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초록

The purpose of this study was to classify adolescent's parentification according to the sub-factors of parentification and to examine differences of parentification clusters in their sociodemographic characteristics, depressive symptoms, and well-being. The subjects of this study were 203 students in the 1st and 2nd grade of high schools in Seoul and Gyeonggi-Do. First, adolescent's parentification was classified into five different clusters, instrument․inequality cluster, instrument․emotion cluster, the high parentification cluster, emotion․inequality cluster, and the low parentification cluster. Second, there were statistically significant differences among parentification clusters in family structure, the existence of a sibling, absence of parent(s), the existence of family member with disability or chronic diseases, family environmental circumstances, age of onset, past/present household economical status, and perceived difficulty of parentification. Third, depressive symptoms of the three clusters, the high parentification cluster, instrument․inequality cluster and emotion․inequality cluster, were significantly higher than instrument․emotion cluster and the low parentification cluster. Finally, emotional and social well-being of instrument․emotion cluster were significantly higher than those of instrument․inequality cluster. This study provides initial evidence for the usefulness of parentification clusters to better understand adolescent's parentification in diverse contexts.

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