TY - JOUR
T1 - The mediating effect of perceived social support between depression and school adjustment in refugee children in South Korea
AU - Nho, Choong Rai
AU - Yoon, Sukyoung
AU - Seo, Jieun
AU - Cui, Lina
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2019/11
Y1 - 2019/11
N2 - Despite an increase of refugee children in Korea, there is a dearth of empirical study on their school adjustment. The purpose of this study is to examine group differences in the level of school adjustment by sex, school level, Korean language proficiency, having a nationality, refugee status, and discrimination experience, and to test a mediating role of perceived social support between depression and school adjustment. We recruited 65 refugee children via purposive and snowball sampling methods, and conducted face-to-face survey for younger children and a self-administered survey for older children from July to October 2017. We found group differences in school adjustment according to having a nationality, refugee status, and discrimination experience. We also found a full mediating effect of social support in the relationship between depression and school adjustment. Based on the results, we discussed ways in which the Korean school system and social-work service agencies need to help refugee children increase their adaptability in schools.
AB - Despite an increase of refugee children in Korea, there is a dearth of empirical study on their school adjustment. The purpose of this study is to examine group differences in the level of school adjustment by sex, school level, Korean language proficiency, having a nationality, refugee status, and discrimination experience, and to test a mediating role of perceived social support between depression and school adjustment. We recruited 65 refugee children via purposive and snowball sampling methods, and conducted face-to-face survey for younger children and a self-administered survey for older children from July to October 2017. We found group differences in school adjustment according to having a nationality, refugee status, and discrimination experience. We also found a full mediating effect of social support in the relationship between depression and school adjustment. Based on the results, we discussed ways in which the Korean school system and social-work service agencies need to help refugee children increase their adaptability in schools.
KW - Depression
KW - Mediating effect
KW - Perceived social support
KW - Refugee children in Korea
KW - School adjustment
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85071402536&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104474
DO - 10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104474
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85071402536
SN - 0190-7409
VL - 106
JO - Children and Youth Services Review
JF - Children and Youth Services Review
M1 - 104474
ER -