Today, most of Korean high school students spend their time taking lessons at school and after school; Hagwon (a cramming school). So building up positive peer relationship seems to be a primary factor through their high school life and in their adapt...
Today, most of Korean high school students spend their time taking lessons at school and after school; Hagwon (a cramming school). So building up positive peer relationship seems to be a primary factor through their high school life and in their adaptation to society. The main purpose of this study is to analyse the three-cornered relation between peer relationship factors and self differentiation of high school students and perceived married couple conflicts.
To verify this study, five hypotheses are set up as following.
<Hypothesis 1> Self differentiation of high school students, perceived couple conflicts and peer relationship may depend on the sex of student.
<Hypothesis 2> Self differentiation may be related to perceived couple conflicts. Self differentiation may affect perceived couple conflicts.
<Hypothesis 3> Self differentiation may be related to peer relationship. Self differentiation may affect peer relationship.
<Hypothesis 4> Perceived couple conflicts may be related to peer relationship. Perceived couple conflicts may affect peer relationship.
<Hypothesis 5> Self differentiation may affect peer relationship more than perceived couple conflicts can do.
In order to verify these hypotheses, questionnaires were sent to 516 students in first and second grade of academic high school located in Kyungki Province. They have all parents. This study was conducted by the measurement of self differentiation scale, couple conflicts scale perceived by adolescents and peer relationship quality scale. Data were processed by Cronbach's α to validate measurement tools. Mean and standard deviation were calculated to find out the basic statistic results of each factors. All hypotheses were examined by T-test, Pearson correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis under p<0.5.
The results of the verification of the hypotheses are as follows:
First, there are differences between perceived couple conflicts and peer relationship of high school students based on their sex. The boy students are more conscious of their parent's conflicts than girl students do. They show more negative aspects of peer relationship than girl students do.
Second, the lower level of self differentiation high school students show, the more conscious of couple conflicts they are.
Third, the higher level of self differentiation high school students show, the more positive in peer relationship they are. The more positive aspects and less negative aspects are shown among the higher self differentiated students.
Fourth, the more conscious of their parents' conflicts high school students are, the more negative aspects in relationship between peers they show. The less positive aspects and more negative aspects in peer relationship factors are shown among the higher perceived couple conflicts students.
Fifth, self differentiation of high school students has more influence on peer relationship of high school students than perceived couple conflicts do. The positive aspects in peer relationship are shown among the higher level of self differentiation students and lower level of students of perceived couple conflicts. Also, the negative aspects in peer relationship are shown among the lower level of self differentiation students and higher level of students of perceived couple conflicts.
The results of this study prove that peer relationships are more dependent on the self differentiation than on the couple conflicts. Also, they justify that perceived couple conflicts can cause long-lasting bad effects on peer relationships. On the basis of this study, parents, teachers or many concerned people should aware that the building of positive peer relationships of adolescents is an essential part of students school adjustment, students counseling and parents education.