@article{ART003285867},
author={Wu Yile and Yang Qing and Lee Sunja and Ahn Doehee},
title={Parental Attachment, Empathy, and Peer Relationships in Korean Adolescents’ School Adjustment: A Conceptual Analysis Using Canadian Social and Emotional Learning Frameworks},
journal={Asia-Pacific Journal of Canadian Studies},
issn={2951-0619},
year={2025},
volume={31},
number={2},
pages={175-198},
doi={10.22691/kacs310204}
TY - JOUR
AU - Wu Yile
AU - Yang Qing
AU - Lee Sunja
AU - Ahn Doehee
TI - Parental Attachment, Empathy, and Peer Relationships in Korean Adolescents’ School Adjustment: A Conceptual Analysis Using Canadian Social and Emotional Learning Frameworks
JO - Asia-Pacific Journal of Canadian Studies
PY - 2025
VL - 31
IS - 2
PB - Korea Association For Canadian Studies
SP - 175
EP - 198
SN - 2951-0619
AB - Framed through a conceptual lens drawing on Canadian social and emotional learning (SEL) frameworks, this study examined whether family–peer socioemotional pathways—linking parental attachment, empathy, and peer relationships to school adjustment—are evident in a Korean adolescent sample. Using data from 511 students (Grades 7–9) in Seoul, structural equation modeling with bias-corrected bootstrap confidence intervals was conducted. Direct effects of parental attachment on school adjustment were not significant. Instead, maternal attachment predicted school adjustment indirectly via empathy and peer relationships, whereas paternal attachment did so indirectly via peer relationships only. These findings suggest that adolescents’ school adjustment is shaped primarily by socioemotional mediators—particularly empathy and the quality of peer relationships—rather than by direct parental influence. Viewed through a Canadian SEL lens, the family–peer pathways identified in this Korean sample echo themes in Canadian debates on SEL and school belonging and point to the value of relationship-centred pedagogy and strong family–school partnerships within Canadian SEL and school mental health initiatives. Because the data come from a single cross-sectional Korean sample, we cannot draw firm causal or cross-national conclusions; a logical next step is to test the model with Canadian students so that the pathways can be compared empirically.
KW - Canada;school adjustment;social and emotional learning;parental attachment;empathy;peer relationships;Korean adolescents
DO - 10.22691/kacs310204
ER -
Wu Yile, Yang Qing, Lee Sunja and Ahn Doehee. (2025). Parental Attachment, Empathy, and Peer Relationships in Korean Adolescents’ School Adjustment: A Conceptual Analysis Using Canadian Social and Emotional Learning Frameworks. Asia-Pacific Journal of Canadian Studies, 31(2), 175-198.
Wu Yile, Yang Qing, Lee Sunja and Ahn Doehee. 2025, "Parental Attachment, Empathy, and Peer Relationships in Korean Adolescents’ School Adjustment: A Conceptual Analysis Using Canadian Social and Emotional Learning Frameworks", Asia-Pacific Journal of Canadian Studies, vol.31, no.2 pp.175-198. Available from: doi:10.22691/kacs310204
Wu Yile, Yang Qing, Lee Sunja, Ahn Doehee "Parental Attachment, Empathy, and Peer Relationships in Korean Adolescents’ School Adjustment: A Conceptual Analysis Using Canadian Social and Emotional Learning Frameworks" Asia-Pacific Journal of Canadian Studies 31.2 pp.175-198 (2025) : 175.
Wu Yile, Yang Qing, Lee Sunja, Ahn Doehee. Parental Attachment, Empathy, and Peer Relationships in Korean Adolescents’ School Adjustment: A Conceptual Analysis Using Canadian Social and Emotional Learning Frameworks. 2025; 31(2), 175-198. Available from: doi:10.22691/kacs310204
Wu Yile, Yang Qing, Lee Sunja and Ahn Doehee. "Parental Attachment, Empathy, and Peer Relationships in Korean Adolescents’ School Adjustment: A Conceptual Analysis Using Canadian Social and Emotional Learning Frameworks" Asia-Pacific Journal of Canadian Studies 31, no.2 (2025) : 175-198.doi: 10.22691/kacs310204
Wu Yile; Yang Qing; Lee Sunja; Ahn Doehee. Parental Attachment, Empathy, and Peer Relationships in Korean Adolescents’ School Adjustment: A Conceptual Analysis Using Canadian Social and Emotional Learning Frameworks. Asia-Pacific Journal of Canadian Studies, 31(2), 175-198. doi: 10.22691/kacs310204
Wu Yile; Yang Qing; Lee Sunja; Ahn Doehee. Parental Attachment, Empathy, and Peer Relationships in Korean Adolescents’ School Adjustment: A Conceptual Analysis Using Canadian Social and Emotional Learning Frameworks. Asia-Pacific Journal of Canadian Studies. 2025; 31(2) 175-198. doi: 10.22691/kacs310204
Wu Yile, Yang Qing, Lee Sunja, Ahn Doehee. Parental Attachment, Empathy, and Peer Relationships in Korean Adolescents’ School Adjustment: A Conceptual Analysis Using Canadian Social and Emotional Learning Frameworks. 2025; 31(2), 175-198. Available from: doi:10.22691/kacs310204
Wu Yile, Yang Qing, Lee Sunja and Ahn Doehee. "Parental Attachment, Empathy, and Peer Relationships in Korean Adolescents’ School Adjustment: A Conceptual Analysis Using Canadian Social and Emotional Learning Frameworks" Asia-Pacific Journal of Canadian Studies 31, no.2 (2025) : 175-198.doi: 10.22691/kacs310204
