잠재전이분석을 활용한 코로나19 팬데믹 전후 초등학생의 학교적응 전이 양상과 영향 요인 검증

Abstract

Objectives This study examined how the latent group of elementary school students' school adaptation is classified before and after the COVID-19 pandemic, what variables affect the classification and transition of the potential latent group.
 Methods Latent Transition Analysis based on three-step approach was conducted to analysis changes of 1,203 students between 12th and 13th of the Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey.
 Results First, before the COVID-19 pandemic period, the potential latent group for school adaptation in the 5th grade of elementary school was divided into two groups: ‘average adaptation’ and ‘high adaptation’. The potential latent group for school adaptation in the 6th grade of elementary school was divided into three groups: ‘average adaptation’, ‘low adaptation’, and ‘high adaptation’ after the COVID-19 pandemic period. Second, students who were in 5th grade in ‘average adaptation’ group has 76.4% probability of being transferred to the potential latent group in ‘average adaptation’ in 6th grade. Students who were in 5th grade in ‘high adaptation’ group also has 61.3% probability of being transferred to the potential latent group in ‘high adaptation’ in 6th grade. Third, creative environmental environment, parental attachment, and self-resilience have influence on classification of the potential latent group for school adaptation in the 5th grade of elementary school before the COVID-19 pandemic. However, after the COVID-19 pandemic, only creative environmental environment and self-esteem had influence on the classification of the potential latent group. Fourth, media device addiction presented influence on the transition from before the after COVID-19 pandemic period.
 Conclusions School environment, parental attachment, self-resilience, and self-esteem are important in school adaptation for elementary school students in between COVID-19 pandemic and media device addiction may lower school adaptation during pandemic.