A Study on the Emotion Regulation and School Adjustment of Group Home Adolescents |
Seulki Lee, Sungeun Yang |
Consumer & Child Studies Major, Inha University |
Corresponding Author:
Sungeun Yang ,Tel: +82-32-860-8117, Fax: +82-32-865-5228, Email: syang@inha.ac.kr |
Received: September 15, 2011; Revised: December 7, 2011 Accepted: February 3, 2012. |
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ABSTRACT |
This study aims to investigate the effect of group home adolescents’ emotion regulation and school adjustment. A survey was carried out on a total of 246 middle and high school students, who live in group homes. For data analysis, t-test, two-way ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation analysis, multiple regression analysis, and reliability coefficients were carried out by using SPSS program(version 18.0). The findings of this study were as follows: First, there were significant differences in emotion regulation ability of group home adolescents, depending on the grade and gender. Second, there was an interaction by grade and gender in school adjustment of group home adolescents. Last, group home adolescents’ gender, grade, and emotion regulation ability affected their school adjustment. |
Keywords:
group home, adolescents, emotion regulation, school adjustment |
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