Abstract
Objectives This study was conducted for the purpose of verifying whether negative urgency plays a mediating role in the relationship between parenting attitude and psychological maladjustment in the group of college students. Methods For this research purpose, data were collected from 254 college students nationwide using the Parenting Behavior Inventory (PBI), the Korean version of the multidimensional Impulsivity Scale (UPPS-P), The Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D), and Beck's Anxiety Inventory (BAI). In addition, in order to confirm the role of negative urgency in the effect of parenting attitudes on psychological maladjustment, a research model was set up that parenting attitudes had a direct and indirect effect on psychological maladjustment. Frequency analysis, reliability analysis, and correlation analysis were administered and finally, SPSS PROCESS MACRO No. 4 model was applied to verify the mediating effect. Results The results of this study showed that first, parenting attitude has a significant negative correlation with the negative urgency and psychological maladjustment of college student children. The negative urgency and psychological maladjustment of college student children has a significant positive correlation. Second, their negative urgency have a significant mediating effect on the relationship between parenting attitude and their psychological maladjustment. Conclusions The conclusions derived based on these results are as follows. At a time when the need for parents' education is emphasized in children's problematic behavior, this study confirmed that the parenting attitude experienced by children can affect their adulthood. This suggests the necessity of establishing a social safety net for not only teenagers but adults. In addition, by identifying that the negative urgency is a predicting variables of psychological maladjustment, it suggested that it is necessary to pay active attention to prevent problematic behavior.
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