The purpose of this research is to understand the effects that individual- factor, family background factor, school life factor, and interpersonal relationships with teachers, school friends and parents have on school life adjustment.
The research re...
The purpose of this research is to understand the effects that individual- factor, family background factor, school life factor, and interpersonal relationships with teachers, school friends and parents have on school life adjustment.
The research results can be summarized as the following.
First, the interpersonal relationship with the teacher has the greatest effect on school life adjustment. A student with a positive relationship with the teacher will adjust better. In the relationship with the parents, a positive relationship with the mother is show to help with adjustment to school life, while the relationship with the father makes less of a difference.
Relationships with friends did not really effect school life adjustment. There was some effect but not enough to be significant.
Second, the individual with a positive self-esteem adjust to school life easier than an individual with a low or negative self-esteem. Furthermore neither gender or age difference had any effect on school life adjustment.
Third, an adolescent with the family background of being educated by the mother has a easier adjustment to school life, whereas the parenting type and monthly income had no effect on the adjustment of the student to school life.
Fourth, high grades in school are an evidence of a student that has adjusted well to school life. Good attendance records are also evidence that a student has adjusted well to school life. The type of school that the student is attending either alternative, academic, commercial, or being against school regulations had no effect on adjustment to school life.
In light of this research here are several suggestions to improve the adolescent adjustment to school life.
First, the relationship with the teacher needs to be positive and strong. The teacher-adolescent relationship is the most important one in the adjustment to school life, activities to strengthen the emotional relationship and promote positive interaction between teacher and adolescent need to be found.
Second, a positive relationship with the parents needs to be in place, especially the mother. The traditional view of the Korean family where the father provides for the family and the mother is the caretaker has changed, yet the mother is still more intimate with the children than the father. The development of programs to improve the relationship with in the family unit is necessary in light of the changes in the view of roles in the family.
Third, the issue of school life adjustment has been neglected, even though most of the adolescent years are spentin school. It is and issue the needs attention.
Presently, school social work is limited to only academic and commercial school and only in the regular course. It has also been difficult to approach the issues as well. The schools and the social work need to expand thier efforts to all schools and all courses to ensure that the issue is fully addressed.
Finally, the study of adjustment to school life for adolescents needs to be continued. The importance of the individual, family background, school life and interpersonal relationships with teachers, parents, and friends as well as other potential factors needs to be researched to find better ways to help students adjust.
Furthermore, it needs to verify to extend the area of the subjects to have comprehensive research for adolescent to adjust in school life better.