다문화가정 아동의 부모애착, 또래애착 및 사회불안과의 관계 연구

Abstract

The Relationship between Parent-Peer Attachment of Multi-culture Children and Social Anxiety

Hwang Mi Kyung

Graduate School of Education Pukyong National University

Abstract Korean society has been diversified rapidly in the Era of internationalization and liberalization. According to number of multi-culture families has dramatically increased especially, multi-culture society has come in earnest. Increase in number of multi-culture families concurs with various social problems and social efforts to solve and prevent of the problems have arisen. However, children from multi-culture family have been exposed to the problems directly; they could have various problems in psychologically and socially. It suggests that these problems could lead to social confusion when the children grow into adults. So the aim of this study is that recognition of importance which children from multi-culture family’s social adaptation and find out the relationship between parents－peer attachment and social unrest. The questions are as follow,

First, what kinds of relationship do they have between parents-peer attachment of children from multi-culture family and social unrest? Second, how parents attachment of children from multi-culture family affects to peer attachment? Third, how parents-peer attachment of children from multi-culture family affect to social unrest?

The results show that as follow, First, a correlation analysis between parents-peer attachment of children from multi-culture family and social unrest has been done and the result found that parents attachment is significantly associated with peer attachment and the strongest correlation between father attachment and mother attachment. Peer attachment has the strongest relationship with father attachment and it shows higher father attachment means higher mother-peer attachment. In terms of sub-effective variables of parents-peer attachment, the higher parents attachment children have, the higher peer attachment children have through communication, especially, the higher father attachment enables children to have the higher peer attachment with confidence. And the children who have a stronger affinity with their parents through kinship also have a stronger affinity with peers through kinship. In terms of the correlation between parents-peer attachment and social unrest, the children who have a weaker affinity with their parents or peers through kinship also have a higher social unrest, especially; the children who have a weak affinity with peer show their fear more when express or insist their own opinion. And also, the children who have a weaker affinity with their parents or peers through kinship are more terrified when they have the feeling which their suggestions or asks might to be rejected by peers and parents. Second, as the result of regression analysis to find out how parents attachment affects to peer attachment, parents attachment has a significant effect on the formation of peer attachment, however, father attachment has a more influence on peer attachment than mother attachment. The results also show that the communication with father has the most influence on peer attachment. It explains father attachment has the most influence on peer attachment again and especially, when the children can communicate with their father as free and easy, they could form more stable peer attachment. Third, as the result of regression analysis to find out how parents-peer attachment affects to social unrest, parents-peer attachment have a significant effect on the formation of social unrest, however, father attachment has the most influence on social unrest. The results also show that the alienation variables of parents-peer attachment, especially alienation with father, have the most influence on formation of peer attachment. It explains that the resulting estrangement produces social disorder when children feel they are unnoticed and not be understood by peers and parents, especially with their father.

In conclusion, this study revealed that when children from multi-culture family mold peer attachment, father attachment, especially smooth communication with their father, has the most influence on the formation of the peer attachment. It found a reciprocal link between parents-peer attachment and social unrest. The father attachment, especially kinship with father, has the most influence on social unrest. The strong peer attachment formation through the strong father attachment of children from multi-culture family could be a good stepping stone for them to have well-balanced stabilization of livelihood, and also be of much service when they grown-up as a healthy member of our society.