The Effects of Multicultural Adolescents' Trauma and Hopelessness on Problem Behaviors in South Korea

摘要

The purpose of this article was to examine the effects of multicultural adolescents' trauma and hopelessness on problem behaviors. The research subjects consisted of 108 adolescents (boys = 54, girls = 54 from multicultural families. They were adolescents aged between 12 and 20. The measures of the current study include scales for assessing adolescents' trauma, hopelessness, and problem behaviors. The data was analyzed using Pearson correlations, SPSS 21.0 program and AMOS 18.0 Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Results demonstrated that multicultural adolescents' trauma, hopelessness, and problem behaviors were significantly correlated. Also, traurna had an indirect effect through hopelessness, as well as a direct effect on problem behaviors of adolescents. The importance of adolescents' cognition was identified on problem behaviors. Our society has converted to multicultural society rapidly. According to the report of the Education Ministry (2015), the number of multicultural students has risen 82,536. This means a 14,530 (18%) increase compared to the previous year. For 5 years, the number of multicultural students in middle/ high school has increased more than 10 times. Therefore, this study will inspect the correlation among the conflicts of identity, which was caused by difference of culture, experience of discrimination, emotional regulation, and problem behaviors.