The purpose of this study was to investigate an effect of parental conflict and children's ego-resiliency on the children's internalizing - externalizing.
Total 471 (235 boys, 236 girls) subjects of the 6th grade were used for this study. Following s...
The purpose of this study was to investigate an effect of parental conflict and children's ego-resiliency on the children's internalizing - externalizing.
Total 471 (235 boys, 236 girls) subjects of the 6th grade were used for this study. Following scales were administered to measure the dependent and independent variables of this study: Children's Perception Inter-parental Conflict Scale, Korean Personality Inventory for Children, Korean-Youth Self Reporting.
Findings of this study are as follows. First, there were a significant correlation among the children's internalizing-externalizing, the total score of the parental conflicts, three sub-factors of the perceived parental conflicts(Conflict Properties, Self Blame and Threat). The degree of parental conflicts was positively correlated with the score of the children's internalizing-externalizing. The level of children's ego-resiliency showed negative correlation with internalizing as well as the total score of the parental conflicts and the previous two sub-factors of this scale.
Second, three sub-factors(Conflict Properties, Self Blame and Threat) of the parental conflicts showed significant effect on the externalization of their children. And the children's ego-resiliency and two sub-factors(Self Blame, Threat) of the parental conflicts also had significant effect on internalization of their children. In the context of internalization, the main effects of the children's ego-resiliency and previous three sub-factors were significant although the interaction between the ego-resiliency and the sub-factors of parental conflict was not significant. These findings suggested that three sub-factors of the parental conflicts showed buffering effect as ego-resiliency on the process of internalization.
Third, boys showed higher tendency in externalization than girls, although there was no significant difference on internalization and ego-resiliency between boys and girls.
In sum, the parental conflicts perceived by their children affected children's internalizing - externalizing. Finally, based on the findings of this study, several implications and suggestions were discussed for further study.