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Mediating effects of positive parenting attitude, self-esteem, and depression on the relationship between parental happiness and children's happiness

부모의 행복과 자녀의 행복의 관계에서 긍정적 양육태도, 자아존중감, 우울의 매개효과

  • Kim, Do-Hee (Dept. of Education, Chonnam National University)
  • Received : 2021.12.09
  • Accepted : 2022.03.20
  • Published : 2022.03.28
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Abstract

This study aims to examine the mediating effects of positive parenting attitudes, self-esteem, and depression on the relationship between parental happiness and children's happiness. To this end, the Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey 2018 were used. Structural equation modeling was implemented based on 2,551 data collected from fourth-grade children of elementary school and their parents. The happiness felt by the parents was found to have a positive correlation with positive parenting attitudes, self-esteem, and happiness perceived by the children, and a negative correlation with the children's depression. And, the happiness felt by the parents was found to affect the happiness of children by sequentially progressing through positive parenting attitudes, children's self-esteem and depression. Such results reflect how parents who perceive themselves to be happy tend to be warm, provide structure, and support the autonomy of their children. This also shows how such positive parenting attitudes encourage children to believe that they are valuable individuals and how this plays a role in reducing their sense of depression and enhancing their happiness.

본 연구는 부모의 행복과 자녀의 행복 간의 관계를 살펴보고 자녀가 지각하는 부모의 긍정적 양육태도, 자아존중감, 우울이 이들의 관계를 매개하는지 조사하였다. 한국 아동·청소년 패널 조사 2018 (Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey: KCYPS 2018) 1차 연도 자료를 활용하였으며 초등학교 4학년에 재학 중인 아동과 그 부모로부터 수집된 2,551부의 자료를 토대로 구조방정식 모델링을 실시하였다. 연구 결과, 부모가 느끼는 행복은 자녀가 지각한 긍정적 양육태도, 자아존중감, 행복과 정적 상관이 있으며 자녀의 우울과 부적 상관이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 부모의 행복은 긍정적 양육태도, 자아존중감과 우울을 순차적으로 거쳐서 행복에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 행복하다고 지각하는 부모들이 자녀에게 따뜻하고, 구조를 제공하며 자율성을 지지해주는 경향이 있다는 것을 보여준다. 그리고 이러한 긍정적 양육태도는 자녀에게 자신이 가치 있는 사람이라는 믿음을 갖게 하여 우울을 낮추고 행복을 높이는 데에 기여한다는 것을 보여준다.

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Acknowledgement

This manuscript is modified and supplemented of the presentation for The 10th Conference on Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey administered by National Youth Policy Institute

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