Korean J Child Stud. 2000; 21(1): 73-83.

Development of Children's Self - Concepts and Inferences by Their Fathers , Mothers and Teachers

아동의 자아개념 발달과 부 모 교사의 자아개념 추론에 관한 연구

김흔숙,이경옥

Heun Sook Kim,Kyung Ok Lee

The purpose of this stud was to examine age and gender differences on children`s self-concept and agreement between children`s self-concepts and inferences by their fathers, mothers and teachers. The subjects for this study were 342 children from kindergarten (n=149) and second grade (n=193), and theirs fathers, mothers and teachers. The results of this study indicated that there was a significant difference among self-concepts by age, but no significant difference by sex. Also, there was no agreement between kindergarteners` self-concepts and inferences by their fathers, mothers and teachers. For second graders, however, noticeable agreement was found, especially between mothers and children.