research design of 9 month interval In first, second wave, the participants completed the delinquency scale and the multidimensional self-esteem inventory that includes home self, peer-related self, teacher-related self, academic-general serif, physical appearance self, physical competence self, and personality self, respectively The major findings of this study were as follows: these causal relationships differed among subdimensions of self-esteem, 1)the causal relationship between delinquency and home self was bidirectional, 2)the causal relationship between delinquency and peer-related self, teacher-related self, academic-general self, and personality self was unidirectional, 3)the causal relationship between delinquency and physical appearance self, physical competence self was not statistically significant.
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