학교 밖 청소년의 사회적 낙인이 심리사회적 적응에 미치는 영향 -자기개념 명확성의 조절효과를 중심으로- = Impact of Social Stigma on Psychosocial Adjustment in Out-of-School Youth: with priority given to the moderating effects of self-concept clarity

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of social stigma on psychosocial adjustment in out-of-school youth and the moderating effects of self-concept clarity on the relationship between social stigma and psychosocial adjustment. The subjects in this study were out-of-school youth who resided in the city of Busan, on whom a survey was conducted. The findings of the study were as follows: First, social stigma was found to have exercised a negative influence on self-concept clarity. Second, social stigma was found to have exercised a negative influence on psychosocial adjustment. Third, self-concept clarity was found to have exercised a negative influence on psychosocial adjustment. Fourth, self-concept clarity was found to have had moderating effects on the relationship between social stigma and psychosocial adjustment. Given the findings of the study, the kind of efficient counseling intervention that aims at instilling distinct self-concept as one of its goals should be provided to facilitate the psychosocial adjustment of out-of-school youth. This study is of significance in that it attempted to seek ways of improving the psychosocial adjustment of out-of-school youth and urged offering counseling intervention geared toward boosting self-concept clarity by analyzing the moderating effects of self-concept clarity on the relationship between social stigma and psychosocial adjustment.