• Korean Journal of Childcare and Education
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• v.16 no.5
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• pp.1-26
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• 2020

Objective: This study investigated 5-year-old children's developmental levels for creative and social personalities according to gender, and whether participation in STEAM-based unplugged robotic activities can improve their creative and social personalities. Methods: Participants were 5-year-old children (N=125) from 11 child care centers. The experimental group included 29 boys and 24 girls enrolled in classrooms that implemented an unplugged activities curriculum over five weeks. The control group consisted of 38 boys and 34 girls. Data were analyzed using a t-test and analysis of covariance, and Hedges' g was used to measure effect size. Results: First, the participating children's mean scores on creative and social personalities were 3.20 and 3.53 on a 5-point Likert scale, respectively. Girls scored higher than boys in sensitivity-various interests and imagination-playfulness domains of creative personality and all three domains of social personality. Second, children in the experimental group showed improvement in all domains of social personality and the effect size was large. They also improved in three domains (openness-humor, imagination-playfulness, independency-immersion) of creative personality, although the effect size was small. Conclusion/Implications: The results imply that implementing a robotics curriculum with unplugged play activities in early childhood classrooms contributes to 5-year-old children's development of creative and social personalities.

• Korean Journal of Child Education & Care
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.51-73
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• 2017

This study has analyzed the characteristics of the French method of childrearing which is drawing attention recently based on the psychoanalytic theory of François Dolto, the so-called French people's godmother, the child psychoanalyst. Dolto is a psychoanalyst who represents France and is the unique character who was loved by the public and established unique frame of child psychoanalytic analysis by combining psychoanalysis and pediatrics. She cherished communication through conversation with infants and toddlers and has perceived even the babies who can not speak yet as a lingual being who understands words. This study has selected domestically published books on French method of childrearing and documentary broadcasting program which dealt with childrearing, classified the common theme and deducted four core words, which are temperance, perseverance, waiting, autonomy and rule, authority and respect and independence and self-reliance. These core themes have been explained based on Dolto's theory of communication, infans, castration, subject and others and desire etc. Also, a new direction has been proposed for the child education in households and childrearing by Korean parents through French method of childrearing.

• Korean Journal of Childcare and Education
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.67-93
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• 2010

The purpose of the present study was to examine how 25~36-month-old toddlers' temperament, mother's rearing attitude, teacher interaction relates to their language abilities and to analyze the predictive power of these variables in predicting language ability. The subjects were 206 toddlers, 206 mothers and 38 class teachers at child care center in G metropolitan city. The collected data were analyzed using Pearson's correlation analysis and stepwise multiple regression analysis on SPSS program. The results of this study were as follow. First, there was a significant relationship between mother's rearing attitude, teacher interaction and toddlers language abilities. However, toddlers' temperament showed no significant correlations with toddlers language abilities. Second, teacher's positive attitude was the best predictor of toddlers language abilities. Toddlers' reactivity and mother's rational guidance were also predictors of toddlers' language abilities.

• Korean Journal of Child Education & Care
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.203-215
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• 2018

The purpose of this study was to investigate the structural relationship among preschool children's attachments, preschool children's temperaments and children's playfulness. Participants of this study were 275 child care teachers and preschool child mother's from U-city. The collected data were analyzed by structure equation model analysis using SPSS and AMOS program. Fitness was evaluated using the ${\chi}^2$, RMSEA, NNFI, CFI, and SRMR. The results of this study were as follows. First, there was a positive correlation between preschool children's attachments and preschool children's playfulness, and a positive correlation between preschool children's temperaments and preschool children's playfulness. Second, preschool children's attachments had a significant direct effect on preschool children's playfulness and preschool children's temperaments also had a significant indirect effect on preschool children's playfulness.

• Korean Journal of Childcare and Education
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.101-124
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• 2011

The purpose of this study was to examine the differences of children's basic habits formation by their mother's and father's parenting style and their recognition about the importance of basic habits. The participants of this study were 160 three and four-year-old children's parents. The results of this study are as follows. The parental features on children's basic habits formation were significant different by children's sex. Girls' basic habits were significant different by their mother's and father's recognition about the importance of basic habits. On the other hand, boy's basic habits were significant different by mother's and father's affectionate parenting and their recognition about the importance of basic habits. Especially, boys whose parents did not consider important their children's basic habits formed higher level of basic habits in case that their mothers showed affectionate parenting. Also, there are no significant differences in children's basic habits by autonomous parenting.

• Korean Journal of Childcare and Education
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.125-141
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• 2011

This study investigates the mediation effects of trait anxiety in the relationships between reports by middle school adolescents in regards to self-differentiation and parents' marital conflicts. The participants were 252 middle school adolescents attended middle schools in Daegu or Gyeongbuk Province. The collected data were analyzed by Pearson's correlation, single and hierarchical multiple regressions, using SPSS 19.0. The results are as follows. (1) Parents' marital conflicts and trait anxiety were negatively associated with self-differentiation of middle school adolescents. (2) Trait anxiety was positively associated with parents' marital conflicts. (3) Trait anxiety exerted indirect effects on self-differentiation mediated by parents' marital conflicts.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.12 no.6
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• pp.191-200
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• 2012

The purpose of this study is to look into the influence of job stress and role conflict of emotional labors on the intention of job turnover of them and to look into the effect of adjusting ego-resilience in their relation. To do this, 60 child care facilities in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do were selected and survey research was conducted for the object of total 248 child care teachers who are emotional labors. With collected materials, SPSS 17.0, AMOS program was used to verify research problems. The results of the research : First, the job stress of emotional labors appeared to be a main factor which has influence on the intention of job turnover of emotional labors. Second, the role stress and ambiguity appeared to be a main factor which has influence on the intention of job turnover. Lastly, in the relation which job stress and role conflict has influence on the intention of job turnover, ego-resilience appeared to have the effect of adjustment.

• Korean Journal of Childcare and Education
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.193-212
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• 2014

The study examined the relationship among job satisfaction, parental role satisfaction, and child-rearing behavior on fathers of preschool children. In addition, the study researched the mediation effect of parental role satisfaction between job satisfaction and child-rearing behavior. For such purposes, the study collected data by using questionnaires, targeting 376 fathers of children aged 3-5 in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do province. They completed questionnaires regarding Job satisfaction, parenting satisfaction, and child-rearing behavior. The major findings of this study were as follows: first, there was a significant relationship among job satisfaction, parental role satisfaction, and child-rearing behavior of fathers. A fathers' negative job satisfaction was negatively related to a child-rearing practices. The relationship between fathers' job satisfaction, and child-rearing behavior was mediated by parental satisfaction.

• Korean Journal of Childcare and Education
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.1-17
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• 2011

This study investigated the influence of mother attachment and rejection sensitivity on school-age children's loneliness. The participants were 441 school-age children in Daegu or Gyeongbok Province. The collected data were analyzed by One-way and Two-way ANOVA, and Multiple Regressions, using SPSS PC(15.0 version). The results were as follows. (1) School-age children with a lower level of mother attachment perceived higher level of loneliness than children with a higher level of mother attachment. And school-age children with a higher level of rejection sensitivity perceived higher level of loneliness than children with a lower level of rejection sensitivity. (2) School-age children with a lower level of mother attachment perceived higher level of rejection sensitivity than children with a higher level of mother attachment. (3) The explanation power of rejection sensitivity on school-age children's loneliness was rather higher than mother attachment.

• Korean Journal of Childcare and Education
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.33-51
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• 2013

This study identifies the differences of creative leadership according to preschool children's peer popularity. The subjects of this study were 178 5-year-old children in institutes of early childhood education in G city and all collected data were analyzed by t-test. The results of the study are as follows: 1) Children's Peer Popularity and creative leadership in the overall score, and sub-elements such as creative thinking, self-management, respect for others and community care ability of young children have a positive relationship. 2) there were statistically significant differences in the whole creative leadership and sub-elements(creative thinking, self-management, and social leadership, respect for others and community care ability) depending on peer popularity. It suggest that the results of this study have a great value to provide fundamental data for the development of peer relation building program to enhance creative leadership.