• 한국보육지원학회지
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.43-65
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• 2011

본 연구의 목적은 가정과 학원에서 이루어지는 영아의 조기영어교육 실태를 조사하고 영아어머니들의 영아영어교육에 대한 요구에의 영향 변인을 분석하는 것이었다. 연구대상은 어린이집에 다니는 36개월 미만의 자녀를 둔 어머니 441명이었다. 질문 조사에 의해 수집된 자료로써 빈도분석과 로지스틱 회귀분석을 하였다. 연구결과, 조사대상의 30.9%가 영어교육을 하고 있으며, 주로 어린이집에서의 영어교육을 계기로, 시작시기는 생후 24개월~36개월 이전에 교육을 시작한 것으로 나타났다. 교육실태는 공통적으로 주 1~2회, 회당 30분 미만 실시, 5만원 미만의 월교육비, 교사는 영어를 전공한 한국인, '간단한 회화'를 위해 시청각 자료의 사용, 학습지나 워크북의 높은 활용으로 요약되었다. 한편, 66.0%의 어머니가 영아영어교육에 대해 긍정적 입장을 취하며, 자녀 연령과 월수입이 높을수록, 그리고 신경생리학적, 언어학적, 사회적 영어교육 요구 근거에 동의할수록 교육 요구가 긍정적일 확률이 높았다. 본 연구결과를 통해 영아영어교육에 대한 바람직한 안내가 보다 구체적으로, 시급하게 이루어질 필요가 있다고 시사되었다.

• 한국문헌정보학회지
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• 제54권1호
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• pp.343-364
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• 2020

Historically, mothers have been noted as active health information seekers, reflecting their roles as health mangers and caregivers for their family members. However, previous studies have focused on health-related information behavior among mothers in native populations or mothers of children with specific diagnoses. To fill this research gap, this study focused on health information behavior among mothers of healthy infants and toddlers. Using Wilson's (1997) information-seeking model, this study aimed to uncover the relationships between mothers' demographic characteristics and their health information source use. Online surveys were completed by 851 mothers: 255 U.S.-born mothers, 296 Korean-born mothers, and 300 Korean immigrant mothers living in the United States. Results indicated that there were statistically significant relationships between mothers' nine demographic characteristics (mother's age, education level, household income, employment status, the number of children, years living in the U.S. (or Korea), fluency in speaking English, size of household, housing status) and their health information source use. Based on the results, the implications for information professionals at diverse organizations are discussed when they provide health information services to this specific population.

• Child Health Nursing Research
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.182-194
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• 2023

Purpose: This study analyzed research trends in infant and toddler rearing behavior among family caregivers over a 10-year period (2010-2021). Methods: Text network analysis and topic modeling were employed on data collected from relevant papers, following the extraction and refinement of semantic morphemes. A semantic-centered network was constructed by extracting words from 2,613 English-language abstracts. Data analysis was performed using NetMiner 4.5.0. Results: Frequency analysis, degree centrality, and eigenvector centrality all revealed the terms ''scale," ''program," and ''education" among the top 10 keywords associated with infant and toddler rearing behaviors among family caregivers. The keywords extracted from the analysis were divided into two clusters through cohesion analysis. Additionally, they were classified into two topic groups using topic modeling: "program and evaluation" (64.37%) and "caregivers' role and competency in child development" (35.63%). Conclusion: The roles and competencies of family caregivers are essential for the development of infants and toddlers. Intervention programs and evaluations are necessary to improve rearing behaviors. Future research should determine the role of nurses in supporting family caregivers. Additionally, it should facilitate the development of nursing strategies and intervention programs to promote positive rearing practices.