The purpose of this study is to establish for improving policies to increase the life satisfaction of mid-adolescents by analyzing the effect of the parental provision of structure on the life satisfaction of mid-adolescents. In a competitive society,...
The purpose of this study is to establish for improving policies to increase the life satisfaction of mid-adolescents by analyzing the effect of the parental provision of structure on the life satisfaction of mid-adolescents. In a competitive society, youth people in South Korea experience difficulties due to a lot of academic burdens and various other external factors, so compare to the international level, it is recognizable that their stress is very severe and level of life satisfaction is at a lower level. It is needed to consider the factors such as extreme stress and depression, etc, that are closely related to adolescents’ life satisfaction. Therefore, this study aims to verify the effect of providing positive parental provision of structure as one of the positive parenting attitudes which have the closest relationship and a profound influence on the life satisfaction of mid-adolescents. In addition to that, the mediating effect of social relationships such as teacher relationship, friendship, academic achievement, school satisfaction, youth activities, and club activities are reviewed holistically.
In the past, many studies have been conducted on the relationship between parenting attitudes affecting adolescents in various areas, including psychological and emotional areas. However, there have not been many studies on how the parental provision of structure, among the positive parenting attitudes, can have an essential impact on the overall life of adolescents solely. Also, not many studies have been conducted on mid-adolescents who experience extreme stress, but research on early-adolescents have been studied. Nonetheless, previous studies have reported that parents' positive parenting attitudes directly or indirectly affect adolescents' life satisfaction through various variables. It is predicted that the parental provision of structure will affect the life satisfaction of mid-adolescents. Therefore, this study examines, first, the effect-relationship of parental provision of structure on the life satisfaction of mid-adolescents, and second, studies covariates, demographic characteristics, that have a significant effect on adolescent life satisfaction, and lastly, confirm, after excluding covariates, how mediating variables have influence on life satisfaction of mid-adolescents.
The data were analyzed by using SPSS 22.0 and PROCESS Macro (Hayes, 2013) and collected 2,579 families in total, 2,579 adolescents and 2,579 parents(caregivers) who participated in the 4th year of the Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey(KCYPS). As results of this study, first, it was found that giving parental provision of structure had a direct effect on mid-adolescents' life satisfaction. Second, among demographic characteristics, gender, city/province (based on residence), household economic level subjectively perceived by parents, and family members (family structure) showed significant differences in life satisfaction, but a significant classification was not made between groups in Scheffe's post-test. It was confirmed that the type of high school and the occupation of parents (caregivers) had a significant influence on the life satisfaction of mid-adolescents, and that significant classification between groups was possible in Scheffe's post-test. Third, the teacher relationship had a mediating effect on the effect of parental provision of structure on mid-adolescent life satisfaction. Fourth, the friendship had a mediating effect on the effect of parental provision of structure on the life satisfaction. Fifth, academic achievement had a mediating effect on the relationship between parental provision of structure and life satisfaction of mid-adolescents. Sixth, school satisfaction had a mediating effect in the relationship between parental provision of structure and life satisfaction of mid-adolescents. Seventh, in the relationship between the effect of parents' provision of structure on the life satisfaction of mid-adolescents, youth activities had a partial, only the satisfaction part excluding the frequency, mediating effect. Finally, it was confirmed that only the satisfaction part excluding the frequency of club activities had a partial mediating effect in the relationship between the effect of parental provision of structure on the life satisfaction of mid-adolescents.
Based on the findings of this study, policy implications and suggestions for improving the life satisfaction of mid-adolescents are presented as follows. First, it is to revitalize and strengthen parents’ education founded on parental provision of structure. Second, it presents a road map for socializing education programs for youth to expand and promote youth social relationships. Third, it was debated that consumer-aspect customized academic education support is needed, and fourth, it was discussed that it is necessary to change social perception about youth activities and club activities and to establish self-driven activity culture, and present multidimensional policies. Fifth, it is the activation of youth psychology, emotion-related research, and policies to improve youth life satisfaction.
This study examines the influences relies on parental provision of structure as parents' positive parenting attitude, among the factors influencing life satisfaction in high-school students, who are mid-adolescents. It has empirical significance since it suggests that it revealed parental provision of structure is very essential variable on the life-satisfaction of mid-adolescents, and it was possible comprehensively to identify direct or indirect influences of mediators within the effect of a parental provision of structure on life satisfaction of mid-adolescents by verifying the effect of following mediating variables such as environmental variables that it is closely related to the expanded teacher relationship, a social relationship such as friendship, and academic achievement, school satisfaction which are related school life, youth activities and club activities, which are important variables for the overall development of adolescents, but are degraded only to entailed tools in the competitive culture of college entrance examinations. In this respect, the results of this study have great research significance in that it provided founded data for establishing policy-level practices by optimizing mediating variables and for activating social-work interventions and policies related to the parental provision of structure.
In follow-up studies, longitudinal studies and comparative studies according to the changing aspects of life satisfaction of adolescents by period should be actively conducted, and a study on the relations of various significant mediators influencing on life satisfaction of adolescents, furthermore, there is a need for more detailed and in-depth studies to verify the influence of each mediating variables. Above all, as well as conducting active and diverse research to improve youth life satisfaction, it is necessary to continuously make multifaceted efforts so that effective youth policies can be implemented based on the contents presented in this study.