중학생의 부모 지원 군집에 따른 학업성취도 및 진로성숙도의 차이: 자녀와 부모의 군집 비교

Abstract

This study investigated whether there were differences in the clusters of parental support perceived by middle school students and by their parents, and whether there were differences in the levels of academic achievement and career maturity based on these clusters. Data from the 4th year (2016, N = 6,677, 50.7% female) of the Korean Education Longitudinal Survey (KELS 2013) was used to identify clusters and examine the differences in academic achievement and career maturity among the clusters. Four clusters were identified from the student data: emotional-focused support (33%), low emotional support (22%), overall low support (30%), and overall high support (30%). For the parent data, four clusters were also identified: academic- and emotional-focused support (39%), leisure-focused support (19%), overall low support (24%), and overall high support (18%). These findings confirmed differences in the perceptions of parental support between children and their parents. In both the child and parent clusters, overall high support exhibited the highest levels of academic achievement and career maturity. Notably, among the child clusters, there was no significant difference in academic achievement between overall high support and emotional-focused support. This suggests that the emotional support provided by parents, such as encouragement and expectations, plays a positive role in academic achievement. Furthermore, it was observed that parental suppor tin any form (e.g., leisure activities) had a more positive effect than low levels of support.