Korean J Child Stud. 1993; 14(2): 17-34.

The Effects of Children's Temperament and Mothers' Child Rearing Attitudes on Social Competence

기질과 어머니의 양육태도에 따른 아동의 사회적 능력

천희영

Hui Young Chun

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of children`s temperament and mothers` child rearing attitude on social competence of children. The subjects were 256 children(4- to 6-year-olds) who participated in Chun`s substudy I (1992). Cluster analysis and two-way ANOVA were used to analyze the data. The instruments were the Temperament Rating Scale, Mother`s Child Rearing Attitude Scale, and Kohn`s Social Competence Scale. The results showed that there were significant social competence differences by temperament and child rearing attitudes. Interaction effects were found for boys in the 4- and 5-year-old groups. The main implications were confirmation of the validity of the "goodness of fit" concept and of the typology of Korean children`s temperament.