The objective of the present study is to examine the effects of young children?fs affective perspective taking, social self concept and emotional intelligence on their prosocial behavior. For this purpose, this study selected 212 four and five year ...
The objective of the present study is to examine the effects of young children?fs affective perspective taking, social self concept and emotional intelligence on their prosocial behavior. For this purpose, this study selected 212 four and five year old children from one kindergarten and four childcare centers in Daegu.
This study measured prosocial behavior and affective perspective taking using the part of social self in Lee Hyeon gyeong?fs tool for measuring young children?fs self concept, and measured emotional intelligence using Kim Gyeong hee?fs scale of young children?fs emotional intelligence for the use by teachers.
Collected data were processed using the AMOS 5.0 program. Path analysis was conducted, and statistical significance was determined at significance level of .01.
Conclusions drawn from this study are as follows.
First, young children?fs affective perspective taking was found to have a direct effect on their prosocial behavior.
Second, young children?fs affective perspective taking was found not to have a direct effect on their social self concept.
Third, young children?fs social self concept was found to have a direct effect on their prosocial behavior.
Fourth, young children?fs emotional intelligence was found to have a direct effect on their affective perspective taking.
Fifth, young children?fs emotional intelligence was found to have a direct effect on their social self concept.
Sixth, young children?fs emotional intelligence was found not to have a direct effect on their social self concept, but have an indirect effect via affective perspective taking and social self concept.