Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association 1997;35(3):231-243.
논문편 : 유아의 내외통제성과 사회적 능력 및 친사회적 행동과의 관계
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부산여자대학교 가정관리학과
Children's Locus of Control, Social Competence and Prosocial Behavior
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ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to investigate answer the following research questions. (1) What is the trend of Children's locus of control, children's social competency, and children's prosocial behaviors? (2) Is there any relationship between children's locus of control and children's social competency, between children's locus of control and children's prosocial behavior, between children's social competency and children's prosocial behavior? (3) Is children's prosocial behavior influenced by the locus of control and by the social competency? The subjects of this study were 99 children atending the nursery school in Pusan. For the measurement of children's locus of control, the Stanford Preschool Internal-External Scale was used. As a measure of social competency. Iowa Social Competency was used. Children's prosocial behavior was measured by the amount of candies to share with playmates. The findings of this study were as follows: (1) The mean scores of children's locus of control, children's social competency, and children's prosocial behavior were low. (2) There significant correlation between children's locus of control and social competency, between children's locus of control and prosocial behavior. (3) Children's locus of control was an important predictor variable influencing children's prosocial behavior.
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