Abstract

The purpose of this study was to verify the sequential mediating effects of maladaptive self-focused attention and anger rumination on the relationships between social stigma and dysfunctional anger expression of out-of-school youth. For this study, questionnaires were administered to 165 out-of-school youth belonging to out-of-school youth support centers, unaccredited alternative schools, and youth shelters in Seoul and Gyeonggi. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS Statistics 21.0 and SPSS Macro. The findings are as follow. First, there was significant difference in social stigma by time of leaving school. Second, out-of-school youth’s social stigma had a positive impact on dysfunctional anger expression. Third, on the relationships between out-of-school youth’s social stigma and dysfunctional anger expression, maladaptive self-focused attention and anger rumination had sequential mediating effects.

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