The Effects of Parental Attachment
Representations and Parenting Behavior on Young Children’s Self-Regulation
Department of Child Studies, Myongji University, Seoul, Korea
1Department of Early Childhood Education, Korea National Open University, Seoul, Korea
2Jeong Mi Lee 1 , Jin Kyung Kim 2
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Corresponding Author: Jin kyong Kim, Department of Early Childhood Education Korea National Open University, 86 Daesung-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul
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부모의 애착표상 및 양육행동이 유아의 자기조절력에 미치는 영향
Objective: The purpose of this research was to examine the effects of parents’ childhood attachment representations and parenting behavior in developing early childhood self-regulation, a developmental skill.
Methods: This research was conducted with 171 preschoolers, 171 parent couples, and 22 teachers of 5-year-old classes in kindergartens and children’s houses in Seoul.
Results: First, there was significant correlation among parental childhood attachment representations, parenting behavior, and child self-regulation. Second, parental attachment representations and parenting behavior were shown to affect self-monitoring, a subvariable of self-regulation, and were influenced by maternal independence-oriented parenting behavior, maternal attachment representation, and parental attachment representation. As factors affecting self-control, a subvariable of self-regulation, they were influenced by maternal attachment representation, and maternal and paternal affectionate parenting behavior. Lastly, as factors affecting self-control, they were influenced by attachment representation to parents of origin, maternal affectionate parenting behavior, and maternal independence-oriented parenting behavior.
Conclusion: This research revealed that parental childhood attachment representations and parenting behavior are important variables affecting the development of self-regulation in preschoolers. This finding can be used as basic data for parent education content to help preschoolers grow healthier and happier and as basic data for a program to improve parent-child attachment.
Keywords: attachment representation, parenting behavior, self-regulation 이정미
1, 김진경
2명지대학교 아동학과1, 한국방송통신대학교 유아교육과2