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The mediating effect of decision making ability on the relationship between courage and happiness in young children

유아의 용기와 행복감 간의 관계 분석 및 의사결정력의 매개효과

  • Won, Myung-Soon (Division of Early Childhood Education, Seojeong college)
  • 원명순 (서정대학교 유아교육과)
  • Received : 2017.01.05
  • Accepted : 2017.02.03
  • Published : 2017.02.28
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Abstract

This study examined the effects of courage on happiness and the mediating effects of the decision making ability on the relationship between courage and happiness. The courage Inventory for Young Children (Park & Lee, 2011), The Children's decision making ability Scale (Park, 2012) and the happiness Questionnaire (Kim, 2008) were administered to 220 young children (112 boys, 108 girls, 5 year of age). The collected data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation analysis, multiple regression analysis, and a sobel test using the computer program, SPSS/PC 21.0. The results were as follows. First, there were significant positive relationships among courage, decision making ability, and happiness. Second, courage was an important factor in predicting the happiness of young children, and the decision making ability had mediating effects on the relationship between courage and happiness.

본 연구의 목적은 유아의 용기와 의사결정력, 행복감과 의사결정력의 상관관계를 분석하고, 용기가 행복감에 미치는 영향에 있어 의사결정력이 가지는 매개효과를 규명하는 것이다. 본 연구에서는 S와 G지역 사립 유치원에 재원 중인 만 5세 유아 220명(남아 112명, 여아 108명)을 연구대상으로 선정하였다. 유아의 용기, 행복감과 의사결정력을 측정하기 위해 박찬옥, 이은영(2011)의 교사용 유아 용기 척도, 박지영(2012)의 교사용 유아 의사결정력 측정도구, 김도란(2008)의 행복감 측정 도구를 활용하여 설문조사를 실시하였다. 본 연구에서 수집된 자료는 SPSS 21.0 프로그램으로 Pearson의 상관관계분석과 회귀분석, 그리고 Sobel test를 실시하여 분석하였다. 연구결과는 첫째, 유아의 용기와 행복감, 용기와 의사결정력, 행복감과 의사결정력은 각각의 변인 간에 유의미한 정적 상관관계가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 유아의 용기는 행복감을 의미 있게 예측하는 변인으로 나타났으며, 이 과정에서 의사결정력이 매개효과를 갖는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 유아의 행복감을 높이기 위한 교육적 지원이 필요함을 시사하고 있다. 즉, 용기 및 의사결정력을 지원하는 교육 프로그램의 실행이 지원되어야 한다.

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