아동기 두려움과 행동문제의 특성 및 관련성 탐색 = The Relationship between Childhood Fears and Behavioral Problems

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The present study examined the relationship between childhood fears and behavioral problems. The sample consisted of 337 school-age children and their mothers. Fear rank orders in children showed that prevalent fears of children are related to death and dangerous situation. Factor analysis of the Childhood Fear Scale revealed five factors: Fear of imaginative objects; Fear of violence and disaster related objects; Fear of realistic objects; Fear of symbolic objects; and Fear of authoritative figures. This study showed that the intensity of fears tended a decrease with corresponding increase in age. Girls reported a greater fear intensity than boys. There were some significant differences between internalized and externalized behavior depending upon age and gender. Girls over 3^rd grade had more internalized behavior than boys in the same grade. Some of the childhood behavioral problems correlated to fears. Results showed that the children of internalized behavioral problem group more often reported high fear scores than children of externalized behavioral problem group.