The purpose of this study was to examine the moderating effects of children's ego-resilience and parenting attitudes on the relationships between after-school self-care and school adjustment.
The Panel data from the Korean Child-Youth Panel Survey 2...
The purpose of this study was to examine the moderating effects of children's ego-resilience and parenting attitudes on the relationships between after-school self-care and school adjustment.
The Panel data from the Korean Child-Youth Panel Survey 2010(KCYPS 2010) were used. The data of 2378 4th grade students in elementary school and their parents(guardian) were analyzed. After-school self-care was measured by Lee Jun-ho (2012)'s categorical approach. The school adjustment was measured by Min Byung-Soo (1991)'s inventory. Ego-resilience was assessed by Yoo Sung-kyung (2002)'s inventory and parenting attitude was assessed by Heo Myo-Yeon (2000)'s parenting attitude inventory. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Cronbach's α, multivariate analysis variance(MANOVA), and two-way analysis of variance(two-way ANOVA) with SPSS 20.0.
The major finding of this research were as follows.
First, there were significant differences in after-school self-care by some of socio-demographic variables, such as the family structure, parents structure, parents' age, father's education level, parent's job, mother's work hours, and average monthly household income.
Second, there were differences in children's school adjustment by their self-care types. School adjustment of adult care group was higher than those of temporary self-care and continuous self-care group. But there was no significant difference in the degree of the school adjustment between temporary self-care group and continuous self-care group.
Third, there were moderating effects of children's ego-resilience in the relationships between self-care types and the degree of school adjustment. Dispite of adult care children, the adaptation of Child-Teacher relationship was not good if the level of the child's curiosity and energy was low.
Fourth, there ware moderating effects of parenting attitudes on the relationships between self-care types and degree of school adjustment. In the continuous self-care group, children with the parents who were in low monitoring group were maladaptive in school, while children with the parents who were in high monitoring group were good at adaptation in study activity of school in both continuous self-care group and temporary self- care group.
In conclusion, this study revealed that there were significant differences in after-school self-care by socio-demographic variables, and in children's school adjustment by their self-care types. Also, children's ego-resilience and parenting attitudes has moderating effects on the relationships between after-school self-care and school adjustment. Based on the results of this research, the implications of the ego-resilience were also discussed. Furthermore, the government and the service providers should endeavor to guarantee the quality of child care service in order for parents as well as children to satisfy.