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The Effect of the Parentification of Children on Psychopathology

  • Journal of Special Education: Theory and Practice
  • Abbr : JSPED
  • 2008, 9(3), pp.409-428
  • Publisher : Research Institute of the Korea Special Education
  • Research Area : Social Science > Education

Ju-Young Woo 1

1나사렛대학교

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ABSTRACT

It has been indicated that children's altruistic behaviors are very desirable ones. It has also been accepted that children's considerate behaviors towards their parents are really adaptable. However evidence is increasingly reported that when someone's internal desires are suppressed it can cause profound mental difficulties. Therefore this study tries to see the effects of parentification of children on psychopathology. Subjects consist of 314 university freshmen. They are divided normal population(236) and clinical population(78) by researchers and given MMPI test. Study instrument is originally devised by Jurkovic & Thirkield(1999)'s FRS-A(Filial Royalty Scoring-Adult) and revised by Kang Ji-Hee(2008) and Kim Young Hwan(1989) respectively. Correlation Multiple Linear Regression is employed to explore the effect of the parentification(instrumental, emotional, unfairness) of children on psychopathology. The results are as follows. First, the study shows that no statistical significance is found in the normal group neurotically and psychopathically. Second, unfairness have an effect on children's psychopathic aspects in the clinical population. It shows a significant effect by Pa, Sc Scale in particular. This study seems to provide the foundation for the adaptive parent-child role because the parentification of children has an impact on the psychosis trait.

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