부모학대와 방임이 자녀의 자아존중감에 미치는 종단적 영향: 또래애착의 매개효과

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze longitudinal effects of child abuse and neglect on children’s self-esteem and the mediating role of peer attachment in the process. By using data measured across three time points (5SUPth/SUP grade data, 7SUPth/SUP grade data ,and 9SUPth/SUP grade data) in the 4SUPth/SUP grade elementary school student panel (n=2,044) participating in the Korean Children & Youth Panel Survey (KCYPS), the study performed autoregressive cross-lagged modeling analysis. The main results of this study were as follow. First, child abuse, neglect, peer attachment, and self-esteem each statistically significant and positive effect on the same variable in later periods and thus all variables showed moderate continuity over time. Second, the higher the levels of child abuse and neglect in the prior periods, the lower peer attachment in the later periods, and the higher peer attachment in prior periods, the higher self-esteem in the later periods; so, the cross-lagged effects between variables were suggested. while children’s peer attachment fully mediated the effect of child abuse on self-esteem, children’s peer attachment partially mediated the effect of child neglect on self-esteem. Finally, we suggested the negative effects of child maltreatment on children’s self-esteem, would be alleviated by peer support.BR