본 연구에서는 유아의 기질, 사회적 유능감, 도덕성 및 부모의 양육태도와 유아의 문제행동의 관련성을 살펴보고, 유아의 내재화ㆍ외현화 문제행동에 영향을 미치는 설명력 높은 변인들을 확인해 보았다. 연구대상으로는 서울시 유아교육기관 만 5세 유아 134명과 어머니 134명을 선정하였다. 유아의 기질, 부모양육태도, 유아행동 체크리스트는 부모평정 설문지로, 유아의 또래 간 사회적 유능감은 교사평정 설문지로 체크하였다. 유아의 도덕성은 연구자가 일대일 면접을 통하여 검사하였다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS 12.0으로 분석하였다. 연구결과 첫째, 유아의 기질과 사회적 유능감, 부모양육태도가 유아의 문제행동과 상관이 높은 것으로 조사되었다. 문제행동에 영향을 주는 설명력 높은 변인으로는 유아의 기질이 가장 높게 나타났고, 부모양육태도와 사회적 유능감 순으로 나타났다.

This study examines the effects of children's personal psychological variables and parents' attitudes toward child rearing on young children's internal conflicts and external behavioral  problems. Subjects were 134 five-year-old children attending day-care centers and kindergartens in Seoul, Korea. Statistical correlation analysis and stepwise multiple regression techniques were used to analyze the relationship between the aforementioned variables. The result of the study shows that children's temperament and social competence and parents' attitudes toward child rearing statistically have a significant correlation to young children's behavioral problems. In particular, children’s temperament and parents' rejective attitudes toward child rearing are found to result in children’s internal conflicts, while children's temperaments and social competence in conjunction with the parents' rejective attitudes toward rearing produce external behavioral problems.

This study examines the effects of children's personal psychological variables and parents' attitudes toward child rearing on young children's internal conflicts and external behavioral  problems. Subjects were 134 five-year-old children attending day-care centers and kindergartens in Seoul, Korea. Statistical correlation analysis and stepwise multiple regression techniques were used to analyze the relationship between the aforementioned variables. The result of the study shows that children's temperament and social competence and parents' attitudes toward child rearing statistically have a significant correlation to young children's behavioral problems. In particular, children’s temperament and parents' rejective attitudes toward child rearing are found to result in children’s internal conflicts, while children's temperaments and social competence in conjunction with the parents' rejective attitudes toward rearing produce external behavioral problems.

internal external behavior problems, temperament, social competence, parent's rearing attitude