2006, Vol.19, No.3

THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 1.67

pISSN : 1229-0718 / eISSN : 2671-6542
https://journal.kci.go.kr/baldal

This study investigates the effects of parents-related variables and self-related variables on children's emotional and behavioral problems with 2844 4th graders in elementary schools. They are the 2005 panel of Korean Youth Panel Study by Korea Institute for Youth Development. According to the covariance structure analysis, this study found the effects of parnets-related variables such as parental attachment, family violence, and parent supersion, and self-related variables such as self-esteem and self-control on children's emotional and behavioral problems. The self-related variables, in comparison with parents-related variables. are more likely to have direct and considerable influences on the emotional and behavioral problems and the self-esteem is the most influential variable. A interesting finding is that the direct and the indirect effects of parent supersivion on the emotional and behavioral problems are contrary to each other. The direct effect showed that the level of the emotional and behavioral problems increases as the level of parent supervision increases. On the other hand, as the level of parent supersion increases, the level of the emotional and behavioral problems decreases through increasing the level of self-esteem. These findings are thoroughly discussed.

Attachment behaviors in human and animals can be characterized as infants' preference of mothers, and showing intensive distress when they were separated from the mothers. It has been suggested that these affiliative and distress behaviors in mother-child attachment is influenced by neurochemical activities. This study reviewed literatures and research articles on neurochemical bases of attachment behaviors, particularly focusing on the function of three neuropeptides: (1) stress hormones including catecholamine and cortisol, (2) endogenous opioids like morphime and naloxone, and (3) pituitary hormone oxytocin and vasopressin. Previous studies have reported that each of these neuropeptides plays a critical role in establishing affective bonds, and coping with stress from separation. Findings of animal research provides researchers with valuable information on neurochemical paths of attachment behaviors, but cannot be solely applied to the human.

The current study examined the mediating effect of perceived control on the self-consistency. The purpose of this study was to investigate the causal relationship among self-consistency, perceived control on the self, and subjective well-being. Subjective well-being(SWB) refers to people's own evaluations of their lives. Participants were 247 undergraduates at the 6 universities in Seoul. They completed Self-Consistency scale;. Satisfaction withj Life Scale(SWLS), Intensity & Time Affect Scale(ITAS), and Perceived control on the self scale. The data were analyzed with Pearson's correlation, multiple regression and path analysis by the AMOS 5.0 program. The currenct study demonstrated that perceived control on the self mediated self-consistency and subjective well-being. Specifically, self-consistency did not have a direct effect on the life satisfaction and positive affect when the effect of perceived control on the self was removed. So the association between self-consistency and subjective well-being might be spurious.