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Influence of Academic Stress on Aggression Perceived by Elementary School Students: The Moderating Effect of Self-Esteem

  • The Korean Journal of School Psychology
  • Abbr : KJSP
  • 2018, 15(1), pp.69-89
  • DOI : 10.16983/kjsp.2018.15.1.69
  • Publisher : The Korean Journal of School Psychology
  • Research Area : Social Science > Psychological Science > School / Educational Psychology
  • Received : March 23, 2018
  • Accepted : April 8, 2018
  • Published : April 30, 2018

Minju Kim 1 Lee, Dong-Gwi 2

1용인신릉초등학교
2연세대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study first investigated the relationship among elementary school students' perceived academic stress, self-esteem, and aggression. This study further tested the moderating effect of self-esteem on the relationship between academic stress and aggression. In particular, the moderating effect was tested three times for the three dimensions of aggression (i.e., behavioral aggression, hostility, & anger). A total of 758 (woman 52.1%) 5th to 6th grade elementary school students participated in this study by responding to a questionnaire including measures of academic stress, self-esteem and aggression. The main results of the study were as follows. First, academic stress perceived by the elementary school students showed significant, positive correlations with all of the three dimensions of aggression. Second, the students’ self-esteem was negatively associated with the three aggression dimensions. Third, self-esteem was found to be a significant moderator between academic stress and two dimensions of aggression (hostility & anger), respectively, yet forth, the moderating effect of self-esteem was not significant between academic stress and the behavioral aggression dimension. This study suggests that academic stress can be a risk factor to increase elementary school students’ aggression, and that their level of self-esteem can be a buffer to lower the risk. This study provides implications for educators to develop a program that can reduce elementary school students’ aggression under academic stress by boosting the students’ self-esteem.

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