• 아동학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.243-255
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• 1999

We sampled 167 2nd, 4th, and 6th grade students to assess who, why, and in what situations they asked for help when they had problems in math class. Results indicated that students generally perferred(??) classmates to the teacher as helpers but they saw the teacher as more likely to facilitate learning. Second graders perceived a closer personal relationship with their teacher than sixth graders. At the upper grades, student were more likely to report asking for assistance if they thought that other students also needed assistance.

• 아동학회지
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.367-377
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• 2005

Semi-structured in-depth interview method were used to test psycho-social comparison among first time offenders and repeated offenders. Data were analyzed by t-test and chi-square. Differences between first time offenders and repeated offenders were that there were more male offenders than female offenders, and violent and theft offenders were more than sex offenders fraud and traffic offenders; early starters were more repeated offenders than late starters; there were some variables such as runway of home, parents' caring attitude, school drop out and maladjustment affecting in repeated offenses; developmental environment of repeated offenders were more negative than first time offenders. Therefore, intervention and prevention program development of good parenting and schooling and forensic counseling focused on optimal developmental environment is needed.

• 아동학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2003

The present study examined gender differences between science-gifted students and general students in creative thinking, personality, environment and performance in science. Subjects were 171 eighth grade students, 66 gifted in science and 105 general students. Data were analyzed by ANOVA and Stepwise Multiple Regression. Sex differences between the science-gifted and general students were found only in several subcategories of the dependent variables. The most critical predictors of creative performance in science were the title abstraction factor in gifted boys and general girls, and the resistance of enclosing factor in general boys.

• 아동학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.167-181
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• 1995

The purpose of this study was to examine how the intervention of a literacy environment influences young children's literacy behavior in dramatic play. Four classrooms at S kindergarten and Y kindergarten in Seoul were randomly selected for this study. Each of the classrooms was designated as an experimental group: that is, experimental group A (38 children), experimental group B (34 children), experimental group C (35 children) and a Control group (40 children), respectively. Group C was provided with literacy materials, theme of dramatic play and teacher's intervention. Group B was provided with literacy materials and theme of dramatic play. Group A was provided with only literacy materials. It was found that the intervention of the literacy environment in dramatic play brought about an increase in children's total literacy behavior, increase in the frequency of children's reading behavior, and increase in the frequency and function of children's writing.

• 아동학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.171-187
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• 2007

The 166 elementary school students of this study were divided into four groups by gender and degree of structure in problem situations. Written instruments ascertained intelligence, conceptual knowledge, science process skills, divergent thinking, intrinsic/extrinsic motivation, personality traits, and home environment. Results were that male students scored higher on problem finding in the ill-structured than in the moderately structured problem situation. In the ill-structured problem situation, personality traits, conceptual knowledge, and intrinsic motivation contributed to the scores of male students and home environment and conceptual knowledge contributed to the scores of female students. In the moderately structured problem situation, personality traits and intrinsic motivation contributed to the scores of all students, but science process skills contributed to the scores of female students only.

• 한국생활과학회지
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.951-959
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• 2006

The purpose of current study was to investigate the relationships between institutionalized children's stress coping behaviors and behavior problems. The subjects were composed of 80 primary school 4th, 5th, 6th graders(45 boys, 35 girls) and 55 middle school 1th, 2th graders(42 boys, 13 girls) who were institutionalized in jeonju. The major findings were as follows: 1) The institutionalized children's stress coping behaviors were significantly different between the groups based on gender, grade, and period in institution. 2) The institutionalized children's problem behaviors were statistically different between the groups based on gender and period in institution. 3) In regression analysis models, active or passive coping strategies were negatively or positively related to internalized behavior problems respectively. Furthermore period in institution was positively related to externalized behavior problems.

• 아동학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.35-46
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• 2010

This study analyzed variables that affect children's leadership qualities. The subjects were 400 five-year-old children and their mothers living in the Seoul metropolitan area. The instruments used in this study were the Young Children's Leadership Scale (Kim, 2006), Temperament(Hong, 2008), Peer Interaction (Choi, 2004), Mother's Verbal Control Modes(Do, 1997), and the HOME instrument (Rhee and Jang, 1982). The data collected was analyzed by descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation, and multiple regression analysis. Our results indicated that (a) girls' scores on leadership were higher than those of boys. (b) Boys' leadership qualities were related to children's temperament, peer relationship, maternal verbal control modes, and home environment. (c) Girls' leadership qualities were related to children's temperament, peer relationship, and home environment. (d) In particular, it was noted that children's temperament (in terms of their sensitivity/endurance) was the strongest predictor for leadership qualities in both boys and girls.

• 아동학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.65-78
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• 2002

This study investigated causality in children's emotional intelligence and sociodemographic variables, including family structure, number of siblings, home environment and peer group variables. Subjects were 301 elementary and junior high 11-and 13-year-olds and their mothers. Instruments were questionnaires from the Children's Emotional Intelligence Scale. Data analysis was by Pearson's r, Cronbach's ${\alpha}$, multiple regression and path analysis. Results showed that the variables that affected emotional recognition directly were age, sex, mother's education, economic status of the home, number of siblings, and emotional support of peers. Variables that affected emotion regulation directly were sex, economic status of the home, emotional support of peers, and common activity. Variables that affected emotional facilitation of thinking directly were age, sex, emotional support of peers, and common activity.

• 아동학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.279-279
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• 2005

The purpose of this study was to clarify how adolescent recognize their father according to the father demographic characteristics. The analysis was performed for 400 students in Seoul on the basis of two measuring tools that were adolescent's father image criterion developed from Seon hwa Cho, Myung seon Choi(2004) and semantic analysis criterion from Osgood(l957). Father image were inclined to friend when their father was younger. Adolescent were recognizing their father as a friend, advisor, and able man when their father had high level profession. On the other hand they felt father as a difficult being to make intimate relationship when their father had management occupations. Christian and Buddhist fathers were recognized as a advisor. Catholic and Christian father were showing less tired aspect rather than Buddhist and atheism father. Catholic and Buddhist fathers were recognized more active person. Adolescent were recognized their father as a friend, advisor, and able man when their father were high educated person.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제47권5호
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• pp.107-121
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• 2009

The purpose of this study was to examine leadership-related variables of young children. Subjects were 467 fiveyear-olds from the region. Data were subjected to descriptive statistical analysis. Pearson’s correlation, and multiple regression analysis. Results showed that leadership in young children was related to their temperament, peer interaction, verbal control modes of mothers, and home environment. Positive peer interaction was the strongest predictor for leadership of young children.