Journal of Families and Better Life (가정과삶의질연구)

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The Relationship Between Social Support and Loneliness in Early and Mid-adolescents : Focused on the Mediation Effect of Life Satisfaction

초기 및 중기 청소년의 사회적 지지와 외로움간 관계 : 생활만족도의 매개효과를 중심으로

  • Kim, Jin-Kyung (Dept. of Child Development & Family Studies, Seoul Nat'l Univ.) ;
  • Han, Eu-Gene (Dept. of Child Development and Education, Myongji Univ.)
  • Published : 2008.12.31
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Abstract

This study examined the mediation effect of life satisfaction between social support and loneliness. The subjects were two hundred and eighty fifth grade elementary school and second grade middle school adolescents in Seoul. The instruments used were questionnaires about loneliness and other factors relevant to loneliness. Social support factors existing in an adolescent's external environment include the support of parents, peers, and teachers. And life satisfaction as a psychological characteristic was concerned with the adolescent's sense of self, school life, home environment, and family relations. Data were analyzed by using the t-test, Pearson's correlation and regression. Major findings were as follows: (1) There were significant differences in parent and teacher support, satisfaction with school life, home environment, and family relations between early adolescents and mid adolescents. (2) Parental, peer, and teacher support, contentment with oneself, school life, home environment, and family relations were negatively related to the fifth-grade early adolescent's loneliness. Peer support and contentment with oneself, school life, and home environment were negatively related to the second-grade middle adolescent's loneliness. (3) Life satisfaction had a mediation effect between peer, parental, and teacher support and loneliness in fifth grade early adolescence. Whole life satisfaction had a mediation effect between only peer support and loneliness.

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