아동의 학대경험이 학교적응에 미치는 영향 :공격성, 또래관계, 우울 및 자아 존중감의 순차적 다중매개효과

Objectives: The aims of this study was to examine the serial multiple mediation effects of aggression, peer relations, depression and self-esteem on the impact between child abuse experience and school adjustment in late elementary school children. Methods: This study was applied to assess second and third wave data from the Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey. The participants consisted of 2,312 fifth and sixth grade elementary school students (1,231 boys, 1,099 girls). The data were analyzed using serial multiple mediation model with PROCESS macro. Results: First, aggression, peer relations, depression, and self-esteem had significant indirect effects on each other and on the association between child abuse experience and children`s school adjustment. However, child abuse experience had no direct effects on children`s school adjustment. The indirect effects of child abuse experience on aggression were largest among the four mediators. Second, aggression, peer relations, depression, and self-esteem were found to have serial multiple mediation effects on the relationship between child abuse experience and child’s school adjustment. Conclusions: The results of this research showed that aggression, peer relations, depression, and self-esteem can be considered as multiple mediating variables on the association between child abuse experience and child’s school adjustment.