Korean Journal of Child Studies (아동학회지)

Korean Association of Child Studies (한국아동학회)
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Relationships among Children's Happiness, Personality Types and Parents-Child Communication Patterns

아동의 성격유형 및 부모와의 의사소통 유형과 행복감과의 관계

  • 김연화 (서울여자대학교 대학원 아동학과(아동심리전공), 광주대학교) ;
  • 강문희 (서울여자대학교 아동학과)
  • Received : 2008.07.30
  • Accepted : 2008.11.14
  • Published : 2008.12.31
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Abstract

This study analyzed feelings of happiness in 550 5th grade children (273 males and 277 females) in elementary schools in Seoul and other regions. Measurement tools included personality (Eysenk, 1975), communication types (Barnes & Olsen, 1982), cognitive happiness (Waterman, 1993 and Ryff, 1989), affective happiness (Campbell et al. (1976), and eight open-ended questions about happiness developed by the author. Data analysis was by $X^2$, one-way ANOVA, stepwise regression analysis, and two-way ANOVA. Happiness of children was influenced by school grades, existence of supporters, economic level, number of siblings, and gender. Extroverted female children who had open communication with parents felt the highest degree of happiness.

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