어머니의 양육태도와 유아의 어린이집 생활적응

Mother's Child-Rearing Attitudes and Young Children's Adjustment in Day Care Center

The purpose of this study was to examine the differences in mother's child-rearing attitudes and young children's life adjustment in day care center according to young children's sex, age and the socio-demographic factors of mother. Also, the relative importance of mother's child-rearing attitude types on young children's adjustment in day care center was investigated. The 237(131 boys and 106 girls aged from 3 to 5year old) pair of mother-teacher subjects were randomly selected from 7 day care centers in Cheongju. Regarding children's sex, no differences were found in mother's child-rearing attitudes. But regarding children's age, differences were found in mother's child-rearing attitudes. Regarding socio-demographic factors of mother, mother's child-rearing attitudes were not varied according to mother's occupation. The findings of multiple regression analysis demonstrated that mother's child-rearing attitudes were contribution factors for young children's life adjustment in day care center. Affection, interests, consistency were found to have positive effect in young children's life adjustment in day care center. That is, young children adjusted very well in day care center when mother's affection, interest and consistency levels were high. Affection is the strongest predictor of young children's life adjustment in day care center, followed by consistency and interest levels. Those factors explained young children's life adjustment in day care center about 10%.