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http://dx.doi.org/10.5934/kjhe.2013.22.6.559

Effects of Maternal Employment, Child's Internet Immersion, Resilience and Parent-Child Relationships on Their School Life Adjustment  

Oh, You Jung (Dept. of Child & Family Studies, The Catholic University of Korea)
Moon, Hyuk Jun (Dept. of Child & Family Studies, The Catholic University of Korea)
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Korean Journal of Human Ecology / v.22, no.6, 2013 , pp. 559-569 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study examined the effect of maternal employment, child's internet immersion, resilience and parent-child relationships on their school life adjustment. The participants in this study consisted of 306 5th and 6th grad students from two elementary schools located in Seoul and Gyeong-gi. Data analysis was conducted by t-tests, Pearson correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis. The results of this study were as follows. First, school life adjustment was higher in non-employed mother than amongst employed mother. Second, the relationship between the factors showed that a lower internet immersion, the higher resilience, the parent-child's intimacy-support and allowance-provision was associated with a higher a school life adjustment. Third, the strongest predictors of child's school life adjustment were the intimacy-support of parent-child relationships and spontaneity of resilience.
Keywords
maternal employment; child's internet immersion; resilience; parent-child relationships; school life adjustment;
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