Korean J Child Stud. 2014; 35(2): 191-209.
The Effects of Teacher`s Self-efficacy on Children`s Sociality：The Serial Multiple Mediating Effects of Job-satisfaction and The Quality of Teacher-Child Interaction
유아교사의 교사효능감이 유아의 사회성에 미치는 영향：직무만족도와 교사-유아 상호작용 질의 순차적 매개효과
손희진 , 성지현
Hee Jin Son , Ji Hyun Sung
ABSTRACT
This study examined the effects of teacher`s self-efficacy on children`s sociality through the mediating effects of job-satisfaction and the quality of teacher-child interaction. The participants in this study consisted of 27 teachers working at child care centers and 71 children(4-5 years old) in their charge in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do province, Korea. Data were analyzed by means of a Hayes`s PROCESS(2012) program to identify the serial multiple mediating effects and the relationships which exist among the various factors. The present study found that teacher`s self-efficacy had significant indirect effects on children`s sociality through job-satisfaction and the quality of teacher-child interaction. These results suggest that a higher level of teacher`s self-efficacy leads to greater job-satisfaction and better quality of teacher-child interaction and this in turn has an influence on children`s sociality.
Key words :
teacher`s self-efficacy, job-satisfaction, the quality of teacher-child interaction, children`s sociality
