The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between parental acceptance and adolescents’ school adjustment mediated by self-acceptance. Three hundred and sixty eight middle and high school students in Seoul and Gyeonggi area partic...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between parental acceptance and adolescents’ school adjustment mediated by self-acceptance. Three hundred and sixty eight middle and high school students in Seoul and Gyeonggi area participated in this study. The Perceived Acceptance Scale (PAS: Brock, Sarason, Sanghvi, & Gurung, 1998) was used to assess parental acceptance. The Unconditional Self-Acceptance Questionnaire (USAQ: Seo, 2011) was used to examine self-acceptance. The School Adjustment Scale (Lee & Kim, 2008) was used to measure adolescents’ school adjustment. The data were analyzed using Cronbach’s alpha, frequencies, percentiles, means, standard deviations, t-tests, Pearson’s correlations, SEM(Structural Equation Modeling) and multigroup analysis.
The major findings of this study were as follows:
1. The average level of parental acceptance was not significantly different by gender. Group mean comparisons showed that the average level of self-acceptance and school adjustment were higher in male group than in female group. Additionally, the average level of schoolwork, school teacher and school life were higher in male group than in female group.
2. Parental acceptance was positively related to self-acceptance and adolescents’ school adjustment. Self-acceptance was positively associated with adolescents’ school adjustment.
3. Parental acceptance had influenced on adolescents’ school adjustment directly and indirectly via self-acceptance. Mediation model was invariant across gender.
Findings from this study shows that parental acceptance and self-acceptance are important in improving adolescents’ school adjustment.