영재유아 어머니의 자녀에 대한 태도 조사 연구

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of this study is to examine the attitude of mothers of gifted children on how they treat their children as parents. Also, the data, derived from looking into what distinction there is in the parental attitude along with the variables, are to be utilized as useful reference for the parental attitude towards their gifted children in the relationship between parent and child.
The subjects of study that are to be investigated in detail in this study are as follows:
1) What attitudes mothers of gifted children take in the categories of creativity, frustration, control, play and teaching and learning.
2) What distinction there is in the attitude of mothers of gifted children along with mother variable and child variable in the five subcategories including creativity, frustration, control, play and teaching and learning.
3) What difference there is between the attitude of mothers of gifted children and that of mothers of ordinary children.
The number of subjects of study was 593 mothers comprizing 241 mothers of children who attend Gifted Childrens Institution run by KAGE(Korea Academy Gifted Education) located in Seoul and 352 mothers of children who attend four different kindergartens in Seoul and in Kyungi-do.
Measuring instruments for this study were the scale of parent as a teacher(PAAT) inventory and self-esteem inventory scale. Each of the average and standard deviation by the category were derived in the data analysis by using SAS, and the t-test, F-test and Duncan post-hoc test were carried out in groups.
The results of this study are summarized as the followings :
First, mothers of gifted children are found to have a reasonable parental attitude with each categorical average more than 25 points and the total average more than 125 points in the categories of creativity, frustration, control, play and teaching and learning.
Second, mothers with a higher self-esteem are found to have a more positive attitude on the behavior and attitude of children than mothers with a less self-esteem in the analysis for the distinction in the attitudes of mothers of gifted children by the mother variable. There has been however, no significant difference in the attitude of mothers due to their job, education level and economic status.
Third, there has been a significant difference in the attitude of mothers of gifted children by the age of children along with the child variable. There has been no difference of attitude between mothers of children at the age of 4 and mothers of children at the age of 3, and a difference of attitude between mothers of children at the age of 5 and mothers of children at the age of 3 from the post-hoc test results. It has been found that the lower the age of children were, the more positive the parental attitude towards the behavior and attitude of children was. There has been no significant difference in the attitude of mothers by the sex of children.
Fourth, there has been a significant difference between mothers of gifted children and mothers of ordinary children who are at school in the kindergarten, that is, the parental attitude of mothers of gifted children was more positive than that of mothers of ordinary children.