Objectives:The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between maternal differentiation of self, maternal separation anxiety, overprotective parenting, and children's separation anxiety. Additionally, we investigated the direct and indirect effects of maternal differentiation of self on children's separation anxiety through maternal separation anxiety and overprotective parenting to confirm Bowen's concept of the multi-generation transmission process. Methods: Participants were mothers of 411 children (3-5 years old) who live in Seoul and Gyeonggi province. Data were analyzed using frequency analysis, t -test, one-way ANOVAs, Pearson's correlations, and Structural Equation Modeling. Results: First, there were significant correlations between maternal differentiation, maternal separation anxiety, overprotective parenting, and children's separation anxiety. Second, maternal differentiation of self had direct and indirect effects on children's separation anxiety through maternal separation anxiety and overprotective parenting. Conclusion:The findings of this study supported Bowen's concept of multigeneration transmission by comprehensively confirming the relationship between maternal differentiation of self, maternal separation anxiety, overprotective parenting, and children's separation anxiety. This study offers basic knowledge applicable to parent education, and for the development of programs for improving maternal psychological health and parenting behavior.

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Objectives: This study examined the longitudinal mediation effect of child's executive function difficulty and anxiety in the relationship between mothers' perceived parenting behavior and child's school adjustment. The longitudinal interaction effect between the executive function difficulty and anxiety is also examined. Methods: For the analyses, data from 2,150 pairs of mothers and their children (817 males, 38.0%; 781 females, 36.3%) who participated in the 8 th to 11 th Panel Study on Korean Children (PSKC) is used. The survey data were analyzed using structural equation model (SEM) including the autoregressive cross-lagged model with SPSS 21.0 and AMOS 21.0 programs. Results: First, the child's executive function difficulty had a significant effect on the level of anxiety in the following year, but their anxiety did not have significant effect on their executive function in the following year. Second, there was a significant longitudinal mediating effect of executive function difficulty and anxiety in the relationship between mother's parenting behavior and child's school adjustment. Conclusion:This study explored the meaningful longitudinal path from mother's percieved parenting to school adjustment including developmental interaction between executive function difficulty and anxiety in childhood. The result of this study may provide basic information for the childhood school adjustment intervention.

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