The purpose of this study is to identify the relationship between mother-child interaction and resilience of young children.
The followings are the questions of the study to achieve the above purpose.
First, how is resilience of young children based o...
The purpose of this study is to identify the relationship between mother-child interaction and resilience of young children.
The followings are the questions of the study to achieve the above purpose.
First, how is resilience of young children based on mother-child interaction?
Second, What is the influence of mother-child interaction on the resilience of young children?
The subjects of this study were 111 young children between the ages four and five who were attending kindergartens located in Seoul and Kyungki-do, and their mothers.
In order to measure mother-child interaction, the researcher in this study translated and revised the Parent-Child Early Relational Assessment(PCERA) developed by Clark(1985). The revised version was verified of its validity, performed factor analysis after a pilot survey, and then adjusted its items before it was used for the survey. Meanwhile, in order to measure the resilience of young children, the researcher translated and revised the Devereux Early Childhood Assessment(DECA) developed by LeBuffe and Naglieri(1999). The revised version was verified of reliability through a pilot survey before it was used for the survey.
In the analysis of the collected data, SPSS Win 14.0 program was used to calculate frequency, percentage, t-test, and Cronbach α and factor analysis, correlation analysis, simple regression analysis, and multiple regression analysis were performed.
The followings are the summarized major study results.
First, as for the general tendencies of mother-child interaction according to socio-demographic characteristics, the maternal negative affect and behavior observed in mother-child interaction were shown to be higher in female than male children. Among the child component observed in mother-child interaction, child positive affect, communicative and social skills, and child quality of play, interest, and attention skills were also shown to be higher in females, while child dysregulation and irritability were lower. The dyadic reciprocity was also shown to be higher in females.
Second, as for the general tendencies of resilience according in initiative, self-control, attachment, and total protective factors were shown to be higher in female than male children. And behavioral concerns was shown to be higher in males.
third, when mother-child interaction was divided into an upper-class group and lower-class group to investigate the resilience of young children of each group, young children who were in a higher level in maternal positive affective involvement sensitivity and scaffolding had higher levels of initiative, self-control, attachment, and total protective factors, but young children who were in a higher level in maternal negative affect and behavior had lower level of attachment among resilience. Also, young children who had a higher level of the child positive affect communicative and social skills observed in mother-child interaction showed higher attachment and total protective factors. The higher the child quality of play interest, attentional skills were, the higher level the total protective factors of young children was. Finally, the higher dyadic reciprocity observed in mother-child interaction, the higher the levels of initiative, self-control, attachment, and total protective factors among resilience of young children were.
Fourth, as for the correlation between mother-child interaction and resilience of young children, static correlations were shown in initiative, self-control, attachment, total protective factors, the maternal positive affective involvement sensitivity and scaffolding, the child positive affect, communicative and social skills, child quality of play, interest, attentional skills, and the dyadic reciprocity. However, the maternal negative affect and behavior and the child dysregulation and irritability showed negative correlations. Behavioral concerns of young children had a static correlation with the maternal negative affect and behavior, and the child dysregulation and irritability and had a negative correlation with the maternal positive affective involvement sensitivity and scaffolding, the child positive affect communicative and social skills, and child quality of play, interest, attentional sills, and dyadic reciprocity.
Fifth, as for the influence of variants including mothers, young children and the dyadic reciprocity in a mother-child interaction on resilience of young children, initiative, self-control, attachment, total protective factors, and behavioral concerns were all influenced. In particular, the maternal positive affective involvement sensitivity and scaffolding, the child positive affect communicative and social skills, and dyadic reciprocity were shown to be variants by which the resilience of young children could be predicted.
The conclusion of this study for identification of the relationship between mother-child interaction and resilience of young children is as follows.
There is a significant influence on the resilience of young children in the component of mothers, young children, and the dyadic in mother-child interaction. In particular, the variants related to mothers, children, and dyadic positive affect expressed in mutual context, or in other words, the maternal positive affective involvement sensitivity and scaffolding, the child positive affect communicative and social skills, and the dyadic reciprocity were proved to be variants for predicting the resilience of young children.