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본 연구는 다문화가정 자녀의 언어발달과 심리사회적 적응수준을 실증적으로 파악하고 그 변인들 간의 관계를 밝혀냄으로 다문화아동의 현실적인 문제점을 이해하고자 수행되었다. 연구대상은 충청남․북도에 거주하는 만5세∼만12세 아동 349명으로, 이 중 다문화아동은 101명, 일반아동은 248명이었다. 대상아동의 언어발달 정도를 알아보기 위하여 언어문제해결력검사를 실시하였으며, 심리사회적 적응수준을 확인하기 위하여 아동의 담임교사에게 한국아동인성평정척도 교사용(KPRC-TF)과 교사 설문지를 배포하고, 부모에게는 부모설문지를 실시하여 자료를 수집하였다. 분석결과, 연령이 증가할수록 언어와 심리사회적 적응 모두에서 다문화아동과 일반아동 간의 집단별 차이가 줄어드는 것으로 나타났다.
This study investigated the language development and psychosocial adjustment of multicultural children in Korea. The subjects were 208 multicultural children and 248 non‐multicultural children between the ages of 5 and 12. The children took a language problem‐solving test, and their teachers rated each child on a psychosocial adjustment inventory, their socioeconomic conditions, and other variables. Their parents also completed a questionnaire on such factors as their socioeconomic status, psychosocial status, for their child. The levels of language development and psychosocial adjustment of the multicultural children were found to be comparatively low when compared to those of the non‐multicultural children. In both aspects, the difference between the two groups decreased with age. In addition, the academic attainments of the parents, the number of family members living together and SES had no particular relationship to the level of language development and adjustment for multicultural children, whereas for non‐multicultural children, they did have an effect. Furthermore, school adjustment was correlated with language development in multicultural children, though to a lesser degree than in non‐multicultural children. The theoretical implications of these findings are discussed and some suggestions for the education of multicultural children are presented.
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multicultural children, the language development, the psychosocial adjustment, marriage‐related migration women
