청소년이 지각한 부모-자녀 의사소통과 학교생활만족도 간의 관계에서 부모공감의 매개효과

The Mediating Effect of Parental Empathy in the Relationship between Parent-Child Communication and School Life Satisfaction Perceived by Adolescents: Face-to-face and Smart-phone Communication Method

Objective: The purpose of this study is to verify the mediating effect of parental empathy in the relationship between parent-child communication and school life satisfaction perceived by adolescents in face-to-face and smart-phone communication methods. Methods: The SPSS 25.0 statistical program was used to analyze Pearson's correlation and hierarchical regression among major variables as well as to analyze the PROCESS Macro 3.5 Program Model 4 for 304 middle school students located in D-gu, Seoul. Results: First, a significant correlation between variables was identified in both face-to-face and smart-phone communication methods. Second, in case of the type of parent-child face-to-face and smart-phone communication, parent empathy showed a mediating effect in the relationship of school life satisfaction. Conclusions: In face-to-face and smart-phones communication methods, the study confirmed that parental empathy is an important variable, and in the situation where non-face-to-face situations are increasing, research on parent-child communication and empathy using smart-phones should be continued.