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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CITATION

  • APA:
    Kim,K.& Kim,M.J.& Kim,M.& Ju,S.& Song,E.J.(2016). The Relations Among Multicultural Adolescents’ Trauma, Emotion Regulation, and Problem Behaviors in South Korea. International Journal of Advanced Nursing Education and Research, 1(1), 55-62. 10.21742/IJANER.2016.1.1.10
  • Harvard:
    Kim,K., Kim,M.J., Kim,M., Ju,S., Song,E.J.(2016). "The Relations Among Multicultural Adolescents’ Trauma, Emotion Regulation, and Problem Behaviors in South Korea". International Journal of Advanced Nursing Education and Research, 1(1), pp.55-62. doi:10.21742/IJANER.2016.1.1.10
  • IEEE:
    [1] K.Kim, M.J.Kim, M.Kim, S.Ju, E.J.Song, "The Relations Among Multicultural Adolescents’ Trauma, Emotion Regulation, and Problem Behaviors in South Korea". International Journal of Advanced Nursing Education and Research, vol.1, no.1, pp.55-62, Nov. 2016
  • MLA:
    Kim Kyungsook, Kim Min-Jung, Kim Minkyeong, Ju Sejin and Song Eun-Jee. "The Relations Among Multicultural Adolescents’ Trauma, Emotion Regulation, and Problem Behaviors in South Korea". International Journal of Advanced Nursing Education and Research, vol.1, no.1, Nov. 2016, pp.55-62, doi:10.21742/IJANER.2016.1.1.10

ISSUE INFO

  • Volume 1, No. 1, 2016
  • ISSN(p):2207-3981
  • ISSN(e):2207-3159
  • Published:Nov. 2016

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