This study aims to examine how parenting attitude and self efficacy perceived by youth affects psychological
wellbeing. To this end, we administered a questionnaire survey on 250 students of middle schools located in
Busan, Yangsan, and Ulsan. Measuring tools used for this study included the perceived parenting attitude scale
of PBI, the Self Efficacy scale developed by Kim, Ah-Young(1997), and the Psychological Wellbeing scale
developed by Ryff(1989), and correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis were also used. The findings
from this study are as follows: First, parenting attitude and self efficacy perceived by youth was found to have a
significant static correlation with psychological wellbeing as well as self efficacy and psychological wellbeing of
youth. Second, of the two subcategories of father’s parenting attitude perceived by youth, that is, father-care and
father-control, only father-care appeared to have a significant effect on their psychological wellbeing. Also, out of
the two subcategories of mother’s parenting attitude perceived by youth, that is, mother-care and mother-control;
mother-care alone appeared to have a significant effect on psychological wellbeing. Third, self control efficacy and
task difficulty level among three prediction factors of self efficacy were found to affect the entire psychological
wellbeing significantly. Fourth, the self control efficacy of the area of self efficacy has significant influence on
psychological wellbeing. These results show that parenting attitude and self efficacy perceived by youth affects
psychological wellbeing and that psychological wellbeing of youth can be enhanced by means of education to
shape desirable parenting attitude and self efficacy.