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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2017.15.1.35

The Mediating Effect of Self-esteem between School Violence Victimization and Happiness of Adolescents  

Lee, Chang-Seek (Dept. of Child and Adolescent Welfare)
Park, Ji-Young (Dept. of Child and Elderly Welfare)
Jang, Ha-Young (Dept. of Lifelong Education)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.15, no.1, 2017 , pp. 35-43 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study aimed to investigate the mediating effect of self-esteem between school violence victimization and happiness of adolescents. For this study, 1274 adolescents were surveyed at D city of Korea from April to May in 2016. Main results of this study were as follows. First, it was found out that school violence victimization was significantly different depending on gender, school level, academic achievement. And self-esteem was significantly different depending on gender, school level, family type, income level, academic achievement. Also their happiness was significantly different depending on gender, school level, income level, academic achievement. Second, school violence victimization and self-esteem were negatively correlated. And school violence victimization and their happiness were negatively correlated. Third, self-esteem was partially mediated for elementary, middle school students, but perfectly mediated for high school students between school violence victimization and happiness of adolescents. Lastly, policy implications for the students with lower happiness due to school violence victimization were suggested.
Keywords
School violence victimization; Self-esteem; Happiness; Adolescents; Mediating effect;
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