학령 후기 아동의 일상생활스트레스와 대처에 관한 연구

A Study of Daily Hassles and Coping Style in Late-School Children

  Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine daily hassles and coping style of 5th and 6th elementary school children. Method: The study subjects consisted of 310 in 5th and 6th grade elementary school children in Dae-jon using the questionnaires method. Result: The result of this study was as follows: 1. The mean score of daily hassles of children is 52.7 (perfect score is 112), that is "below the little" level conversed 4 point scale. Daily hassle perceived by children is low, but family related area was relatively high. 2. When children faced stressful events, the most frequently used coping styles was the active coping, followed by magical, and passive one. 3. level of stress was significantly diffeent in terms of sex and economic status: boys"s stress was higher than the girl"s stress (t=2.60, p=.01); children from low economical status was significantly higher than that of children from middle class (F=4.l7, p=.01). 4. Children having only one or no parent(F=-2.32, p=.02) used significantly often passive coping style; children perceived poor health condition used significantly often magical coping (F=3.66, p=.03). Conclusion: In conclusion the daily hassles of 5th and 6th grade elementary school children is just a little, but there are many children having stress about parent"s over expectation. Variables such as sex, economic level, parent"s educational level, and subjective health condition were related with higher stress. And when children faced the stressful events, they equally used active, passive, magic coping style, but they tend to use active style more often.