어머니의 훈육유형과 교사-유아관계가 유아의 또래유능성에 미치는 영향

Abstract

Objectives The purpose of this study was to support children and adults to be socially healthy by analyzing the influence and path of mother’s discipline style, teacher-child relationship, and child emotion regulation in child’s peer competence. Methods The data collected from the mothers and teachers of 254 children aged 3 to 5 who attend kindergartens in Gyeonggi-do and Incheon. SPSS 25.0 program were used to find out the relationship among the variables. The correlation analysis and mediated regression analysis of Baron and Kenny were used. Results The rational discipline style of mothers and the intimate relationship between teacher and child were positively correlated with child’s peer competence. The emotional and over-allowed reactive discipline of mothers and the conflict relationship between teacher and child negatively correlated with the peer competence. There were mediating effects of child’s emotion regulation in the relationship between mother’s discipline style and the peer competence, and the relationship between teacher-child relationship and peer competence. Conclusions This study is meaningful to emphasize the importance of the role of parents and teachers by examining the path and influence of mother and teacher variables on the peer competence of child, and to verify the positive effect of rational discipline and intimate teacher-child relationship. The results of this study will support the necessity of mother’s rational discipline and environment for intimate relationship between teacher and child.