예비유아교사가 지각한 부모양육태도와 거부민감성의 관계에서 사회불안의 매개효과

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of perceived parenting attitudes with regards to rejection sensitivity towards pre-service early childhood teachers and to investigate whether social anxiety mediates the effect of said perceived parenting attitudes concerning rejection sensitivity. For this purpose, 254 questionnaires were utilized to conduct analysis on the pre-service early childhood teachers enrolled in the departments of early childhood education and childcare at community colleges located in Seoul, Gyeonggi-do, and Incheon using 254 questionnaires. The results of this study are as follows. First, it was found that among the parenting attitudes perceived by the pre-service early childhood teachers, affectionate parenting attitude, rejective parenting attitude, and overprotective parenting attitude, all affect rejection sensitivity. Second, as a result of examining the mediating effects of social anxiety over the effects of the parenting attitudes perceived by the pre-service early childhood teachers on rejection sensitivity, it was found that social anxiety completely mediates the effect of the affectionate parenting attitude in regards to rejection sensitivity among the three parenting attitudes. From these research results, it can be seen that the negative parenting attitude of parents increases the social anxiety of their children, and the increased social anxiety increases rejection sensitivity. Through this, it was found that the importance of parenting attitudes and social anxiety are major variables that can lower rejection sensitivity of the pre-service early childhood teachers. Therefore, it is possible to lower both the social anxiety and rejection sensitivity of children by parents raising their children with desirable attitudes, and to lower rejection sensitivity by lowering the social anxiety of the pre-service early childhood teachers, so that the early childhood pre-service teachers can support them to establish a smooth relationship with infants.