The purposes of this study is to analyze the relationships between parents\' child rearing attitudes perceived by middle school students, children\'s academic autonomy and school achievement. The primary purposes of this study is four-folds. The first is to investigate if parents\' child rearing attitudes influence children\' academic autonomy. The second is to investigate if parents\' child rearing attitudes influence children\' school achievement. The third is to investigate if parents\' child rearing attitudes influence children\' academic autonomy. The fourth is to investigate if children\'s academic autonomy is a significant mediator between parents\' child rearing attitudes and children\' school achievement. The subjects of this study were 381, first-year students residing in either Seoul or Busan area. The results are following: First, Regression analysis showed that the achievement pressure attitude had a significant effect on children\' academic autonomy. And there were significant difference in the children\' academic autonomy depending on parents\' child rearing attitudes. Children\' academic autonomy was significantly higher when permissive, autonomous, on-achievement pressure attitudes was high than those were high. Second, Regression analysis showed that parents\' child rearing attitudes did not have significant effect on school achievement. And there were not significant difference in the children\' school achievement. depending on parents\' child rearing attitudes. Third, regression analysis showed that children\' academic autonomy had a siginificant effect on children\' school achievement. And children\' school achievement. was significantly higher when children\' academic autonomy was high than those were high. Fourth, children\' academic autonomy was not revealed to function as a mediator in the relationship between parents\' child rearing attitudes and children\' school achievement. Finally, The application of this study to parenting behavior was discussed.
Key wards : Parents\' Child Rearing Attitudes, Academic Autonomy, School Achievement