• Human Ecology Research
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• 제55권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2017

This study examines the relationship among children's smart device immersion tendency, children's self-regulation, and pro-social behavior as well as investigates the mediating effect of self-regulation between children's smart device immersion tendency and pro-social behavior. Participants were composed of 263 4-year-old children attending kindergarten in Incheon and Gyeonggi province. Data were analyzed by means of Pearson's correlation coefficients in SPSS, the structural equation model and bootstrapping in AMOS. The results are as follows. First, there is a statistically meaningful relationship among children's smart device immersion tendency, self-regulation, and pro-social behavior. There is a negative correlation between children's smart device immersion tendency and children's self-regulation as well as pro-social behavior; however, there is positive relationship between children's self-regulation and pro-social behavior. Second, children's smart device immersion tendency had a direct effect on children's self-regulation. In addition, children's self-regulation indicated a direct effect on children's pro-social behavior. Third, children's self-regulation was found sufficient to mediate the relationship between children's smart device immersion tendency and pro-social behavior. The results indicate that the effort to increase children's self-regulation may decrease the negative effect toward children's pro-social behavior caused by smart device immersion tendencies.

• Human Ecology Research
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• 제59권2호
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• pp.157-168
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• 2021

The purpose of this study was to examine the pathways between mothers' inappropriate smart device usage habits, preschoolers' immersion tendency and self-regulation, and children's cognitive ability. The subjects of the study were 308 preschoolers aged 4 and 5 years and their mothers in Seoul, Gyeonggi-do, Incheon, Gangwon-do, Daejeon, Busan, and Mokpo. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, and Pearson correlation using the SPSS 25 program. A sequential mediation model was analyzed using the AMOS 22 program. Mothers' inappropriate smart device usage habits were found to have a negative effect on the preschoolers' self-regulation, and this association was mediated by the preschoolers' smart device immersion tendency. These findings show the mechanisms through which mothers' inappropriate smart device usage habits negatively affect preschoolers' smart device immersion and self-regulation which, in turn, has a negative impact on cognitive ability

• 한국보육지원학회지
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.133-151
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• 2015

본 연구는 유아의 자기조절 및 어머니의 양육행동과 스마트기기 중독경향성이 유아의 스마트기기 과다이용에 미치는 영향을 파악하고자 하였다. 연구대상은 유아교육기관에 다니는 3~5세 유아들과 그들의 어머니 166명이었으며, 통계 방법으로는 빈도분석, 상관분석, 위계적 회귀분석을 실시하였다. 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 유아의 스마트기기 이용 실태는 주 1~2회, 10~30분 정도, 주말에 가장 많이 이용하였다. 대부분 유아들은 3세 이전에 스마트기기를 이용하기 시작하였고, 부모를 통해 접근하였으며, 형제 자매와 주로 함께 이용하였다. 이용 규칙이 있는 경우는 66.3%였고, 자녀의 재미와 흥미를 위해 가장 많이 이용하게 하였다. 둘째, 변인들 간의 상관관계에서 어머니의 스마트기기 중독경향성, 과보호 허용과 유아의 스마트기기 과다이용이 정적으로 관련이 있었으며, 온정 격려, 한계설정, 유아의 자기조절과는 부적인 상관이 있었다. 유아의 스마트기기 과다이용에 있어서 어머니의 스마트기기 중독경향성이 가장 영향력 있는 변인으로 밝혀졌다. 본 연구 결과는 유아들의 스마트기기 이용에 대한 가이드라인을 제공하기 위한 방안을 모색하고 유아를 위한 올바른 스마트기기 이용에 대한 방향을 설정하는 기초 자료로 활용되는데 그 의의를 찾을 수 있다.