초등학교 입학 이후 아동의 개인 요인과 학교 환경 요인이 학교 적응에 미치는 종단연구

Abstract

Objectives The purpose of this study was to analyze longitudinally the effect of individual factors (gender, self-esteem, academic performance, and maternal parenting behavior) and school environmental factors (teacher-child relations) on the school adjustment of children after entering elementary school.
 Methods This study used the longitudinal data from 8th to 11th cycles (2016-2018) surveyed from 1st grade to 4th grade of elementary school by the Childcare Policy Research Institute. The listwise deletion method was used to solve the missing values in the longitudinal data, and the final 252 students (male=127, female=125) data were used. Through multi-level growth analysis, this study analyzed the changes of elementary school students individual and school environmental factors on school adjustment after elementary school enrollment.
 Results First, it was discovered that school adjustment of children in the first through fourth grades of elementary school was insufficient but increased over time. Second, while controlling for the gender of elementary school students, only academic performance had a statistically significant positive effect on the trajectory of changes in school adjustment of children in the first to fourth grades of elementary school. Third, while controlling for the gender of elementary school students, it was discovered that the teacher-child relationship had a statistically significant positive effect on the change in school adjustment of children in the first to fourth grades of elementary school. Fourth, among the individual variables, only gender and teacher-child relationship as school environmental factors had a statistically significant positive effect on the change in school adjustment of children in the first to fourth grades of elementary school.
 Conclusions Through this results, the implications for successful school adjustment of children were discussed.