• 아동학회지
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.201-215
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• 2007

This study examined cortisol patterning in 160 children(79 boys, 81 girls; aged 4-5) attending twelve childcare centers in Seoul and Kyunggi Province. Saliva samples for the assay of cortisol were collected twice a day at 10 : 30 am and 3 : 30 pm. Saliva samples were collected again within a week after the first collection. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics and multiple regression analysis. The cortisol level of the afternoon showed neither increase nor decrease compared to morning. Regression analysis indicated that time children spent at childcare centers accounted for increased afternoon cortisol levels; that is, higher levels of afternoon cortisol were associated with more hours per day at childcare centers.

• 한국보육지원학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.21-36
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• 2019

Objective: The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of infant temperament on adaptation at childcare centers and the moderated effects of teacher-infant relationships between a vertical transition group and horizontal transition group. Methods: The subjects of the study were 284 infants, aged 1-years-old and 2-years-old, who were hospitalized in childcare centers. To investigate the correlation between variables, Pearson correlation analysis was used. Regression analysis was performed to check the effects of temperament and teacher-infant relationship on childcare adaptation. Results: Infant temperament influenced childcare adaptation in both vertical and horizontal transition groups. The quality of teacher-infant relationships was found to moderate the relationship between infant temperament and childcare adaptation in both groups. Conclusion/Implications: The results of this study, which showed different moderating effects of the teacher-infant relationship in the vertical transfer group and the horizontal transfer group, suggest the need for more diverse studies on the various transition experiences regarding childcare transition.

• 한국보육지원학회지
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.29-55
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 영아의 적응을 알아보고 어머니의 적응지원전략이 영아의 연령에 따라 어떻게 차이가 나는지 분석하고자 했다. 연구대상으로는 서울에 거주하는 만0세부터 만36개월 미만의 영아들을 대상으로, 영아의 어린이집 적응을 측정하기 위해 Jewsuwan(1993)등이 개발한 PAQ(The Preschool Adjustment Questionnaire)를 사용하였으며, 어머니 적응지원전략을 측정하기 위해 영아기 자녀를 둔 어머니들에게 영아의 초기 및 이 후 어린이집 적응에 관련된 양육 신념 및 어린이집 적응 전략에 관한 설문지를 사용하였다. 수집된 연구자료를 분석하기 위해 빈도분석, 차이검증, Pearson의 상관관계 분석, 중다회귀분석을 실시하였다. 연구결과는 영아의 이후 어린이집 적응(Time2)의 하위 요인 중 친사회성과 긍정적 정서의 경우 어린이집에서 실시한 초기 어린이집 적응 (Time1)프로그램으로부터 받은 지원을 제외한 다른 영역의 지원 전략이 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며, 또래 간 적응에 미치는 상대적 영향은 원장, 교사와의 주기적인 상담 및 개별적인 접촉에 대한 어머니의 지원정도가 가장 큰 영향력을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 영아의 자아 상태와 하루일과 적응 및 일반적 적응뿐만 아니라 전체적인 이후 영아의 어린이집 적응에 있어서 같은 반 학부모들과의 개인적 네트워크 형성 및 지속적인 육아정보 교환에 대한 어머니의 지원정도가 가장 큰 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국생활과학회지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.547-557
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• 2013

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between directors' servant leadership, teachers' organizational citizenship behavior and psychological empowerment in childcare centers. The subjects were 479 teachers employed in childcare centers in Daegu and Gyeongbuk Province. Questionnaires, which required self-report by teachers, were used to investigate directors' servant leadership, teachers' organizational citizenship behavior and psychological empowerment. The collected data were analyzed by mean of Pearson's correlation, simple regression, hierarchial regression, by the use of SPSS Win 19.0. The results of our study was as follows. First, directors' servant leadership had a direct effect on teachers' organizational citizenship behavior. Second, teachers' psychological empowerment had a direct effect on teachers' organizational citizenship behavior. Third, directors' servant leadership had an indirect effect on teachers' organizational citizenship behavior mediated by teachers' psychological empowerment. Therefore, teachers' psychological empowerment partially mediated the relationship between directors' servant leadership and teachers' organizational citizenship behavior.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.497-510
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• 2011

We tried to find out parents' satisfaction and needs for foodservice quality of the childcare centers with an intention of improving it. Self-completed questionnaires were randomly collected from the parents of children in 174 childcare centers around Asan and were analyzed. Most of respondents were mothers who were housewives with college degrees (69%) in their 30's (80%). They thought nutrition (50%) and food hygiene (43%) were the most important factors for decision. Eighty percent of parents recognized the strong relationship between foodservice quality and childrens' mental and physical development. Most centers (94%) were delivering menu notices home, so parents well recognized the center's foodservice situation and problems of their kids' eating habits. The parents' satisfaction scores were 3.26 out of 5-point scale. The biggest dissatisfaction was from no variation in menu, but remarkable appreciation was from the effect of foodservice on the correction for kids' unbalanced diet habit. They had demands for improvement of nutritious menu and professional nutrition teacher in charge of foodservice and nutrition education for children and also for parents.

• 아동학회지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.1-14
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• 2010

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between depression, colleagues/ supervisor's emotional support and burnout experienced by teachers in kindergartens and childcare centers. The subjects were 195 teachers who worked in kindergartens or childcare centers in Daegu and Gyeongbuk Province. Questionnaires, which required self-report by teachers, were used to investigate depression, colleagues/supervisor's emotional support and burnout. The data collected were analyzed by means of paired t-test, Pearson's correlation, simple regression, hierarchial regression, using SPSS Win 15.0. The results are as follows. (1) The emotional support from colleagues was significantly higher than from that provided by the supervisor. Moreover, teachers' depression levels were positively associated with burnout. (2) Colleagues' emotional support operated as major determining factor with the effect that burnout decreased as colleagues' emotional support levels increased. There were observable interactional effects between depression and the emotional support provided by colleagues' to colleagues experiencing burnout. (3) The supervisor's emotional support operated as a major factor with the effect that burnout decreased with a rise in the levels of a supervisor's emotional support. No interactional effects were observed between depression and supervisor's emotional to colleagues dealing with burnout.

• 대한영양사협회학술지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.129-141
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• 2019

This study was conducted to determine parents' recognition of the Center for children's foodservice management (CCFSM) and to compare preschoolers' satisfaction for meals served by childcare centers and some aspects regarding the vegetable intake according to the parents' recognition of CCFSM. The subjects were 255 parents, whose children were 2~5 year old and attended a childcare center, were grouped according to the recognition of CCFSM (high recognition, HR, 27.5%; medium recognition, MR, 47.4%; low recognition, LR, 25.1%). Information was obtained by a self-administered questionnaire and data were analyzed by SPSS 25.0. Only 58.6% of HR and 10.7% of MR answered the they had participated education/event held by the CCFSM. More parents in the HR group (88.6%) acknowledged the helpfulness of CCFSM on the children's food habits compared to those in the MR group (63.6%) (P<0.001). Compared to the MR and LR groups, more parents in the HR group answered not only that they were 'satisfied'/'very satisfied' with the meals served by childcare centers (P<0.05), but also they tended to think that their children were also satisfied (P=0.061). Up to 31.2% of parents in the LR group answered that there was no need for education to increase the vegetable intake of their child compared to 14.3% and 17.4% in the HR and MR groups, respectively (P<0.05). Moreover, up to 26.6% of parents answered that school cook planned menus compared to 5.7% and 13.2% in the HR and MR group, respectively (P<0.001). In conclusion, the results provided the association between parents' high recognition of CCFSM and preschoolers' satisfaction for meals from childcare centers as well as a better chance for a desirable food life regarding vegetable intake.

• 아동학회지
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.167-183
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• 2011

The purpose of this study is to develop a valid and reliable infant observation scale based on the national curriculum for childcare centers. The study was carried out using the final draft of the Infant Observation Scale for 1 year old infants. The scale consists of 42 items in 6 areas. Whereas the final draft of the Infant Observation Scale for 2 year old infants consists of 52 items in 6 areas. The subjects of this observation scale were 120 infants from the city of Busan. The results of the Infant Observation Scale for the 1 year old infant analysis for the purpose of test adequacy indecates that the internal consistency reliability is from .88 to .97. The results of the Infant Observation Scale for 2 year old infant analysis for test adequacy shows that the internal consistency reliability is from .76 to .97.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제45권9호
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• pp.27-36
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• 2007

This study explored the relationships among child temperament, mothering daily hassles, and children's social adjustment in 254 kindergartens and childcare centers. The mothers of the participants completed the measures of child temperament and mothering daily hassles. The social adjustment in daycare was assessed through the rating provided by the children's teachers. Correlations and regressions were used for the analyses. The results showed that sociability, activity and soothability were related to social adjustment that attention-span, soothability, emotionality and activity were related to the mothering daily hassles that mothering daily hassles by children's challenging behavior were negatively related to the social competence and positively internalizing problems and that sociability and activity were useful to predict children's social adjustment in kindergartens and childcare centers.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제49권2호
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• pp.27-36
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• 2011

This study dealt with free play activities in the curricula of childcare centers in Daejeon area. 29 teachers from 21 day care centers were interviewed individually to obtain an understanding of teachers perceptions and conflicting views about play activity in the context of different day care curricula. The data were analysed qualitatively, using categorization and key word classification, frequency analyses and chi-squared tests. The results were as follows: (1) play-oriented curricula included sufficient play time and planned play activities in terms of the children's development. Children's freedom in play, optimum intercession by teachers, and interrelating activities between activity areas were included. In mixed curricula, children's freedoms were limited in many cases, and interrelating play between activity areas was hardly found. Formal lesson-oriented curricula resulted unplanned play activities and teachers' passive intercession of play. (2) Most teachers believed that play activities were more important to a child's development than formal lessons.