교육학 이론 및 실제 : 초등학생의 스트레스와 행복감의 관계에서 자기자비의 매개효과 = Mediation Effects of Self-Compassion in the Relationship between Stress and Happiness of Elementary School Students

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the main effects of stress on happiness, the mediation effects of self-compassion on happiness in the relationship between stress and happiness of elementary school students, and the difference between boys and girls in terms of self-compassion and mediation effects. 246 students(131 boys, 115 girls) were sampled from one elementary school in a city, Kangwon-do. Structural equation model(SEM) with bootstrap statistical inferences, and ANOVA were used in order to test differences between boys and girls in stress and self-compassion. The results were as follows: First, model fit indices showed the estimated model of this study was good. Second, stress negatively influenced happiness and self-compassion of the students, and self-compassion completely mediated the effects of stress on happiness. Third, mediation effect of self-compassion was not different between girls and boys. Fourth, there were no differences between boys and girls in stress and self-compassion. Discussion and suggestions were as follows. First, elementary school teachers need to understand students` stress and teach the students how to cope with the stress. Second, teachers are suggested to understand self-compassion and develop the methods for elevating student`s self-compassion. Third, future researches have to investigate the difference between boys and girls in self-compassion, and other mediation variables other than self-compassion, for instance rejection sensitivity, and sociability. This study is subject to limitations in generalizing the results due to the limited sampling.