Longitudinal Mediating Effect of Self-esteem in the Bidirectional Relationship between School Life Adaptation and Life Satisfaction of Multicultural Children
Lingyu Fan,
Sun Ah Lim
Abstract:Objectives: This study sought to verify bidirectionality by examining a bidirectional relationship of school life adaptation and life satisfaction with self-esteem as a mediating variable over time.Methods: Based on data from 2,245 elementary school students extracted from Year 1 (2019), Year 2 (2020), and Year 3 (2021) of the Multicultural Youth Panel Survey (MAPS 2nd), this adopted structural equation modeling method using the autoregressive cross-lagged modeling.Results: The study derived the following resu… Show more
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