The purposes of this study were to investigate the relationships among maternal attitude toward children's expressiveness, children's self-regulation and children's emotional intelligence.
The subjects were 239 3rd graders of elementary school childr...
The purposes of this study were to investigate the relationships among maternal attitude toward children's expressiveness, children's self-regulation and children's emotional intelligence.
The subjects were 239 3rd graders of elementary school children and their mothers in Buchon-city. The instruments of this study were Saarni's(1990) Parent Attitude toward Children's Expressiveness Scale, Kendall & Wilcox's(1979) Self-Control Rating Scale, and Moon Yong Lin's(1996) Emotional Intelligence Scale. The collected data were analyzed by t-test, one-way ANOVA, correlation coefficient, multiple regression analysis and Scheffe'method for post-hoc comparision.
The major findings of this study were as follows; 1. There was no statistically significant relationship between maternal attitude toward children's expressiveness and children's self-regulation. 2. There was a statistically significant relationship between maternal attitude toward children's expressiveness and children's emotional intelligence. The more maternal attitude toward children's angry expressiveness was acceptive and permissive, the more children's emotional perception was high. On the other hand, the more maternal attitude toward children's fearful expressiveness was controlling, the more children's emotional regulation and emotional utilization were high. 3. There was a statistically significant relationship between children's self-regulation and emotional intelligence. The more children's self-regulation was high, the more children's emotional perception, emotional expression and emotional regulation were high. 4. It was found that children's self-regulation had an important effect on emotional intelligence.