유아 또래놀이 관련 국내 학술지 연구동향 분석

Abstract

This study investigated research trends by analyzing period, subjects, method, and content ofpapers related to peer play in childhood. From 1996 to 2021, 131 papers related to youngchildren's peer play were targeted, and the research results are as follows. First, the number ofstudies on young children's peer play doubled from 2012 to 2016 compared to the previousperiod, and from 2017 to 2021, the number of published papers accounted for the majority ofthe total. Second, in terms of research subjects trends, papers targeting only young childrenaccounted for the largest proportion, and longitudinal studies have been actively conductedsince 2017. Third, as a result of analyzing the trend of research methods, quantitative researchmethods were higher than 90%, and among them, correlation studies to find out the relationshippatterns or trends between variables accounted for the largest percentage. Fourth, looking at theresearch content trends of papers related to young children peer play, the human and physicalenvironment surrounding young children, young children development, and programdevelopment and performance were found in order. Through the results of this study, theimportance of infant peer play for play-oriented education and the direction of future infantpeer play research were presented.