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The Influences of Child-Father Attachment and Self-Esteem in Adulthood on Adult Students' School Adjustment

아동기 아버지에 대한 애착, 성인기 자아존중감이 대학생활적응에 미치는 영향

  • Lee, Sa-Rah (Department of Child Welfare & Educare, Sejong Cyber University) ;
  • Lee, Joo-Yeon (Department of Family Environment & Welfare, Chonnam National University)
  • 이사라 (세종사이버대학교 아동보육복지학과) ;
  • 이주연 (전남대학교 생활환경복지학과)
  • Received : 2011.10.31
  • Accepted : 2012.01.15
  • Published : 2012.06.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of attachment across an individual's lifespan. The present study investigated how father attachment in childhood influences adult student's school adjustment and explored the mediating effect of self-esteem between those two variables. Five hundred and twenty-nine adult students who were enrolled in S Cyber University were participants in this study. Subjects' ages ranged from 20-59. They were issued with a questionnaire addressing their present self-esteem level, attachment toward their father in childhood, and school adjustment. The results from SEM analysis indicated that adult students' self-esteem completely mediated between their attachment to their father in childhood and their school adjustment in adulthood. This result shows that a secure attachment to a father in childhood is related to child's own internal working model, and that positive self-esteem is related to social interactions including school adjustment.

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