유아의 성별에 따른 놀이성이 사회적 기술에 미치는 영향

The Effect of Playfulness on the Social Skills of Young Children : A Study of Gender Differences

  • 최명선 (동신대학교 상담심리학과) ;
  • 김지혜 (Welltree 아동상담센터)
  • 투고 : 2006.04.30
  • 심사 : 2006.07.19
  • 발행 : 2006.08.01

초록

This study examined gender differences of the effect of playfulness on the social skills of young children. The subjects were 242 4- to 6-year-old children at five nursery schools and kindergartens. Results showed that playfulness influenced social skills of young children. In particular, young children's playfulness was a more effective variable of assertion than self-control, cooperation and responsibility. Cognitive spontaneity and social spontaneity were the most effective variable of social skills. Playfulness had variable influences on social skills by gender: Among boys, playfulness was a less effective variable of cooperation than the other variables of social skills. Among girls, playfulness was a less effective variable of self-control than other variables of social skills.

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