Korean J Child Stud. 2004; 25(5): 41-58.
Relationships Between Children`s Impulsivity, Sociodramatic Play and Children`s self-regulation
유아의 충동성 기질 및 사회극놀이 참여도와 자기규제간의 관계
엄정애
Jung Ae Ohm
ABSTRACT
This study examined the relations between children`s Impulsivity temperament, socio-dramatic play, and self-regulation of 4-year-old children. Subjects were 117 4-year-old children(59 boys and 58 girls) selected from three kindergartens. Each mother completed a questionnaire on her child`s temperament. Naturalistic observations of total socio-dramatic play, complex socio-dramatic play, solitary dramatic play and of self-regulation in two classroom contexts - clean-up periods and group circle time - were conducted for obtaining data. Significance was analyzed by Pearson`s correlation and multiple regression analysis. Children`s Impulsivity was negatively related to self-regulation and to total and complex socio-dramatic play, but impulsivity was positively related to solitary dramatic play. Total and complex socio-dramatic play was positively related to self-regulation while solitary dramatic play was negatively related to self-regulation. Total and complex socio-dramatic play, and solitary dramatic play displayed a mediating role between impulsivity and self-regulation during clean-up periods.
Key words :
preschool children`s temperament, impulsivity, sociodramatic play, self-regulation
