Assuming that the variables of child include problematic behavior, negative emotionality, attention deficit and hyperactivity, and the variables of teachers include teacher efficacy and melancholia with the focus on the conflictive relationship betwee...
Assuming that the variables of child include problematic behavior, negative emotionality, attention deficit and hyperactivity, and the variables of teachers include teacher efficacy and melancholia with the focus on the conflictive relationship between child and teachers, the purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of these variables on the conflictive relationship between child and teachers.
The participants for this research include 136 teachers in charge of 3-to-5-year-old child and 2,096 child. To measure the conflictive relationship between child and teachers, the questionnaire adapted by Lee(2001) from the source of the STRS(Student-Teacher Relationship Scale) developed by Pianta(1991) was used. Regarding the problematic behavior of child, the modified tool by Kim․Han․Hwang(2004) from the source of the PBCL(Preschool Behaviour Checklist) by McGuire․Richman(1988) was used. Regarding the negative emotionality, The low-level index from the CBQ(Child Behavior Questionnaire) by Rothbart(1996) and the ADHD rating scale (Dupaul, 1991) for teachers were used to measure negative emotionality and attention deficit & hyperactivity, respectively. To measure teacher efficacy as a variable of teachers, the modified work by Lee(1998) was used, which was translated from the STEBI (Science Teaching Efficacy Belief Instrument) by Enoches․Riggs(1990), while for melancholia, the questionnaire adapted by Lee(2005) from the source of the BDI(Beck Depression Iventory) by Beck(1967) was used, which was also used by Ko(2005).
Regarding the collected data, the mean, standard deviation, and Pearson's correlation were analyzed to examine the overall tendency of the measured variables using SPSS. The influence of the variables of child and teachers on the conflictive relationship between child and teachers was analyzed by using the HLM (Hierarchical Linear Model).
In the study outcome, firstly the conflictive relationship between child and teachers showed some meaningful difference among teachers, while the descriptive part by the difference among child outweighed that among teachers.
Secondly, from the results of the influence on the conflictive relationship between child and teachers by the variables of child including problematic behavior, negative emotionality, attention deficit and hyperactivity, it is shown that the higher variables of child caused the higher conflictive relationship between child and teachers.
Thirdly, from the results of the influence on the conflictive relationship between child and teachers by the variables of teachers including teacher efficacy and melancholia, it is shown that while the higher melancholia caused the higher conflictive relationship between child and teachers, teacher efficacy had no meaningful influence.