THE RECIPROCAL LONGITUDINAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PARENT-ADOLESCENT RELATIONSHIP AND ACADEMIC STRESS IN KOREA.

EUNKYUNG KIM; MIJIN LEE

We explored the direction of causation and the longitudinal significance of the relationship between the parent-adolescent relationship and adolescent academic stress. We analyzed responses from the Korean Youth Panel Survey (KYPS), a longitudinal survey that has taken place over 5 years. Just over 2,400 valid responses were analyzed using autoregressive cross-lagged modeling. The results revealed that the parent-adolescent relationship and academic stress experienced by students during 1 year were significant predictors of the levels of stress felt in subsequent years. The central finding in this study was that the closer the parent-adolescent relationship, the greater was the intensity of the adolescents' academic stress. We posited possible explanations for these findings in the context of Korean culture.

PARENT-teenager relationships; STRESS in adolescence; YOUTH psychology; STRESS management; AUTOREGRESSION (Statistics)

Social Behavior & Personality: an international journal, 2013, Vol 41, Issue 9, p1519

0301-2212

Academic Journal

10.2224/sbp.2013.41.9.1519