취학전환기 맞벌이 가정 아동의 주의력 결핍 과잉행동 문제와 집행기능 곤란 및 가정내 사회적 자본의 관계

The Relationship Among Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Problems, Executive Function Difficulties, and Domestic Social Capital in Children from Dual-Income Households in the Transition Period: Mediating Effects of Domestic Social Capital

Objective: This study examined the relationships among attention deficits/hyperactivities problems(ADHD problems), executive function difficulties, and socialcapital inside the family, especially with the mediating effect of social capital insidethe family, in children from dual-income households. Methods: The participants were 401 children from dual-income households fromthe eighth wave of the Panel Study on Korean Children. They belonged into lowerand higher ADHD problems groups that showed below 25% or more than 75%of ADHD screening items’ total score. The data were analyzed by t-test, correlationanalysis and mediating effect test by PROCESS macro 3.5.3.. Results: Children’s executive function difficulties and social capital inside the familywere significantly different between the two lower and higher ADHD problemsgroups. A mediating effect was found based on the negative relationships betweenthe social capital inside the family including mother’s warm childrearing behaviorand positive coparenting, and children’s executive function difficulties. Children’sADHD problems had a negative influence on each of the two social capital variablesand each of the two variables had a negative influence on the executive functiondifficulties. Conclusion/Implications: These results emphasize the meaningful role of socialcapital inside the family in the development of first graders with ADHD problemsfrom dual-income households.