Effects of School Violence Experiecne, Perceptions of Violence, Non-Assertiveness and Prosocial Behavior on Adolescents' Conscientization toward School Violence -Focused on the Prosocial Behavior and Non-Assertiveness Mediators-

남·여 중학생의 학원폭력문제 의식화에 영향을 주는 요인에 대한 연구 -학원폭력 피해경험과 친사회적 행동성의 다중 매개효과 검증을 토대로-

With the increasing concerns of victimization of school violence, this paper is intended to present a pioneering study on the victims' conscientization which may result from their own experience of school violence by peers. The predominant concern of the study consists in: (1) the direct effects of individuals' perception toward violence in general, non-assertiveness, school violence experience by peers, and prosocial behavioral tendency on the individual conscientization of school violence problems; (2) the indirect effects of both individual prosocial behavioral tendency and perceptions toward violence through non-assertiveness on individual conscientization of school violence problems;(3) the sexual differences of the five latent variables(perceptions toward violence in general, non-assertiveness, prosocial behavioral tendency, school violence experience by peers, and conscientization of school violence problems; (4) the sexual differences of both direct and indirect correlates on conscientization of school violence problems. Research is based on a survey conducted with 526 adolescents (268 males and 258 females) from 16 middle schools located in different districts of the city of Pohang. In order to address the research questions, structural equation models on adolescents' conscientization of school violence are explored. A variety of tests are conducted (configural invariance, metric invariance and structural invariance, intercept invariance, critical ratio for difference test, multi-group analysis, latent mean analysis including Cohen's effect test). The major findings of the study support the significance of both direct effects and indirect effects of the four latent factors(perceptions of violence in general, non-assertiveness, prosocial behavioral tendency, school violence experience by peers). The individual prosocial behavioral tendency has a positive mediating effect on the enhancement of individual conscientization toward school violence problems. However, we fail to find the direct positive effect of individual violence experience on the conscientization of school violence problems. In conclusion, a range of practical implications for social workers and other related professionals who are engaged in helping out the adolescents with school violence by peers are suggested based on the study findings.

본 연구는 526명의 청소년을 연구대상으로, '전반적인 폭력에 대한 인식', '비주장성', '친사회적 행동성' 그리고 '폭력피해경험'이 '학원폭력문제 의식화'에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지를 규명하였다. 분석방법은 구조방정식 모형을 통하여 변수들의 인과관계를 분석하였고, 성별비교를 위한 다집단분석, 계수차이검증에 근거한 구조동일성 모형검증, 매개검증, 잠재평균분석과 Cohen의 효과크기검증 등을 실시하였다. 분석결과, '학원폭력 피해경험'은 '학원폭력문제 의식화'에 긍정적인 영향을 주지 못하는 것으로 드러났다. 여학생들의 경우, '학원폭력 피해경험'과 '학원폭력문제 의식화' 수준은 오히려 반비례하였다. '학원폭력 피해경험'이 '학원폭력문제 의식화'에 미치는 영향에 성별변인은 조절변수로 작용하였다. '전반적인 폭력에 대한 인식'은 '학원폭력문제 의식화'에 매우 긍정적인 영향을 주었고, '친사회적 행동성'도 '학원폭력문제 의식화'에 직 간접적인 효과를 주었다. '비주장성'과 '학원폭력 피해경험'과는 정적관계가 있었고, '학원폭력문제 의식화'에 직접적으로 유의미한 영향을 주지는 않았지만, '친사회적 행동성'을 완전매개로 '학원폭력문제 의식화'에 유의미한 영향을 미치는 것으로 밝혀졌다. 잠재평균 분석 결과 '비주장성'과 '학원폭력피해경험'에서만 남학생이 여학생보다 유의하게 높았다.