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영어

The purpose of this research is to investigate how the Meditation Program effects the Emotional Stability and Attentiveness of elementary school children. To verify the above questions, five 3rd grade classes in B elementary school in Seoul were measured based on the criteria of emotional stability and attentiveness. Two classes from the 3rd grade of B elementary school in Seoul were selected as subjects. Then one class was placed in an experimental group, and the other one satisfying the same homogeneity as the experimental group's was placed in the control group. Each of the two groups consist of 24 people.
The experimental group participated in 15 terms of the Meditation Program during four weeks while the control group didn't. After the experiment, a post-test was given to verify the effects of the program. In verifying the effects of the Meditation Program, quantitative analysis using
Korean SPSS WIN(version 12.0). The results of quantitative analysis verifying the effect of our study skills group program were as follows; .
First, compared to the control group, the experimental group treated by the Meditation Program turned out to make significant improvement in 4 emotional stability and its sub-factors(vigor), but not to make significant improvement in its sub-factors(tension, anger, fatigue).
Second, compared to the control group, the experimental group that participated in the Meditation Program turned out not to make significant improvement in attentiveness and its sub-factors (emotional problems, hyperactivity/impulsivity, deficient executive function).
Through these results, we proved that the Meditation Program effectively increased the emotional stability of elementary school children.
In conclusion, it can be said that the Meditation Program maybe adopted in the elementary school curriculum since the meditation activities for children were found to have positive influence on their attentiveness and emotional stability.

한국어

본 연구의 목적은 명상 프로그램이 초등학생의 정서안정과 주의집중력에 미치는 효과를 검증하는 데 있다. 이러한 연구목적을 위해 먼저 명상에 대해 검토하고 명상과 정서안정, 명상과 주의집중력의 관계를 논의한 후에, 이를 기반으로 가설을 설정하고 실험을 실시하였다. 서울특별시 소재 B초등학교 3학년 5개 학급을 대상으로 정서안정, 주의집중력 사전검사를 실시하였고, 본 연구를 진행할 실험집단 학급의 사전검사 결과와 동질성을 보이는 한 개 학급을 통제집단으로 선정하여 연구를 진행하였다. 실험집단에 총 15회기의 명상 프로그램을 실시한 후, 실험집단과 통제집단에 정서안정, 주의집중력 사후검사를 실시하였다. 실험결과는 다음과 같다: 첫째, 명상 프로그램을 처치 받은 실험집단은 통제집단에 비해 사후 검사에 있어서 정서안정과 정서안정의 하위요인인 ‘생기’에 있어서 유의미하게 향상되었다. 둘째, 명상 프로그램을 처치 받은 실험집단은 통제집단에 비해 사후 검사에 있어서 주의집중력과 주의집중력의 하위요인에 대해 유의미하게 향상되지 않았다.