This study examined the structural relationship of child community center support, problem-solving abilities, peer relationships, and school adjustment among adolescents, focusing on the mediational effects of problem-solving abilities and peer relationships. Methods: The study used data from the Community Child Center's 2015 Child Panel Survey to analyze second-wave data collected from adolescents in the eighth grade. Results: The results of this study show that the child community center's support had a direct effect on problem-solving abilities and peer relationships and had a direct and indirect effect on school adjustment. Conclusion: The results from this study suggest that the child center provides important social support for school adjustment and promotes problem-solving abilitie and peer relationships among low-income adolescents.

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This study focused on the longitudinal associations between self-esteem and peer relationships in Korean adolescents while considering gender and timing-early and late adolescence-differences. Methods: The study made use of data from the Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey. Three waves of data collected from 2,351 adolescents were analyzed by means of autoregressive crosslagged modeling. Results: The results indicated that self-esteem predicted subsequent changes in peer relationship but not vice versa. Further, the results that longitudinal associations between self-esteem and peer relationships differed between male and female adolescents and between early and late adolescence. Conclusion: The findings revaluated the longitudinal relationship between self-esteem and peer relationships. Both gender and timing should be considered when planning interventions related issues about self-esteem and peer relationships in adolescence.