• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.143-152
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• 1985

This study intends to investigate preschool-sibling's spontaneous imitation during their free-plays through the observation of 41 pairs of siblings aged from 1 to seven years. RESULTS : 1. Sibling's imitation showed in all subjects and had various distribution according to sibling's personalities. 2. Because of sibling's several facts. Their imitation showed differently. 1) Imitation appeared to decline to decline as children grew older. Imitation showed most frequently at the age of 2 years, and decreased after that. 2) Due to the effect of birth-order, the younger one showed his imitation approximately 4.3 times more than the elder one. 3) The effect of sex-composition seemed to coincide with the sex-typing hypothesis rather than the like-sex hypothesis. 4) Boy's imitation showed more frequently than girl's, but the difference was not so significant to be noticed. 3. In siblings, physical imitation was more frequent than verbal imitation, but it was reversed in peer's imitation. 4. The play-situation in which sibling's imitation showed mostly differed from that of Peer's imitation. That is, sibling's imitation appeared in solitary play but peers imitation did appear in associate play.

• Speech Sciences
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.73-87
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• 2007

The aim of this study was to examine the articulation characteristics of preschool children in the bilingual or monolingual environment. Subjects included 23 children of 4 to 6 years old in the bilingual environment, and 19 children of monolingual environment. Their speech was evaluated in terms of articulation correctness and intelligibility by the author and a speech therapist. Results showed as the following: First, there were some significant differences between bilingual and monolingual children in the percentage of consonants correctly articulated. But there was no significant difference between their language environment or ages in the percentage of vowels correctly articulated. Second, there were some significant differences between the bilingual and monolingual children in the intelligibility of word articulation. Also, there were some significant differences between the two language groups in the sentence intelligibility. There was a high positive correlation between the word and sentence intelligibility.

• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.19-26
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• 2006

Objectives : The object of this study was to examine computer game playing patterns and psychopathologies related to computer game addiction in school-age children. Methods : The subjects were 533 elementary school students (4th to 6th grade) in Kangdonggu, Seoul. We evaluated computer playing patterns of all subjects using computer game playing pattern questionnaire, and determined the risk group of computer game addiction by internet game addiction scale score. We evaluated subscale score of K-CBCL from parents of all subjects, and conducted correlation analysis and logistic regression analysis between computer game addiction and subscale score of K-CBCL. Results : In 488 responders, 10.2% of started playing computer game in preschool age, and 67.2% started at low grade of elementary school. The mean frequency of computer game play per week was 3.66 days. Mean time spent playing computer games per day was 1.89 hours. 'Simply for fun' was the most common reason far playing computer games (40.8%). Male subjects showed statistically significant differences in age of starting computer game, frequency of computer game play per week, reasons for playing computer game and computer game addiction scale scores. There were significant correlations between computer game addiction scale scores and academic performance, somatic complaints, attention problems, and internalizing problems in K-CBCL. But In logistic regression analysis, only attention problems among K-CBCL subscales showed significant predictability to computer game addiction. Conclusion : Upper grade elementary school students experienced computer game playing at the very early age, and spend much time in playing computer games. There were significant correlation and predictability between computer game addiction and attention problems.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.33-42
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• 1977

강원도(江原道) 원성군(原城郡) 종합영양(綜合營養) 시범사업(示範事業)의 영양평가(營養評價)의 일익(一翼)으로 해당 영양시범사업시행전(營養示範事業施行前)의 기초자료(基礎資料) 수집을 위(爲)한 예비조사(豫備調査)로서 시행(施行)한 것이다. 조사시행기간(調査施行期間)은 1976년(年) 7월(月) 중순(中旬)에 8일간(日間)에 걸쳐 2명(名)의 의사(醫師)를 포함(包含)한 16명(名)으로 구성(構成)된 조사진(調査陣)으로서 4개리(個里)에서 40개(個) 세대(世帶)(각리(各里)에서 10개(個) 세대(世帶))를 무작위임의선정(無作爲任意選定)하며 한 세대(世帶)에 대(對)하여 연(漣) 3일간(日間) 조사(調査)하고 조사기간중(調査期間中) 식품섭취상태조사(食品攝取狀態調査)와 아울러 신체계측(身體計測) 임상조사(臨床調査) 및 혈액채취(血液採取)를 하여 영양섭취상태(營養攝取狀態), 신체발육상태(身體發育狀態), 임상증상(臨床症狀) 및 혈색소양(血色素量)을 측정(測定)하여 평가(評價)하였다. 특(特)히 학령전기아동(學齡前期兒童)의 영양상태(營養狀態)에 중점(重點)을 두었다. 조사결과(調査結果)를 요약(要約)하면 다음과 같다. 1. 일반적(一般的)으로 열양섭취양(熱量攝取量)이 부족(不足)하다. 2. 섭취식품(攝取食品)의 대부분(大部分)이 식물성식품(植物性食品)이고 양질(良質)의 단백질(蛋白質)이 부족(不足)되어 있다. 3. 비타민 A와 $B_2$ 그리고 칼슘 섭취양(攝取量)도 부족(不足)하다. 4. 대상주민(對象住民)의 전체적(全體的)인 임상검사(臨床檢査)로 뚜렷한 영양실조(營養失調)나 결핍증상(缺乏症狀)은 희유(稀有)하나 아동(兒童)에서는 비타민 $B_2$ 부족성(不足性) 증상(症狀)이 많다. 5. 아동(兒童)의 체위(體位)는 대체(大體)로 전국(全國) 평균치(平均値)에 미급(未及)하다. 6. 가임부(可妊婦)의 75%와 아동(兒童)의 23.7%에서 혈색소치(血色素値)가 빈혈(貧血)에 속(屬)하고 있다. 7. 특별(特別)한 이유식(離乳食)이 전무(全無)한 실정(實情)이고 임신부(妊娠婦)나 수유부(授乳婦)를 위(爲)한 보충식(補充食)도 따로 없다.

• Child Health Nursing Research
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.140-148
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• 2013

Purpose: The aim of this study was to explore the relationship of being from low-income families on children's behavior problems and obesity. Methods: The research design was a descriptive survey study, and the participants were 197 children from low-income families who took part in activities at a local children's center. They were selected through convenience sampling. The participants completed a questionnaire, BASC-2 (Behavior Assessment System for Children). Results: The results are as follows: 22.3% had obesity, a rate higher than that of children in general. Further, 37.3% had attention deficit problems, 33.8% had problems adapting to school and 49% had other adaption problem. There was a gender-specific difference with respect to all of the behavior problems. Conclusion: The results of this study indicate a lack of an identified child policy for behavior problems and health, and suggest a need for various programs and policies which could lead to development of behavior screening programs for children from low-income families.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.142-149
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• 1983

Epidemiological studies on the reinfetion pattern of Ascaris lumbricoides were undertaken by means of blanket mass chemotherapy and worm collection in a rural village in Korea, during 1977~1980. The study objectives were to determine the age (sex)-specific reinfection rate during 2, 4, 6 and 12 months through repeated mass chemotherapy with pyrantel pamoate, and to observe the familial aggregation tendency of the reinfected cases. The results obtained are as follows: 1. The age (sex)-reinfection curve revealed that the reinfection rate is much higher in younger individuals than in olders in all of 4 kinds of interval chemotherapy groups. The highest reinfection rate and the highest burden of reinfected worms were observed in preschool children, followed by primary school students. Such fluctuation in the age-specific reinfection rates was more pronounced in males than in females. 2. There was noted a significant tendency of familial aggregation among the reinfected cases. It is suggested that reinfection occurs never randomly but preferably to the members of certain household families. From these reinfection analyses, it is inferred that the principal mode of A. lumbricoides transmiSSIOn in the surveyed rural area is likely to be of 'dooryard type', in which case children and certain family members are more preferably reinfected. It is also suggested that the preschool children should be included in the primary targets of mass control programme.

• Fashion & Textile Research Journal
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.267-279
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• 2017

The necessity on children dresses for cultural events and emotional aspects in designs have become important according to the development of kids industry and revitalization of party culture, and so grasping emotional requirements of consumers (image perception) is necessary actually. For the purpose of this research, the study used 27 color pictures on the whole bodies of preschool children who wore children dresses that mixed clothing design factors differently (sleeve, skirt length, waist line, materials, color, decoration type and location) through a survey. Regarding the survey objects, this study objected preschool children of 5~6 years old girl's mothers who lived in Gwangju Metropolitan City, and its results were same as follows. First, the mothers evaluated children dresses like 'beautiful,' smart,' 'cute,' 'tidy' images. Second, sleeve, waist line, skirt length, materials, color, decoration type and location appeared to clothing cues affecting influences to overall image perception of children dresses, and decorations were implicated as salient cues that affected greater influences to image perception of children dress wearers than other clothing design factors especially. Based on the research, this study expects that various forthcoming researches have been made continuously, and it could become a guideline for the development of children dress industry afterwards.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2018.10a
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• pp.434-436
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• 2018

Accidents of commuting vehicles for preschoolers continue to occur despite various safety policies from the government. In order to minimize such accidents, it is necessary to use both the vehicle-mounted safety commutation management software for the driver, and the mobile App to manage the safe schooling of the children that can inform such information to parents in time. In this paper, we describe the design and implementation of the safety management software architecture. The mobile application is designed for Android operating systems. It informs current driving information if the bus as well as the list of current boarded children. Teacher in the bus can manage exceptional cases such as riding child without RFID and unregistered temporary riders like grandparent for convenience and flexibility.

• The Journal of Korean Academy of Sensory Integration
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.1-10
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• 2012

Objective : The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of group sensory integrative intervention on the sensory integration dysfunction children's social interaction with peer and therapist Methods : The subjects were three children aged between 3 and 5 with sensory integration disorder. Each Child participated in 15 sessions of group sensory integrative intervention. The based on the observation list of the children's social interaction behavior, the children's interactions with the peers and therapist are measured. One group pretest-posttest design was used to verify the effect of group sensory integrative intervention. The difference between before and after the sensory integration group program in the observation list of the children's social interaction behavior were tested by the Wilcoxon matched-pair signed rank test. Results : The average scores of the observation list of the children's social interaction behavior was increased after the group sensory integrative intervention. However, there is no significant difference in the social interactions between data of pre-intervention and the one of post-intervention. Conclusion : The results suggest a possibility of that the group sensory integrative intervention may affect social interactions. Future research should supplement limitations of this study regarding the short period of the experiment and there must be several evaluation standard to show norm data.

• Journal of Music and Human Behavior
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.53-67
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• 2012

Improvisational music therapy is known to promote social engagement in children with autism. This study investigated salient features that characterize the engagement of the child with autism and the therapist in improvisational music therapy. Through video analysis of the children's behavior, this study sets out to investigate what engages children with autism into mutual play with the therapist in improvisational music therapy by measuring the shared musical elements between the child and the therapist during musical synchronicity episodes and the children's choice of instruments. A repeated measures, a crossover design was employed in two different conditions (n = 10). Children were randomly assigned into two groups; group 1 participated music therapy first, followed by play therapy second. Group 2 followed the reverse order. Specific target behaviors were analyzed in the selected sessions 1, 4, 8 and 12. As expected, improvisational music therapy produced markedly more and longer events of musical synchronicity in children with autism than the play sessions with toys (p < .001). Rhythm and dynamic appeared to be the two most salient elements during musical synchronicity events between the child and the therapist. Observational findings confirmed that horns and whistles were the most frequently selected instruments in music therapy, whereas a dollhouse set was in play therapy by children with autism. The clinical implications and the details of these findings are discussed further.