The Effects of Family Function, and Peer Attachment on the Self-esteem of Adolescents - With a Special Focus on General Adolescents and the Adolescents of Fathers in the Military -
AUTHOR : 양숙경,문혁준
INFORMATION : page. 115~130 / 2012 Vol.19 No.2
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of both family function and peer attachment on the self esteem of adolescents. The subjects of this study were 430 first grade middle school students residing in Incheon, Chungnam. Out of this total 387 self reported questionnaires were used for the final analysis. Data were analyzed by means of Cronbach\'s α, t-test, Pearson\'s correlation, and multiple regression analysis. The results indicated that (a) general adolescents had higher self-esteem than the adolescents of fathers in the military: (b) there were significant relationships between family function, peer attachment and self-esteem: (c) peer attachment was the main predictor when it came to the self-esteem of general adolescents; family function and peer attachment were the main predictors for self-esteem of adolescents with fathers in the military. These results suggest that the self esteem of general adolescents and adolescents of fathers in the military can be improved by the development of educational programs which take adequate account of existing levels of self esteem. Clearly these results also provide basic date which will be of use to experts in developing such programs.