핵가족과 확대가족 아동의 사회인지에 관한 연구 = Social Cognitions in Children from Nuclear and Extended Families

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The aim of this research was to explore whether and how children from extended families differ in the way they think about themselves and their relationships with their mothers, teachers and peers from children from nuclear families. The rationale for expecting these differences came from the assumption that social cognitions are meaningfully linked with social behaviour. The subject of this study was 210 children aged 5-7 years old. Of these, 115 children were from nuclear families and 95 from extended families. The children`s social cognitions were examined in individual interviews. The measures used included the Harter Scale, Cassidy`s Incomplete Stories with Doll Families and the Puppet Interview. The findings from social cognition measures indicated that the children from extended families scored significantly higher than the children from nuclear families on all the measures except the Puppet Interview. These meant that the children from extended families thought more positively about themselves and their relationships with their mothers, teachers and peers when compared with the children from nuclear families. These findings were consistent with the hypothesis that the way children think about themselves and their social world is coherent with the way they behave.