A Longitudinal Study of Factors Associated with Happiness in Primary School Children
한국아동복지학
2012, vol., no.40, pp.41~71(30 pages)
UCI : http://uci.or.kr/G704-000946.2012..40.004
한국아동복지학회
연구분야 : 사회과학 > 한국아동복지학
이재경
(목포가톨릭대학교); 조혜정
초록
본 연구의 목적은 학령기 아동의 생태체계요인이 행복감에 미치는 영향을 종단적으로 확인하고자 하는 것이다. 특히 애착이론과 생태체계이론에 근거하여 그 영향력을 살펴보고자 하였다. 이를 위해 한국청소년패널조사(KYPS)의 초4패널자료를 활용하여 잠재성장모형으로 분석하였다. 또한 성별에 따른 차이를 살펴보기 위해 다집단분석을 실시하였다. 분석 결과, 첫째 학업성취, 자아존중감, 부모애착, 또래애착, 교사애착, 지역사회애착, 행복감은 5년 동안 감소추세로 나타났으며 초기값과 변화율의 분산값이 유의하여 개인 간의 차이가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 생태체계요인 중 학업성취를 제외하고 모든 변인이 행복감에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 초등학교 4학년 시점에 자아존중감, 부모애착, 또래애착이 높을수록 당해년도 행복감이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 지역사회애착 초기값이 높을수록 행복감은 느리게 감소하는 반면에 5년 동안의 자아존중감, 부모애착, 교사애착, 지역사회애착이 빠르게 감소할수록 행복감이 빠르게 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 다집단분석을 한 결과 성별에 따른 차이가 없는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 연구결과들을 바탕으로 학령기 아동의 행복감에 대한 이론적 및 실천적 함의를 제시하였다.
The purpose of this study is to examine longitudinal impacts of various factors on happiness in primary school children. Specifically, attachment theory and ecosystems perspective were utilized for the purpose of this study. We used Korea Youth Panel Survey, which is a 5-year longitudinal data collected from fourth grade in elementary school to second grade in middle school Latent growth model was employed as the analytic method. The findings of this study are as follow: first, academic achievement, self-esteem, parent attachment, peer attachment, teacher attachment, and community attachment all decreased over the 5-year study period. Also, the intercept and the slope variance of variables were found to be statistically significant. This means that there are significant differences in the intercept and the slope of individuals. Second, self-esteem, parent attachment, and peer attachment were found to have cross-sectional influences on happiness. This means that self-esteem, parent attachment, and peer attachment are positively associated with happiness at the intercept. Also, self-esteem, parent attachment, teacher attachment, and community attachment were found to have longitudinal influences on happiness. This means that the higher levels of community attachment at the intercept is associated with slower the rate of decrease in happiness at the slope. In addition, faster rates of decrease in self-esteem, parent attachment, teacher attachment, and community attachment are associated with faster the rate of decrease in happiness. Third, this study conducted multiple group analysis with gender. The findings of this analysis revealed no significant differences in analytic models between males and females. Based on these findings, theoretical and practice implications with regard to happiness in primary school children are discussed.
