• 한국보육지원학회지
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.17-45
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• 2016

This study aimed to investigate the effect of a young children's happiness program in relation with the Nuri curriculum on young children's happiness and self-esteem. Study subjects included 37 children aged 5 (experimental group 20, comparative group 17) enrolled in A day care center and D day care center located in K district, Seoul. As for the research procedure, an experiment was conducted 48 times in 18 weeks, and the experimental group carried out the children's happiness program linked with the Nuri curriculum. In contrast, the comparative group conducted general activities focusing on the subjects according to the Nuri curriculum. Study results show that there was a significant difference amongst 9 sub-domains related to young children's happiness (health, emotion, immersion, recognition and achievement, parent-child relationship, teacher-child relationship, peer relationship, spirituality, life satisfaction) and 3 sub-domains related to self-esteem (start and spirit of independence, sociality emotionality, academic achievement). Results of this study prove that the children's happiness program in relation with the Nuri curriculum is effective for increasing young children's happiness and self-esteem, and could be used as preliminary data for the possibility of a happiness program in early childhood education settings and happiness education in the future.

• 아동학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.129-144
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• 2009

This study investigated Korean elementary school children's happiness by gender and grade and by attendance in after-school programs during weekdays and weekends. Participants were 3,608 children in Korean provincial areas except Jeju-do; they responded to the Happiness Scale developed by the researchers. Data were analyzed by frequency, percent, and t-test. Results were (1) children's happiness level was high; girls' happiness level was higher than boys'. As they moved up in school grade, happiness level decreased. (2) Their attendance in after-school programs during weekdays and weekends decreased their happiness level in leisure and extra academic activity, but it increased happiness in school/community life and sibling relations. Conclusions were that reduction in the amount of children's after-school programming would increase children's happiness.

• 아동학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.37-53
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• 2009

This study researched aspects of gender and grade related to the after-school happiness of lower grade elementary students and the correlation between the children's happiness and their stress and playfulness. Results of surveys and interviews of 124 lower grade elementary students who attended 4 after-school programs in Seoul showed that : (1) there were no gender differences in happiness but first graders were the happiest, then 2nd graders and the 3rd graders who were the least happy. (2) Children's happiness correlated negatively with stress. (3) There was no relationship between children's overall happiness and playfulness, but there was a negative correlation between happiness and playfulness under the sub-category of cognitive spontaneity. Results were discussed in relation to the Korean socio-cultural environment.

• 아동학회지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.199-217
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• 2010

This study investigated the effects of an after-school picture-book program on the happiness and socio-emotional ability levels of first graders. The subjects consisted of 44 elementary school first graders; of these, 22 formed the experimental and 22 formed the control group. A detailed analysis of both happiness and socio-emotional ability levels was undertaken to determine the homogeneity of the two groups. A broad variety of activities using 12 picture-books were applied to the experimental group for twelve-week periods. The results of this study were as follows; the after-school program using picture books was effective in strengthening children's levels of both happiness and socio-emotional ability.

• Human Ecology Research
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• 제59권1호
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• pp.71-82
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• 2021

This study examined the structural relationships among parent's play participation, children's playfulness, self-regulation and happiness. In this Study, subjects were 274 children who were 4 through 5 years old. The participants included 274 preschoolers' parents and their teachers in D city. The parents completed questionnaires regarding parent's play participation with their children and children's self-regulation. The teachers completed questionnaires regarding preschoolers' happiness and playfulness. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, pearson correlation analysis and mediation analysis based on structural equation modeling with SPSS 25.0 and AMOS 23.0 program. Also, specific indirect effects were analyzed using AMOS user-defined estimand function. The primary results of this study were as follows. 1) The parent's play participation had an influence upon children's playfulness and self-regulation. 2) The children's playfulness had an influence upon children's self-regulation and happiness. 3) The children's self-regulation had an influence upon children's happiness. 4) Between the parent's play participation and children's happiness were mediated by the children's playfulness and self-regulation. This study revealed that parent's play participation, children's playfulness and self-regulation need to be considered simultaneously to explain the level of the children's happiness. The results highlight the structural relationships among parent's play participation, children's playfulness, self-regulation and happiness.

• 한국생활과학회지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.433-445
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• 2013

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of children's temperament, parent-child communication, peer relationships on children's cognitive and affective happiness. The participants consisted of 396 elementary school students aged 10-13 dwelling in Jeonbuk province. Data was analyzed through descriptive statistics, t-test, regression analysis using the SPSS 18.0 program. The most salient results from this study were as follows: first, there were statistically significant differences in the children's happiness according to academic performance and family's economic level; children who considered themselves to have good grades and to have a higher standard of living were happier than other groups. However, there was no significant difference in children's happiness in relation to gender. Second, children's temperament(sociability, activity), parent-child open communication and peer relationships were positively associated with the children's cognitive and affective happiness. Children's emotional temperament, parent-child problem communication were negatively associated with the children's cognitive and affective happiness. Third, as the results of regression analysis, parent-child open communication, children's temperament(activity, sociability), peer relationships were considered to be the most influential factors in explaining cognitive happiness. And parent-child open communication, parent-child problem communication, children's temperament(activity) were influential factors in explaining affective happiness. In conclusion, children's happiness is critically affected not only by internal variables but also environmental ones such as parents and peers.

• 아동학회지
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.129-142
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• 2015

The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediating effects of self-regulation abilities on the relationships between parental attachment, peer attachment, teacher attachment and children's happiness in elementary school students in higher grades. The subjects of this study were selected from 4th-6th grade students residing in Dae-gu and Kyung-buk using questionnaires from May 1st to July 1st in 2014. The statistical analysis program(SPSS) was used for analyzing the collected data from the research in correlation analysis. To examine the mediating effects of self-regulation abilities on the relationship between parental attachment, peer attachment and teacher attachment and children's happiness, the Baron and Kenny(1986) model was used.. The results are as follows. First, in the case of father attachment, mother attachment, peer attachment, and teacher attachment, self-regulation abilities and children's happiness, as perceived by higher grade elementary school children positive correlations were observed. Second, in terms of relative effects of father attachment, mother attachment, peer attachment and teacher attachment on children's happiness, mother attachment was observed to have the most effect on children's happiness. Third, self-regulation abilities, as perceived by the children, mediated the effect of father attachment, mother attachment, peer attachment, and teacher attachment amongst higher grade elementary school students and the subsequent affect on children's happiness.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제15권11호
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• pp.680-685
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• 2015

본 연구는 전라남도 K광역시 유아교육기관 6,7 세 유아를 대상으로 행복에 대한 인식을 알아본 것이다. 연구 결과, 첫째, 6, 7세 유아들은 행복에 대한 인식을 자아특성 중 사랑하는 것과 좋은 것과 같은 긍정정서를 가장 중요하게 인식하였다. 7세 유아들은 자아 특성뿐 아니라 가족과 함께 하는 대인관계도 중요하게 인식하였다. 둘째, 6, 7세 유아들은 가장 행복할 때에 대한 인식을 인지 영역 중 놀이 활동을 가장 중요하게 인식하고 있고, 또한 대인관계의 가족을 중요하게 인식하고 있으나, 6에 유아에 비해 7세 유아들이 사랑하는 것과 같은 긍정 정서를 더욱 중요하게 인식하고 있다. 셋째, 행복하려면 어떻게 해야 할 까에 대한 6, 7세 유아의 인식은 대인관계는 부모님 말씀을 잘 들어야 한다는 가족관계와 친구와 사이좋게 놀기와 같은 또래 관계를 중요하게 인식하였으나, 7세 유아가 인지 영역 중 공부를 열심히 해야 한다는 목표를 가장 중요하게 인식하였지만, 6세 유아는 목표를 중요하게 인식하지는 못하였다. 자아 특성은 긍정 정서를 중요하게 인식하였다. 이로써 유아들의 행복에 대한 인식은 긍정 정서가 가장 중요하며, 가족과 함께 하는 대인관계와 또래와 놀이 활동이 중요하다는 것을 알 수 있다. 또한 7세 유아들은 6세 유아에 비해 행복하기 위해 열심히 공부해야 한다는 목표의식을 중요하게 인식하고 있음을 알 수 있다. 이에 유아 행복을 위한 긍정 정서 증진 프로그램의 개발과 가족과 함께 할 수 있는 다양한 부모 참여 프로그램의 필요성을 제언한다. 또한 7세 유아들은 위해 목표 설정을 통한 유아 진로 프로그램 개발의 필요성을 제언한다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.568-575
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• 2017

본 연구의 목적은 유아의 용기와 의사결정력, 행복감과 의사결정력의 상관관계를 분석하고, 용기가 행복감에 미치는 영향에 있어 의사결정력이 가지는 매개효과를 규명하는 것이다. 본 연구에서는 S와 G지역 사립 유치원에 재원 중인 만 5세 유아 220명(남아 112명, 여아 108명)을 연구대상으로 선정하였다. 유아의 용기, 행복감과 의사결정력을 측정하기 위해 박찬옥, 이은영(2011)의 교사용 유아 용기 척도, 박지영(2012)의 교사용 유아 의사결정력 측정도구, 김도란(2008)의 행복감 측정 도구를 활용하여 설문조사를 실시하였다. 본 연구에서 수집된 자료는 SPSS 21.0 프로그램으로 Pearson의 상관관계분석과 회귀분석, 그리고 Sobel test를 실시하여 분석하였다. 연구결과는 첫째, 유아의 용기와 행복감, 용기와 의사결정력, 행복감과 의사결정력은 각각의 변인 간에 유의미한 정적 상관관계가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 유아의 용기는 행복감을 의미 있게 예측하는 변인으로 나타났으며, 이 과정에서 의사결정력이 매개효과를 갖는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 유아의 행복감을 높이기 위한 교육적 지원이 필요함을 시사하고 있다. 즉, 용기 및 의사결정력을 지원하는 교육 프로그램의 실행이 지원되어야 한다.

• 융합정보논문지
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• 제9권9호
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• pp.147-157
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• 2019

본 연구는 교사효능감이 보육교사의 행복감에 미치는 영향과 교사-유아 상호작용의 매개효과 및 직무스트레스의 조절효과를 검증하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 이를 위하여 한국아동패널 7차년도 데이터를 활용하여 만 5세 유아 348명과 해당 유아의 담임교사인 보육교사 348명을 분석 대상으로 하였다. 연구방법은 위계적 회귀분석을 통해 연구모형을 검증했다. 매개효과는 Sobel test를 활용하여 검증하였다. 분석결과 첫째 보육교사의 교수효능감이 행복감에 정적인 영향을 미쳤으며, 둘째 교수효능감이 행복감에 미치는 영향에 있어서 교사-유아의 상호작용이 부분매개효과가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째 교수효능감이 보육교사의 행복감에 미치는 영향에 있어 직무스트레스의 조절효과가 나타났다. 이를 토대로 하여 보육교사의 행복감을 높이기 위해 실천적 방안을 모색하고자 한다.