어머니의 취업여부에 따른 양육태도 및 유아의 사회·정서적 발달에 관한 연구 : 제주도와 호남지역을 중심으로

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of maternal employment on the social competence and emotional development of young children and rearing attitude between Jeju Island and Honam area. In order to achieve the research goal, three- to five-year-olds 408 young children of Jeju Island and Honam area and 316 of their mothers were participated in the study. Two research tools were used for the study. In order to measure maternal rearing attitude Schaefer's(1959) Maternal Behavior Research Instrument(MBRI) revised by Lee(1997) was used, to measure socio-emotional development level the assessment tool revised by Jang(1987) was used. The results from the analysis were as follows: First, it turned out that the maternal employment did not affect on mother's rearing attitude except controlling attitude(t=2.711, p<.01). Second, gender effect of young children on socio-emotional development were statistically significant except institutional stability: Internal control(t=4.3, p<.001), peer interaction(t=2.298, p<.05), achievement motivation(t=-3.612, p<.001), curiosity(t=-2.291, p<.05). Third, some of positive relationship between rearing attitude and socio-emotional development were found.