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http://dx.doi.org/10.13000/JFMSE.2017.29.2.466

Mediating Effects of Basic Psychological Needs in Parent-Child Relationships between Perceived Parental Attachment and the Life Satisfaction of College Students  

YU, Shin-Bok (Kyungpook National University)
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Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education / v.29, no.2, 2017 , pp. 466-478 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between perceived parental attachment and the life satisfaction of college students, focusing on the mediating role of psychological basic needs(autonomy, competence and relatedness). The Participants of this study were 208 college students. The result was statistically treated using SPSS 21.0 program, Amos 21.0. Additionally, PROCESS Macro was used to verify the significant mediating effect. Results from structural equation modeling analyses indicated that a research model produced a better fit to the data than a alternative structural model. The final SEM model fit indices of $x^2$(df), CFI, TLI, RMSEA were met the acceptable criteria of model fitness. In other words, among the goodness-of-fit indexes of the final study model, $x^2=261.075$(p<.001), RMSEA is .082, TLI equals .925, CFI equals .940. The results showed the following: First, Parental attachment has a direct effect on autonomy, competence and relatedness. Also competence and relatedness have a direct effect on the life satisfaction. Second, Competence and relatedness showed a mediating effects on Parental attachment and the life satisfaction. The implications of these results were discussed and the further studies were suggested.
Keywords
Parental attachment; Basic psychological need(Autonomy; Competence; Relatedness); The life satisfaction;
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