Korean Journal of Child Studies (아동학회지)

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The Influences of Effortful Control and Working Memory on Emotion Regulation in Preschool Children : The Analysis of Moderating Effect of Child Sex

유아의 의도적 통제와 작업기억이 정서조절에 미치는 영향 : 성의 조절효과 검증

  • Choi, Eunah (Department of Child-youth Psychology and Education, Sungkyunkwan University) ;
  • Song, Hana (Department of Child-youth Psychology and Education, Sungkyunkwan University)
  • 최은아 (성균관대학교 아동.청소년학과) ;
  • 송하나 (성균관대학교 아동.청소년학과)
  • Received : 2014.09.30
  • Accepted : 2014.11.29
  • Published : 2014.12.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between preschooler's sex, effortful control, working memory, and emotion regulation. The moderating effect of sex in the influences of effortful control and working memory on emotion regulation was also investigated. Eighty-eight children from the ages of 3 to 5 years participated in this study. A working memory task of the Korean Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children IV(K-WISC-IV; Kwak, Oh, & Kim, 2011) was administered to the children. Their parents completed a very short form of the Children's Behavior Questionnaire(Putnam & Rothbart, 2006) and Emotion Regulation Checklist(Shields & Cicchetti, 1997). The results indicated that effortful control significantly predicted emotion regulation. Additionally the moderating effect of sex on the relationship between working memory and emotion regulation was significant. Specifically, the influence of working memory on emotion regulation was significant only in boys, but not in girls. This result suggested that effortful control has an effect on emotion regulation in a stable manner whereas working memory has different effects on the influence of emotion regulation according to sex.

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