An Analysis of the Children′s Perceived Competences and the Related Variables

아동의 자기능력지각과 관련변인데 관한 분석

This study investigated the children's perceived competences and other variables that are related to areas, children and the home. The subjects of this study were 183 elementary school children enrolled in grade 3 and their mothers. Instruments included the inventory of home stimulation(HOME), the perceived competences scale for children. The main results obtained from this study were as follows : The degree of children's perceived competences differd according to areas(urban and rural), children's sex, birth order, mother's education, father's education, mother's employment satisfaction, income of the family, type of the family. And the children's perceived competences and the home environment stimulation were a positive correlation. Especially HOME and areas(urban and rural) were important variables that effects children's perceived competences.