어머니의 정서표현성과 놀이신념이 유아의 놀이성에 미치는 영향

Abstract

Objectives The purpose of this study is to examine how mother's emotional expressiveness and play belief affect child’s playfulness.
 Methods The data were collected from 307 mothers with children in 18 kindergartens and daycare centers located in the Seoul metropolitan area, and surveys, using questionnaires, were conducted.
 Results A significant correlation between the mother's emotional expressiveness and the child's playfulness sub-factors appeared. And result of the study, mother's positive emotional expressiveness and mother's play belief affect to overall child’s playfulness.
 Conclusions This study has academic significance in considering the effect of mother's emotional expressiveness and mother's play belief on child's playfulness. These results are significant in that they can be used in the development of parent education programs to improve child's playfulness and positive emotional expressiveness and mother's play belief.