The purposes of this study were to find out children's level of inferiority and their tendency of interpersonal relations, and to investigate the relationships between the level of inferiority and the tendency of interpersonal relations.
To achieve t...
The purposes of this study were to find out children's level of inferiority and their tendency of interpersonal relations, and to investigate the relationships between the level of inferiority and the tendency of interpersonal relations.
To achieve the above objectives, the following hypotheses were formulated.
1. There will be significant correlation between children's level of inferiority(physical, social, intellectual) and their interpersonal relation tendency.
2. There will be significant differences in children's level of inferiority(physical, social, intellectual) between male and female students.
3. There will be significant differences in children's interpersonal relation tendency between male and female students.
The subjects of this study were 405 6th graders random sampled from five elementary schools in Chung-ju, Chung-won.
As for the test tools, the Scale of Inferiority Feelings was developed by myself on the basis of investigating the preceding study of inferiority, self-concept, self-esteem. The Interpersonal Relations Tendency Scale by Ahn, Bum-Hee(1985) was modified and employed.
The data collected were analyzed by following methods' Pearson product-moment correlation coefficienis, Frequency, MANOVA, t-test.
The findings of this study were as follows. 1. There were significant negative correlation(Pearsosn' r -0.20 ~ -0.39) between children's level of inferiority(physical, social, intellectual) and their interpersonal relation tendency except rebellious ?distrustful tendency. (P< .01, P< .001)
2. The majority of children expressed appropriate inferiority feelings or self-confidence.
3. There were significant differences in children's level of physical inferiority(P< .001) and social inferiority(P< .05) between male and female students, but were not significant differences in intellectual inferiority between male and female students.
Girls' level of physical inferiority was higher than boys? Boys' level of social inferiority was higher than girls'.
4. For the interpersonal relations, girls were more sympathetic - accepting than boys(P< .05). Boys were more rebellious ?distrustful than girls(P< .05). But there were not significant differences in other interpersonal relation tendency between male and female students.