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http://dx.doi.org/10.15207/JKCS.2020.11.6.297

The Mediating Effect of Depression in the Impact of Cultural Adaptation Stress on School Life Adaptation of Multicultural Adolescents: Searching for Converged Intervention Strategies

Ann, Hye-Woo (Dept. of Social Welfare, Sunkyunkwan University)
Um, Myung-Yong (Dept. of Social Welfare, Sunkyunkwan University)

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Journal of the Korea Convergence Society / v.11, no.6, 2020 , pp. 297-310 More about this Journal

Abstract

The current study examined whether multicultural students' depression level mediated between cultural adaptation stress and school life adaptation in South Korea. A total of 1,329 students in the sixth year (2016) of the National Youth Policy Institute (NYPI) 's multicultural youth panel data were analyzed using regression analysis. The main results of the study are as follows. First, cultural adaptation stress of adolescents in multicultural families had a direct influence on school life adaptation. Second, depression partly mediated between cultural adaptation stress and school life adaptation. These findings have major implications for policies and interventions in regard to cultural adaptation stress and school life adaptation of the youth in multicultrual families.

Keywords

Multicultural youth; Cultural adaptation stress; School life adaptation; Depression; Multicultural Youth Panel Survey;

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