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The effects of the mother's psychological well-being and the family strength on the young children's ego-resiliency  

Lee, Hyun Ju (가톨릭대학교 교육대학원 유아교육전공)
Moon, Hyuk Jun (가톨릭대학교 아동학과)
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Korean Journal of Childcare and Education / v.7, no.4, 2011 , pp. 183-203 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to understand the influence of psychological well being and family strength on children's self-resilience. Subjects were consisted of 250 5-year-old children attending private kindergartens located in Seoul and Gyeonggi province, and their mothers. The results were as follows: First, with regard to some sub-components, such as the satisfaction of life, the relationship of families, and the sharing value between family members, those of mothers who had college diploma or higher were significantly higher than those of mothers who had educational attainments equal to and lower than those of high-school graduate. But with regard to confidence and cheerful personality, those of children with mothers who had educational attainments equal to and lower than those of high-school graduate were significantly higher than those of children with mothers who had college diploma or higher. Second, there were partial correlations among mother's psychological well-being, family strength, and self-resilience. Third, mother's psychological well-being was found as important variable in explaining children's self-resilience.
Keywords
Young children's ego-resiliency; Family strength; Mother's psychological well-being;
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