This study is to investigate the mechanism in the risky situation of family functional shortcomings for mediation effects of protective factors in the relationship among protective factors, risk factors, and adaptation to school life, and to identify ...
This study is to investigate the mechanism in the risky situation of family functional shortcomings for mediation effects of protective factors in the relationship among protective factors, risk factors, and adaptation to school life, and to identify protective factors for adolescents with high school adaptation ability. For data analysis, we have used the fifth year data of the 8th grade panel from the Korean Youth Panel Study conducted in 2008 by the National Youth Policy Institute. In the study, protective factors have statistically significant mediation effects in the school adaptation of adolescents, indicating that sense of self-esteem, sense of self control, attachment to teachers and attachment to school friends have partial mediation effects. The examination of protective factors for the resilient adolescent group experiencing functional shortcomings of family but exhibiting high school adaptation ability also shows that sense of self-esteem, sense of self control, attachment to teachers and attachment to school friends are all statistically significant, thus confirming as protective factors on school adaptation.