E-ISSN : 2733-4538
The present study examined the relationship of academic stress, negative affectivity, alexithymia, and perceived parenting behavior to somatization to investigate the mechanism of somatization in korean adolescents. The participants were 232 middle and high school students, and correlation and stepwise multiple regression analyses were conducted. The results showed that academic stress, negative affectivity, alexithymia, and somatization were significantly related each other and correlations between somatization and parent's neglect and abuse were also significant. Negative affectivity score best explained somatization, and father's neglect, mother's abuse, sex, father's inconsistent parenting behavior, academic stress, and self-rated academic achievement were significant factors also. Negative affectivity was explained by academic stress, alexithymia, mother's abuse, and father's inconsistent parenting behavior. And academic stress was explained by mother's over interference, mother's high expectation, academic achievement level, and mother's love. The meanings of these results and differences according to sex and age, and suggestions for improving adolescents' mental health were discussed.