Korean Journal of Human Ecology (한국생활과학회지)

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Effects of Children's Emotional Regulation and Maternal Parenting Behaviors on Gender-Specific Children's Social Competence

아동의 정서 조절 능력과 지각된 어머니의 양육 행동이 남아와 여아의 사회적 유능성에 미치는 영향

  • Han, Jun Ah (Dept. of Child Edu-Care, Suwon Science College) ;
  • Kim, Ji Hyun (Dept. of Child Studies and Education, Hanyang Cyber University)
  • 한준아 (수원과학대학교 아동보육과) ;
  • 김지현 (한양사이버대학교 아동학과)
  • Received : 2012.04.23
  • Accepted : 2012.07.13
  • Published : 2012.08.31
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Abstract

The purposes of this study were to explore the gender differences in children's social competence, emotional regulation and maternal parenting behaviors, and to investigate differences between boys and girls in the interrelationships between these kinds of variables. The participants were 214 children in 4 to 6 grades and their teachers from one elementary school in Seoul. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, Pearson's correlations, and multiple regressions. The results were as follows: There were statistically significant gender differences in the children's social competence, emotional regulation and maternal parenting behaviors. Children's negative emotion explained boys' and girls' peer social skills, frustration tolerance, and task orientation. Children's positive emotion regulation explained boys' and girls' peer social skills, assertive social skills, and task orientation. Boys, who perceived less maternal supervision, displayed less assertive social skills and task orientation.

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