This study aims at confirming effects of self-esteem in the institutionalized children on their school adjustments, and verifying adjustment effects of social supports in relations between self-esteem and school adjustments in institutionalized childr...
This study aims at confirming effects of self-esteem in the institutionalized children on their school adjustments, and verifying adjustment effects of social supports in relations between self-esteem and school adjustments in institutionalized children, and thus providing a useful basic data in grouping commitment methods for assisting school adjustments of them.
For achieving these objects, the study investigated 211 institutionalized children in Daegu areas. This study analyzed on differences in self-esteem· school adjustments· social support, effects of self-esteem in institutionalized children on school adjustments, and control effects of social supports in relations between self-esteem in institutional children and school adjustments, and the result of looking into them are same as followings.
First, schoolgirls showed higher levels in school adjustments than schoolboys. And higher grades of the elementary school were higher than middle school’s students in social support levels, and institutionalized children having religions were higher in social support levels than children of having not religions.
Second, it was appeared as affecting influences to their school adjustments from self-esteem of institutional children, age, and gender. Also, the study could know a fact that interests in school life, attitudes on education and school records, and observing levels on school norms were getting higher as much as self-esteem in institutionalized children was high.
Third, social supports were appeared as doing adjustment roles from effects of self-esteem in institutionalized children on school adjustments.
Based on above research results, detailed practical approaching methods for making effective school adjustments in institutionalized children are as follows.
First, commitments to psychological and emotional stability are necessary to strengthen self-esteem in institutionalized children. Consulting, psychological treatment, or various activities after school have to be offered, and this matter shall be promoted through comprehensive services by linking with the community.
Second, by managing training programs for promoting self-esteem that were verified in its effectiveness, school adjustments of institutionalized children have to be promoted.
Third, as professional approaches for making effective school adjustments of institutionalized children, activations of school’s social welfares are required, and problem-solving on occurred problems has to be made smoothly by establishing close networks between the facility and school accordingly.
Fourth, maladjustments of institutional children are derived from losing important social system by being alienated from family. So, functional changes toward strengthening characteristics of family-friendly protections that could be lack in recent enlarged facilities are required, and protecting methods on children facilities shall be converted to family unit-protecting methods of small scales such as small lodging system or group home types etc from previous large-scale methods.