Understanding sense of neighbourhood community in Korean adolescents: its relation to adolescent well-being and the role of parents

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Table 1 Descriptive statistics for key variables (n = 229).

Variables	Range	Possible range	Mean (SD)
Adolescents' sense of community	.04–2.92	0–3	1.19 (.60)
Quality of peer relations	1.00–6.00	1–6	4.70 (.90)
Self-esteem	.40–3.00	0–3	2.00 (.49)
Mothers' sense of community	.04–2.67	0–3	1.02 (.53)
School adaptation	2.35–5.80	1–6	4.43 (.73)
Perceived closeness with parents	2.05–5.00	1–5	3.72 (.64)

Table 2 Hierarchical regression model of sense of community predicting the quality of peer relations and self-esteem among Korean adolescents (n = 229).

	The quality of peer relations		Self-esteem
	Model 1	Model 2	Model 1	Model 2
Dependent variable	B	B	B	B
Sociodemographic variables
Age	− .10	− .02	− .19**	− .13
Gender	− .07	− .08	− .00	− .01
Mother education	− .05	− .04	− .20*	− .19*
Father education	.32***	.30**	.36***	.34***
Economic strain	− .11	− .10	− .11	− .10
Sense of community	–	.24**	–	.19**
R^2	.13	.18	.13	.16
Adjusted R^2	.11	.15	.11	.14
F	5.58***	6.81***	5.72***	6.09**
ΔR^2	.13	.05	.13	.03
ΔF	5.58***	11.40**	5.72***	7.02**

*p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001.

Table 3 Hierarchical regression models predicting sense of community among Korean adolescents (n = 229).

	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4
	B	B	B	B
Sociodemographic variables
Age	− .35***	− .29***	− .27***	− .18*
Gender	.06	.08	.09	.12
Mother education	− .05	− .02	.00	.01
Father education	.08	.03	− .00	− .01
Economic strain	− .06	− .03	− .02	− .01
School adaptation	–	.22**	.19**	.12
Mothers' sense of community	–	–	.23***	.21**
Closeness with parents	–	–	–	.26**
R^2	.13	.17	.23	.27
Adjusted R^2	.11	.15	.20	.24
F	5.88***	6.63**	7.90***	8.81**
ΔR^2	.13	.04	.05	.05
ΔF	7.17***	8.33**	13.19***	9.87**

*p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001.