아동 초기 특질변화에 대한 환상적인 낙관적 믿음과 아동 중기 지적 능력간 관련성에 대한 단기종단적 탐색 = Relationship between Unrealistically Optimistic Beliefs in Early Childhood and Intelligence in Middle Childhood

국문 초록 (Abstract)

본 연구는 아동 초기 특질변화에 대한 환상적인 낙관적 믿음과 아동 초기 및 중기(학령 초기) 지적 능력과의 관련성을 알아보고자 하였다. 이를 위해 56명의 아동을 대상으로 단기종단적 연구를 실시하였다. 아동 초기 환상적인 낙관적 믿음은 4세 때 특질변화에 대한 믿음을 측정하였으며 학령 초기의 지능은 7세 때 한국 웩슬러 아동지능검사(K-WISC-Ⅲ)를 사용하여 측정하였다. 또한 4세 때 아동발달검사를 통하여 아동 초기 지적 능력을 측정하였다. 그 결과, 4세 특질변화에 대한 환상적인 낙관적 믿음은 같은 시기 언어이해 능력과, 그리고 7세 때 언어성 지능과 유의미한 상관을 보였다. 본 연구의 결과는 아동 초기 낙관성의 적응적 가치와 관련하여 논의되었다.

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This research examines relationship between the unrealistically optimistic beliefs at early childhood and verbal intelligence at middle childhood. Fifty-six children participated at the age 4 and seven. The level of optimistic belief was measured using the malleability of negative traits and stability of positive traits over time(Choi & Kwak, 2007) and children's intelligence by K-WISC-Ⅲ. Our results reveal that high optimistic belief at early childhood was significantly related to their later verbal intelligence. This study examined optimistic belief at early childhood not as a psychological deficit but as a positive strength and proved that this trait longitudinally brought psychological adjustment to children.

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