This study divides adolescents into high- and low-attention groups; observes if there is a
difference in their attention level based on the parents affectionate rearing attitude,
ego-resilience, and life satisfaction; and compares the mediating effects of the parents'
affectionate rearing attitudes on life satisfaction through ego-resilience. The data of 7th grade
middle school students in the 4th year Korean Children and Youth Panel Study (2013) were
used for a t-test, correlation, and multi-group analysis, as well as for verification of
mediating effects through bootstrapping. Results were as follows. First, the high-attention
group had significantly higher scores of parent's affectionate rearing attitude, ego-resilience,
and life satisfaction than the low-attention group. Second, in both high- and low-attention
groups, parent's affectionate rearing attitude, ego-resilience, and life satisfaction were
significantly positively correlated. Third, the mediating effects of ego-resilience in the
relationship between parent's affectionate rearing attitude and life satisfaction were
significant in both groups. Last, some differences were observed between high- and
low-attention groups in the mediating effects of ego-resilience in the relationship between
parent's affectionate rearing attitude and life satisfaction.