The purpose of this study was to investigate the structural relationships among different variables related to children's ego-resilience, self-esteem, basic psychological needs and parent attachment perceived by children to children's well-being.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the structural relationships among different variables related to children's ego-resilience, self-esteem, basic psychological needs and parent attachment perceived by children to children's well-being.
The subjects for this study were 748 of 5th and 6th grade children from three elementary school in Gumi-City, Pohang-City and Ulsan-City in Korea. Questionnaires used for this study included; well-being, ego-resilience, self-esteem, basic psychological needs and parent attachment scale. A variance-covariance matrix or this sample was analyzed using AMOS 19.0, and the maximum likelihood minimization function. The goodness of fit was evaluated via SRMR, RMSEA with a 90% confidence interval, CFI, and TLI.
The results were as follows:
First, children's ego-resilience, self-esteem, basic psychological needs and parent attachment were all found to have a significant direct effect on children's well-being.
Second, children's self-esteem, basic psychological needs and parent attachment had a direct effect on children's ego-resilience.
Third, children's basic psychological needs and parent attachment had a direct effect on children's self-esteem.
Fourth, parent attachment had a direct effect on children's basic psychological needs.