This study aims to examine the effect on college students’ happiness of their communication with their
parents and verify the mediating relations of ego-identity. As for variables influencing college students’
happiness, their communication with their parents was set as an independent variable, while ego-identity
was a mediating variable. A survey of 437 college students, from freshmen to seniors, who attend colleges
in the central part of Korea was conducted, and the results were used for this study. Data were analyzed
with the SPSS win 21.0 descriptive statistics software. The exploratory factor analysis was carried out with
Cronbach’s alpha, correlation analysis, and frequency, hierarchical regression, was used to conduct the
cleansing work with the most appropriate measurement variable. Regression analysis was conducted for the
mediating effect, and hierarchical regression analysis was conducted to determine the causal relationship
among observed variables.
As a result of this study, the variable that directly influences college students’ sense of happiness was
found to be their communication with their parents, and ego-identity was identified as a relevant variable
with an indirect mediating effect. It was therefore concluded that college students’ happiness is directly
influenced by their communication with their parents and indirectly through ego-identity.