The reciprocal longitudinal relationship between the parent-adolescent relationship and academic stress in Korea

• Eunkyung Kim

  Soongsil University

• Mijin Lee

  Yonsei University

We explored the direction of causation and the longitudinal significance of the relationship between the parent-adolescent relationship and adolescent academic stress. We analysed responses from the Korean Youth Panel Survey (KYPS), a longitudinal survey that has taken place over 5 years. Just over 2,400 valid responses were analyzed using autoregressive cross-lagged modeling. The results revealed that the parent-adolescent relationship and academic stress experienced by students during 1 year were significant predictors of the levels of stress felt in subsequent years. The central finding in this study was that the closer the parent-adolescent relationship, the greater was the intensity of the adolescents’ academic stress. We posited possible explanations for these findings in the context of Korean culture.

1. Eunkyung Kim, Soongsil University

   Department of Teacher Education

2. Mijin Lee, Yonsei University

   Department of Education

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