어린이집에서 영아의 울음과 떼쓰기의 의미 탐색

Investigating the Meaning of Crying and Tantrums of Infants at Children s Center

This study desired to help teachers to take care of infants through further and contextually understanding crying and tantrum of infants who expressed with frequency in their daily lives at children s center. Subjects were 2 years old 8 infants and the situation with crying and tantrum was investigated by spontaneous participant observation. We figured it out that crying and tantrum of infants were the sign for basic needs of infants. Subjects showed the sign to request for teachers help with venting displeasure from physical suffering and immatureness in crying and avoided the situation by crying when they were in uneasy or being likely to get a scolding. Infants tried to notice their condition of frustration to teachers with crying and tantrum because they couldn t control and stand their emotion from physiological needs that were primary needs to desire to sleep or eat. In sequence, we learned the fact that was the sign that noticed play situations of infants. Infants tried to notice their play situations to teachers by crying and tantrum as they stopped their desire for play and lost their initiative when their play range was invaded and interrupted in play of social interaction. Subjects tried to show their negative feelings to teachers by being stubborn through tantrum, being on the verge of tears, feeling powerlessness when emotional interchange was refused or they were neglected by peers.