일 지역 고등학생의 가족기능, 공감능력과 공격성간의관계에 대한 연구

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship among family functioning, empathy and aggressionby high school students. Methods: This was a descriptive study. The survey participants were 467 highschool students from M city. Data were collected from November 29 to December 7, 2012 and self-report questionnairesincluding a Family Adaptability Cohesion Evaluation Scale, Interpersonal Reactivity Indexes, and anAggression Questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, independent-samples t-test,ANOVA, stepwise multiple regression. Results: The majority of the subjects were 2nd graders (42.0%) and female(57.2%). 59.7% of the subjects had religion, 84.8% were living together with parents. The mean ages of their fathersand mothers were 49.90±0.20 and 46.85±0.19 respectively. Aggression was found to have a statistically negativecorrelation with family functioning and empathy. Stepwise multiple regression analysis revealed that the most powerfulpredictor of aggression was empathic concern. Empathic concern, family cohesiveness, perspective taking,personal distress and gender accounted for 16.7% of the variances. Conclusion: It is necessary to provide aggressivenessreduction programs for high school students that consider their family functioning and empathy. KCI Citation Count: 10