어머니의 긍정적 양육행동이 아동의 공동체의식에 미치는 경로연구

Abstract

Objectives This study was conducted to find out the differences between genders in the path of dual mediating children's self-esteem and peer attachment in the effects of mothers' positive parenting behavior on children's sense of community. Methods The subjects of this study were the 11th-year data of the Korean Children's Panel provided by the Research Institute for Parenting Policy. The subjects were 615 boys and 591 girls, and their mothers. Data were collected using the SPSS 26.0 Program and PROCESS macro 3.5, and the dual mediating effect was analyzed by applying model 6. The results of examining the correlation between children's sense of community. Results mothers' positive parenting behavior, children's self-esteem, and peer attachment are as follows. First, there was a positive correlation between each variable. Second, the more positive parenting behavior the mother showed in both girls and boys, the higher the child's self-esteem, and the higher the sense of community in children with high self-esteem. Third, it was confirmed that the mediating relationship of peer attachment in the relationship between the mother's positive parenting behavior and the child's sense of community differs according to gender. For girls, the mediating effect of peer attachment was not significant, but for boys, the mother's positive parenting behavior led to the formation of a child's community consciousness through peer attachment. Fourth, in both girls and boys, self-esteem and peer attachment were found to dual mediate the relationship between mothers' positive parenting behavior and children's sense of community. Furthermore, it was confirmed that boys are fully mediated by the dual mediation of self-esteem and peer attachment. Conclusions The results of this study suggest that the dual mediating effects of self-esteem and peer attachment show different pathways according to gender in the effects of positive parenting behaviors of mothers on children's sense of community.