• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.31-40
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• 2001

The major purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between parents divorce and childrens peer-attachment. For this purpose, 79 elementary school children whose parents divorced answered the questionnaire which asked about the length of period after parents divorce, present family type, and childrens peer-attachment. The results showed that boys had lower communication level and higher estrangement level than girls among children who had experienced parents divorce, that children who passed more than two years after parents divorce had lower communication level than children who passed less than two years after parents divorce, and that children from single father family had higher estrangement level than children from step parents family.

• Korean Journal of Child Studies
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.101-123
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• 1999

Fathering practices were assessed by the modified version of the fathering Practices Scale while children's social adjustment was assessed by the Social Adjustment Scale in this study of 405 first to sixth grade children and their fathers. Fathering practices differed by father's age, education, occupation, amount of time with children, extent of participation in children's school activities, mother's job status, and children's birth order. Children's social adjustment varied by father's education, amount of time with children, and participation in children's school activities. There were correlations among all four factors of children's social adjustment and all eight factors of fathering practices. Father's responsibility for children was the strongest predictor of children's social adjustment.

• Korean Journal of Child Studies
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.57-74
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• 1999

The present investigation of the relations among economic hardship, parental child-rearing attitudes and adjustment in adolescence was carried out with 528 middle school children and their mothers in Kyung-gi province. Questionnaires for mothers were on economic stress, and children's questionnaires were on perceived parental attitudes as well as their own adjustment behaviors, such as aggression, depression, and negative self-concept. Adolescent boys perceived paternal child-rearing attitudes more rejecting and inconsistent when the family experienced income loss. Paternal nurturing behaviors perceived by children were also reduced under poor paternal working conditions. Change in family life style due to economic hardship resulted in higher adolescent depression.

• Korean Journal of Child Studies
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.117-128
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• 1994

The purpose of the study was to examine the relations between mothers' and teachers' perceptions of temperament and children's adjustment to preschool. The subjects were 115 4~5 years old children. The instruments were the Parent Temperament Questionnaire and the Preschool Adjustment Questionnaire. The data were analyzed with t-test, Pearson's r and multiple regression. It was found that there were differences between mothers and teachers in perception of child's temperament. Children who were well adjusted in the preschool classroom were perceived by their teachers as being high in adaptability, activity and responsivity and by mothers as being high in adaptability.

• Korean Journal of Child Studies
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.205-216
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• 2002

This research delineated variables of maternal influences on children's social competence. The sample consisted of 287 pairs of 5th/6th grade students, their mothers, and 8 classroom teachers in Gwangju City. Analysis included factors of mother's adult attachment, marriage adjustment, affection in child-rearing, level of education and income. The result of multiple regression analysis indicated that affectionate child-rearing is the most significant factor contributing to child's social competence, followed by mother's education, close attachment, income, and anxiety attachment, in that order. These maternal variables accounted for 18% of the child's social competence.

• Korean Journal of Child Studies
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.189-212
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• 2000

This study investigated the adaptability of 3rd grade children in Taejon who had started first grade at 5 years of age. Subjects were 64 third grade children, half of whom had started first grade at 5 years and half at 6 years of age. Thirty-four parents and 36 elementary school teachers were also sampled. The General Intelligence Test, the Learning and Thinking Ability Test, and the Socio-Emotional Development Checklist were administered to the children. Parents and Teachers responded to the Questionnaire on the Adaptability of Early Entrance Children. There were no statistically significant differences between children who started first grade at 5 and those who started at 6 years of age in their Intelligence scores, Learning and Thinking Ability scores, and the Socio-Emotional Development scores. Parents as sell as teachers felt that the early entrance system was positive for children.

• Korean Journal of Child Studies
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.33-45
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• 1996

The relationship of shyness, interpersonal adjustment, and peer acceptance to loneliness in children was examined in a sample of 279 fifth and sixth graders (135 boys and 144 girls) and their teachers. Loneliness and shyness were rated by children themselves and interpersonal adjustment and peer acceptance by their teachers. Shyness and interpersonal adjustment were found to be predictive of peer acceptance, in which interpersonal adjustment had a greater effect than shyness. Shyness and peer acceptance were found to be predictive of loneliness, in which shyness had a greater effect than peer acceptance. Shyness appeared to have a direct impact on loneliness, whereas for interpersonal adjustment, the relation to loneliness was mediated by peer acceptance. The more shyness and the less interpersonal adjustment they have, the less peer acceptance they have, which results in more loneliness. More attention and research are needed for shyness as well as loneliness in the area of social development of children.

• Korean Journal of Child Studies
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.19-32
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• 1996

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between adjustment, temperament, and mothers' childrearing behavior. The subjects were 132 three to five-year old children. The research instruments included TRS(Temperament Rating Scale), the modified IPBI(Iowa Parent Behavior Inventory), and PAQ (Preschool Adjustment Questionnaire). The data were analyzed by percentiles and canonical correlation analysis. The results were as follows : Among the five temperament factors and four childrearing factors, the best predictor of children's adjustment was activity temperament. The next one was Limit Setting of childrearing behavior. Among the five adjustment measures, the one predicted best by children's temperament and mothers' childrearing behavior was Adjustment to Preschool Routines.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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• v.69 no.3
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• pp.97-119
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• 2017

There has been no studies that compare services of residential care centers, group homes, and foster homes although out-of-home care services differ from each other depending on the types of out-of-home care. This study compared care satisfaction of 481 children in residential care centers, group homes, and foster homes for five years. Futhermore, factors that predict care satisfaction of the children were identified using multi-level modeling analyses. As results, this study found that care satisfaction of children in group homes was the higher than that in foster homes and residential care centers. In addition, self-esteem, social support, and types of out-of-home services were identified as significant predictors of changes in care satisfaction. Based on the study results, suggestions to help children adapt to out-of-home care and improve out-of-home care satisfaction were made.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Child Welfare
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• no.27
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• pp.95-120
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• 2008

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of family resilient factors on the adaption of families with child with chronic disease. The study sample consisted 287 families with chronic illness child. The survey was done from July 1. 2007 to October 31. 2007. It was analysed that the effect of families resilience through structural equation model. Adequate fitness of the model was observed. The family resilience of families with chronic illness child has significantly positive effect on the family adaptation. Family stress had negative effect on family hardiness. Family hardiness had positive effect on family communication, and family communication had positive effect on social support. Social support had positive effect on family adaptation. According to this finding, intervention strategies focusing on in creasing resilient factors were suggested.