Abstract
The purpose of this study was to varify the sequential mediating effects of happiness and problem behaviors on the relationships between parents’ marital conflict and children’s school adjustment. Participants were 695 mothers with elementary school children from Korean Children Panel. Correlation analysis was performed and significance of mediating pathways was determined using SPSS 21.0 and SPSS PROCESS macro 3.3, respectively. Results are as follows. First, parents’ marital conflict and children’s problem behaviors showed positive correlations with children’s school adjustment. On the other hand, children’s happiness showed a negative correlation with children’s school adjustment. Second, children’s happiness and problem behaviors had the sequential mediating effects on the relationships between parents’ marital conflict and children’s school adjustment. Results of this study suggest a theoretical insight in to mechanism and relationship of parents’ marital conflict influencing children’s school adjustment, by revealing the sequential mediating roles of happiness and problem behaviors.
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