The purpose of this study is to help students adjust school life and seek the exemplary growth through the research; whether there are any differences between students from the normal family and that from the broken family under the social supporting ...
The purpose of this study is to help students adjust school life and seek the exemplary growth through the research; whether there are any differences between students from the normal family and that from the broken family under the social supporting factors. This research, moreover, will help teachers to understand students from the broken family more properly and to provide counseling resources, also, it would support teachers with training program and developing counseling skills that teachers need when they guide students' school life.
For this purpose, the following issues are set to be verified.
First, The students from the broken family would have lower social support than those from the normal family. How do social support factors; family, teacher, friend apply differently for broken family and normal family?
Second, social support would have positive effect on school adaptation. How do the sub-barometer of the social support influence school adaptation?
Third, what is the most influential factor that affects school adaptation?
Last, in the case of the students from the broken family, who is the most powerful factor that affects school adaption?
This study chose 102 students from normal family and 61 students from 61 to conduct the survey. The chosen students filled the questionnaires about social support and school adaptation.
The results obtained from the study are following;
First, according to demographic variables, there was no differences between the gender rate, academic achievement of the students from normal famjily and those from broken family. As respects types of housing and an income level, however, it shows that it has lower social support. Regardless of the type, it shows that there was higher rate of students who have undesirable parents (divorce) in broken family.
Second, examining the differences in the degree of social support as for the type of the family, it shows that the students from the broken family felt less socially supported than students from normal family.
Third, after looking into the differences of school adaptation depending on types of family, it shows statistically that there is a significant relationship under the types of family,
Forth, the result of how the social factors influence school adaptation, all social factors are have impact on school adaptation.
Looking at the sub-scale, it is difficult to explain the result of this research of the social support-family and friends , though, it reveals teacher's social support evaluation and material support has the effect on students.
Fifth, when it comes to how strongly it will affect on the students' school adaptation assorted by family type, it appears that for the students from normal family, teacher and friends are statistically related to the school adaptation.
For the students from broken family, they are affected by teachers and friends more significantly when it look at the sub-scale factors for school adaptation.
The differences in school adaptation and degree of social support depending on the family types has statistically significant relation between students from broken family and students from normal family, as the students from both groups are all adolescents it is shown that the most influence factor is a teacher. It indicates that support from teachers and friends are crucial factor for the school adaptation.
This study has the following limitation.
First, it has the limitation of the target. The survey was conducted with only students in middle schools in Goyang area, so it is limited to make a broad interpretation of middle school students nationwide.
Second, the result of the research is limited in fact-revealing as it is conducted by answering questionnaire.
Considering these limitation, on next research, the suggestions are following;
First, this research is limited only morphologic loss in comparing students from normal family and broken family. It is necessary to subdivide by factors such as malfunction etc, in next study.
Second, the further research considering school environment and social, environment factors is needed, also it is required next study to generalize target theoretically.
Third, it is necessary to develop the proper program (counselling, camping) that helps school adaptation in order to promote relationship between friends based on the result of this research.