다문화가정 청소년의 이중언어능력이 학교생활적응에 미치는 영향

The Effect of Bilingual Ability of Adolescents in Multi-cultural Families on School Life Adaptation: Focusing on mediating effects of self-esteem and self-resilience

This study was to test the effect of bilingual abilities to school life adjustment of adolescents in multi-cultural families along with the mediating effect of self-esteem and self-resilience. From the data of Multi-cultural Adolescents Panel Study(MAPS) that surveyed 1,645 middle school students, 1,300 observations under Korean father and foreigner mother were taken for analysis. It was found that bilingual ability had significant effects on their adjustment in school life partially mediated by self-esteem and self-resilience. It was discussed that in order for the adolescents in multi-cultural families to adjust well at school, they were to be enhanced with respect to self-esteem and self-resilience at home first.