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초록

The purpose of this study was to examine the mediating effects of adolescents’ aggressive behavior on the relationship between perceived parents’ marital conflict and school adjustment. The subjects of this study consisted of 301 first, second and third graders in middle schools located in Seoul. We used the Children’s Perception of Interparental Conflict(CPIC) scale, the Aggressive Behavior scale of Youth Self-Report(YSR) and the School Adjustment scale. The statistical analysis program(SPSS) was used to examine any correlation between the factors. To examine the mediating effects of aggressive behavior on the relationship between perceived parents’ marital conflict and school adjustment, Hayes's(2012) PROCESS macro was applied with the statistical analysis program(SPSS). Additionally, Bootstrap was used to verify the significance of the mediating effects. The results were as follows: First, the scores of the conflict characteristic factor and the conflict intimidating factor showed a significantly negative correlation with the scores of school adjustment, while the conflict self-condemnation factor exhibited no significant correlation. The scores of the conflict characteristic factor, the conflict intimidating factor, and the conflict self-condemnation factor also showed a significantly positive correlation with the scores of aggressive behavior. Additionally, the scores of aggressive behavior showed a significantly negative correlation with the scores of school adjustment. Second, of all the perceived marital conflict factors, the scores of aggressive behavior was observed to have a mediating effect on the relationship between the scores of the conflict intimidating factor and the scores of school adjustment. In conclusion, this study confirmed the important role of adolescents’ aggressive behaviors between the perceived parents’ marital conflict and school adjustment. The strengths and weaknesses of the study, as well as suggestions for future investigations, together with the clinical implications of these results are also discussed.

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