| Effects of Children's Emotional Regulation and Social Support on Gender-Specific Children's Behavioral Problems |
| Jun Ah Han1, Ji Hyun Kim2 |
1Department of Child Edu-Care, Suwon Science College
2Department of Child Studies and Education, Hanyang Cyber University |
| Corresponding Author:
Jun Ah Han ,Tel: +82-31-350-2446, Fax: +82-31-350-2082, Email: jahan@ssc.ac.kr |
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Received: October 29, 2010; Revised: November 5, 2010 Accepted: January 2, 2011. |
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| ABSTRACT |
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The purposes of this study were to explore the gender differences in children's behavior problems, emotional regulation and social support, and to investigate differences between boys and girls in the interrelationships between these kinds of variables. The participants were 189 children in 4 to 6 grades and their teachers from one elementary school in Seoul. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, Pearson's correlation, and multiple regression. The results were as follows: (1) There were statistically significant gender differences in the children's behavior problems, emotional regulation and social support. (2) Children's negative emotion explained boys and girls acting out problems and learning problems. Children's positive emotion regulation explained boys' and girls' shy-anxious and learning problems. Boys, who perceived less support from parents, displayed more acting out behavior, boys who perceived less supports from friends showed more shy-anxious behavior, and boys who perceived less supports from teachers exhibited more learning problems. |
| Keywords:
behavior problem, acting-out problem, shy-anxious behavior, learning problem, emotion regulation, social support |
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