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The Effects of Preschoolers' Temperament on Their Emotion Regulation in Different Situations

유아의 기질이 상황에 따른 정서조절에 미치는 영향 -실험, 어린이집, 가정 상황에서 나타나는 정서조절을 중심으로-

  • Kim, Jung Min (Dept. of Child Development and Family Studies, Seoul National University) ;
  • Yi, Soonhyung (Dept. of Child Development and Family Studies, Seoul National University)
  • 김정민 (서울대학교 아동가족학과) ;
  • 이순형 (서울대학교 아동가족학과)
  • Received : 2014.03.26
  • Accepted : 2014.03.31
  • Published : 2014.04.30
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Abstract

The aims of this study were to examine whether the preschool children's temperament predicted their emotion regulation in different situations. The participants in this study were 148 3-and 5-year-old children recruited from five child-care centers located in a middle-income region of Seoul. Statistical methods used for the data analysis were the frequencies, means, standard deviations, Pearson correlation, multiple regression. The major findings were as follows. The children's temperament contributed to individual differences in emotion regulation. The 3-year-olds' negative affectivity and surgency significantly predicted their mothers' ratings of the children's emotion regulation in everyday situations. The 5-year-olds' effortful control significantly predicted their teachers' ratings of the children's emotion regulation in everyday situations. In addition, the 5-year-olds' negative affectivity, effortful control, and surgency predicted the mothers' ratings of their children's emotion regulation. These results suggest that children's temperament are contributors to the development of their emotion regulation.

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