The Republic of Korea is experiencing a stressful period owing to the failure of designated authorities to save hundreds of passengers of the Sewol, a ferry that recently sank: most of the victims were high school students. President Park has announced an official apology to the public and carried out sweeping reforms to improve the country’s safety standards and establish a new national emerge...

This study aimed to identify the level of stress in teenagers from multicultural families Korea and examine factors influencing this stress. cross-sectional utilized 15th (2019) Youth Risk Bsehavior Web-based Survey. Of 57,303 survey participants, 749 reported that their father, mother, or both parents were born outside Korea. These individuals selected as participants. We examined general char...

A distinction between parental behavioral control and psychological control has been elucidated in the literature, yet far less is known about the role of psychological control in youth adjustment broadly or risky behavior in particular. We examined the interrelationship of maternal psychological control, youth psychosocial adjustment, and youth risk behaviors among African American single moth...