The Relationship Between Adolescents’ Perceptions of Parental Overprotection and Well-Being: Multiple Mediating Roles of Shyness and School Engagement

Key Points

• The study aims to analyze how adolescents' perceptions of parental overprotection relate to their well-being, with shyness and school engagement as mediators.
• Survey conducted with 706 middle school students from two regions in South Korea.
• Structural equation modeling was utilized to analyze the relationships among variables.
• Variables measured included perceived parental overprotection, well-being, shyness, and school engagement.
• Significant correlations were found among parental overprotection, well-being, shyness, and school engagement.
• Shyness fully mediated the relationship between parental overprotection and well-being.
• School engagement also fully mediated the relationship between parental overprotection and well-being.
• A sequential mediating effect of both shyness and school engagement was confirmed.

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