The Relations Among Multicultural Adolescents’ Trauma, Emotion Regulation, and Problem Behaviors in South Korea
AUTHORS
Kyungsook Kim,Department of Nursing, Namseoul University,91, Daehak-ro, Seonghwan-eup, Sebuk-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungcheongnam-do 31020, South Korea
Min-Jung Kim,Department of Child Welfare, Namseoul University, Korea
Minkyeong Kim,Department of Child Welfare, Namseoul University, Korea
Sejin Ju,Department of Nursing, Namseoul University,91, Daehak-ro, Seonghwan-eup, Sebuk-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungcheongnam-do 31020, South Korea
Eun-Jee Song,Department of Compute Science, Namseoul University, Korea
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to examine the relations among multicultural adolescents’ trauma, emotion regulation, and problem behaviors. The research subjects consisted of 28 adolescents (boys=15, girls=13) from multicultural families. They were middle/high school students aged between 13 and 20. The measures of the current study include scales for assessing adolescents’ trauma, emotion regulation, and problem behaviors. The data were analyzed by t-tests, Pearson correlations, and SPSS 21.0 program. Results demonstrated that multicultural adolescents’ trauma, emotion regulation, and problem behaviors were significantly correlated.
KEYWORDS
Multicultural, Adolescents, Trauma, Emotion, Regulation, Problem, Behaviors
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