The purposes of this study were to examine 1) the effect of the socio-demo-graphic variables (sex of the child, number of the siblings, socioeconomic status of the family, maternal employment) on children's social competence; 2) the effect of children...
The purposes of this study were to examine 1) the effect of the socio-demo-graphic variables (sex of the child, number of the siblings, socioeconomic status of the family, maternal employment) on children's social competence; 2) the effect of children's self-efficacy on their social competence.
The subjects were 202 boys and girls from 4,5th grade of elementary school in Kwang-ju. The inventories were consisted of socio-demographic variables, the self-ef-ficacy scale, and the social competence scale.
For data analysis, Frequency, Cronbach'αwere calculated and GLM ANOVA, ANCOVA, Duncan's test were conducted.
The main results were as followings;
1. Among the socio-demographic variables, the SES of the family has the signifi-cant effect on the children's social competence. When the SES of the family was higher, children's social competence was higher.
2. It was found that children's self-efficacy has the significant effect on their social competence. When the self-efficacy was higher, children's social competence was higher.