어머니의 양육행동, 완벽주의, 창의적 인성과 유아의 창의성

Mother's Parenting Behavior, Perfectionism, Creative Personality, and Young Children's Creativity

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of mother's parenting behavior, perfectionism and creative personality on young children's creativity. Mothers of 385 kindergarteners aged from 3 to 5 participated in this study. Data were analyzed by t test, F test, pearson's correlation analysis and hierarchical regression analysis using SPSS 12.0 program. The results were as follows: First, mothers of boys showed higher creative personality than mothers of girls, and girls showed higher playfulness than boys. Mothers with higher educational level showed more affectionate parenting, active participation in parenting, and creative personality than mothers with lower educational level. Older mothers showed more logical guidance and affectionate parenting than younger mothers. Children with highly-educated mothers had higher level of uniqueness, concentration, independence-patience than children of mothers with low-educational level. Second, it was found that mother's parenting behavior, perfectionism, and creative personality influenced children's uniqueness and children's concentration on the task. It was also found that mother's parenting behavior and perfectionism had significant effects on children's playfulness, and mother's perfectionism and creative personality had significant influence on children's independence-patience.