Abstract

Objectives This study examines the relationship between parental rearing attitude, peer relationship, career attitude maturity, and subjective well-being, perceived by middle school students and verified the mediating effect of peer relationship and career attitude maturity. Methods For this purpose, from May to June 2020, 478 middle school students (229 males, 249 females) enrolled in middle schools located in Seoul were surveyed. Descriptive statistics and correlation analysis were performed on the collected data, and multiple regression analysis was performed to examine the mediating effects of peer relationship and career attitude maturation, and the significance of mediating effects was verified through the Sobel test. Results There was a significant correlation between parent-rearing attitude, peer relationship, career attitude maturity, and subjective well-being. Also, the positive peer relationship showed a partial mediating effect in the relationship between parents' autonomous and achievement-pressured parenting attitude and subjective well-being. Negative peer relationships showed parents' receptive, autonomous, achievement-pressured parenting attitudes and partial mediating effects. In addition, career attitude maturation showed a partial mediating effect in the relationship between parenting attitude and subjective well-being. Conclusions The results of this study indicated that In order to improve the subjective well-being of middle school students, it is interpreted as showing that parenting attitude, peer relationship, and career attitude and maturity are important variables. The implications of this results were discussed and the limitations and future directions of this study were suggested.

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