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Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association 2012;50(4):1-10. doi: https://doi.org/10.6115/khea.2012.50.4.001
The Influences of Child-Father Attachment and Self-Esteem in Adulthood on Adult Students’ School Adjustment
Sarah Lee1, Joo-Yeon Lee2
1Department of Child Welfare & Educare, Sejong Cyber University
2Department of Family Environment & Welfare, Chonnam National University
Corresponding Author: Joo-Yeon Lee ,Tel: +82-62-530-1327, Fax: +82-62-530-1329, Email: idscot@chonnam.ac.kr
Received: October 31, 2011; Revised: November 8, 2011   Accepted: January 15, 2012.
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of attachment across an individual’s lifespan. The present study investigated how father attachment in childhood influences adult student’s school adjustment and explored the mediating effect of self-esteem between those two variables. Five hundred and twenty-nine adult students who were enrolled in S Cyber University were participants in this study. Subjects’ ages ranged from 20-59. They were issued with a questionnaire addressing their present self-esteem level, attachment toward their father in childhood, and school adjustment. The results from SEM analysis indicated that adult students’ self-esteem completely mediated between their attachment to their father in childhood and their school adjustment in adulthood. This result shows that a secure attachment to a father in childhood is related to child’s own internal working model, and that positive self-esteem is related to social interactions including school adjustment.
Keywords: attachment, lifespan perspective, self-esteem, school adjustment
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