The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships among communication in parent-child, stress coping and adolescent's school adjustment.
In order to achieve the purpose, the following questions were raised:
The first, are there any rela...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships among communication in parent-child, stress coping and adolescent's school adjustment.
In order to achieve the purpose, the following questions were raised:
The first, are there any relationships between communication in parent-child and stress coping?
The second, are there any relationships between communication in parent-child and adolescent's school adjustment?
The third, are there any relationships between stress coping and adolescent's school adjustment?
Fourth, are there any relationships among communication in parent-child, stress coping and adolescent's school adjustment?
There were 424 2nd grade of middle school students and 375 2nd grade of high school students in Cheon-An as a subject for study.
As the measurement instruments, Olson & Barnes(1982)'s PAC(Parent - Adolescent Communication) which translating in Korean by Cho Eun Kyung(1992) for measuring communication in parent-child was used. Lazarus & Folkman(1984) 's modification and production, and translated in Korean by Kim Jung Hee(1987) for measuring stress coping was used. In Korean, Kim Young Rea(1993)'s production for measuring adolescent's school adjustment was used.
The collected data was analyzed by SPSS computer program: Correlation, Simple Regression Analysis, and Multiple Regression Analysis and Multiple Regression Analysis.
The result of the study are as follows:
The first, the more communication between father and adolescent, the lower problem-communication, frequency of emotion-focused coping, problem focused coping, hope-focused coping, and social support-focused coping were higher. The more communication between mother and adolescent, the lower problem-communication, frequency of emotion-focused coping, problem focused coping, hope-focused coping, and social support-focused coping were higher.
The second, according to the results of investigation between father-adolescent communication and adolescent's school adjustment, The opener communication between father's and adolescent, adolescent's school adjustment was higher.
The opener communication between mother's and adolescent, adolescent's school adjustment was higher.
The third, according to the results of investigation between adolescent's stress coping and adolescent's school adjustment, the higher problem-focused coping, the higher emotion-focused coping, the lower hope-focused, coping, the lower social support, adolescent's school adjustment was higher.
The fourth, according to the results of investigation among communication in parent-child, stress coping and adolescent's school adjustment. The higher problem-focused coping, the opener communication between mother's and adolescent, the higher emotion-focused, the lower hope-focused coping, and the opener communication between father's and adolescent, adolescent's school adjustment was higher.