어머니 양육태도와 유아의 유치원 초기 적응과의 관계 = The relationship between the rearing attitude of a mother and her child`s initial adapting behavior at kindergarten

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The study aims to investigate the relationship between the rearing attitude of a mother and her child`s initial adapting behavior at kindergarten. The subjects of the study were 355 children and their mothers from five kindergartens in Daegu City. The teachers at each kindergarten distributed questionnaires to assess different maternal rearing attitudes and an adaptability examination as submitted to the children whose mothers returned the questionnaire. The research used a modified version of Schaefer`s MBRI by Lee Won-young (1983) to calculate the rearing attitudes of the mothers. The children`s adaptability to the kindergartens was evaluated using the School Adaptability Measurement of the National Education and Research Foundation, translated by Won Young-mi in 1990. The research results were as follows: 1. An affectionate attitude was found to be most common in rearing a child followed by rejectiionist, autonomous, and controlling attitudes. The overall adaptability of the children seemed to bo appropriate. 2. Girls turned out to have higher initial adaptability to kindergarten than boys. Furthermore, those who had previous experiences at nurseries appeared to better adapt to kindergarten than those who had participated in a youth sports team of had taken a music and art course for one hour per day. 3. The children showed higher adaptability to kindergarten when the mothers were rejectionist and autonomous rather than affectionate and controlling. 4. The affectionate, rejectionist, and autonomous rearing attitudes have static effects on a child`s initial adaptability to kindergarten.