1Research Scholar, Dept. Social welfare, Hanil University, Korea
2Professor, Dept. Social welfare, Hanil University, Korea
*Corresponding Author: Woong-soo Kim Professor, Dept. Social welfare, Hanil University, Korea, Phone: +82-10-8940-4333, E-mail: holyws@gmail.com
Online published on 27 February, 2018.
Academic stress produced in adolescence can make students lose interest in school life and it can lead to maladjustment in school or problematic behavior.
Therefore, this study is executed to provide evidences required for intervening method which can improve adolescents’ school life adjustment. This study was conducted targeting 1200 students attending 12 elementary schools and 14 middle schools which are located at Jeollabuk-do province, Korea.
Determinants which affect adolescents’ school life adjustment are resilience, academic stress, classes of schools, economic levels. It turned out that the higher the adolescents’ academic stress, the lower the school life adjustment. Moreover, the academic stress turned out to has mediator effect of resilience in effects of academic stress to school life adjustment.
These results mean that adolescents have high resilience can deal with and overcome problematic situation better. In adolescence, creative field works like psychomotor which can improve spontaneity and self-confidence, have to be carried out in school activities.
youth welfare, adolescent, academic stress, school life adjustment, resilience
