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http://dx.doi.org/10.14698/jkcce.2017.13.06.021

The Effects of Mothers'and Children's Emotional Instability on Children's Attributional Style: Perceived Mediating Effect of Affectionate-Rational Parenting  

Han, Ah-Reum (이화여자대학교 아동학과)
Han, Sae-Young (이화여자대학교 아동학과)
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Korean Journal of Childcare and Education / v.13, no.6, 2017 , pp. 21-41 More about this Journal
Abstract
Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the direct and indirect effects of mothers' and children's emotional instability and maternal affectionate-rational parenting on children's attributional style. Methods: The participants of this study were 253 4th, 5th and 6th grade elementary school students and their mothers in Seoul and Incheon. Data were analyzed by path analysis using AMOS 21.0. Results: The results were as follows: First, children's attributional style for negative and positive events was significantly related to children's emotional instability and maternal affectionate-rational parenting. Also, mothers' and children's emotional instability was significantly associated with affectionate-rational parenting. Second, mothers' emotional instability had indirect effects on children's attributional style for negative and positive events through maternal affectionate-rational parenting. Finally, children's emotional instability had not only significant effects on children's attributional style for positive achievement events, but also indirect effects on children's attributional style for negative and positive events through maternal affectionate-rational parenting. Conclusion/Implications: The results of this study suggest that both environmental and individual factors, including mothers'and children's emotional instability and maternal affectionate-rational parenting, need to be considered to explain children's attributional style. Also, these findings have implications for developing intervention programs for children's attributional style and parental education.
Keywords
emotional instability; affectionate-rational parenting; attributional style;
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