The purpose of this study is to find the differences of the stress behaviors of children by their sociometric status, and to find the differences in stress benviors between popular children and unpopular children by types of their classroom activities...
The purpose of this study is to find the differences of the stress behaviors of children by their sociometric status, and to find the differences in stress benviors between popular children and unpopular children by types of their classroom activities in the kindergarten.
For such purpose of study, the following questions have been made:
1. Is there any difference in the stress behaviors of the children by their sociometric status?
2. Is there any difference in the stress behaviors of popular children and unpopular children by types of their class activities in the kindergarten?
The subjects of this study are 40 children consisting of 20 popular children (each 10 of boys and girls) and 20 unpopular children (each 10 of boys and girls) selected through two times of popularity test, out of 67 children of two 5-year classes in the kindergarten located in "A" city, Kyungki-do, Korea to which the children in middle or higher classes attend.
As a studying took, the peer rating scale created by Asher et al. (1979) for measuring the sociometric status of the children has been used, and the Classroom child Stress Behavior Instruction(CCSBI) created by Burts et al. for observing the stress behaviors of children. Based on the observed data, the frequency, percentage and correlation have been gainded using the t-test.
The results of this study are shown as follows:
1. There is meaningful difference by sociometric status in the stress behaviors of children. Unpopular children group shows the whole stress behaviors much more than the popular children group. Thus, it is notably different that the passive stress behaviors, self-with-self stress behaviors, self-with-others stress behaviors and self-with object stress behaviors are shown more in the unpopular children group than the popular children group.
2. The difference between the stress behaviors of popular children and unpopular children by types of the classroom activities is shown notably in the individual group activities and small group activities led by the children, and the whole group activities led by a teacher. In detail, attentive differences are shown between the stress behaviors of the popular group and unpopular group through free choice time, transfer time, story telling time, sing a song time, listening to music time and game time.