아동의 위축행동에 대한 연구

A Study on the Withdrawn Behavior of Children

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of children’s individual characteristic on withdrawn behavior. The subjects were 234 6th grade elementary school children in Kwangju, korea. The questionnaires were used to collect the data on withdrawn behavior, appearance, school achievement grade, prosocial behavior, aggressive behavior, self-esteem, and the demographic variables of children. The results were as follows: 1. The effects of demographic variables on the withdrawn behavior of children showed significant differences according to father’s education and mother’s education. 2. The effects of individual characteristic variables on the withdrawn behavior of children showed significant differences according to appearance, school achievement grade, prosocial behavior. aggressive behavior and self-esteem. 3. The results of multiple regression analysis on the effects of the related variables on the withdrawn behavior of children indicated that appearance was the most significant contributing variable, followed by aggressive behavior, prosocial behavior, school achievement grade and self-esteem.