유아의 놀이성이 또래유능성에 미치는 영향

Abstract

Objectives This study The purpose of this study is to confirm the mediating effect of self-regulation ability in the effect of young children’s playfulness on peer competence.
 Methods A survey was conducted from June to July 2021 with 225 children aged 3 to 5. The SPSS 23.0 program was used for data analysis, and frequency analysis and correlation analysis were conducted. Regression analysis was performed to verify the mediating effect, and the mediating effect was verified using bootstrapping.
 Results First, children’s playfulness, self-regulation ability, and peer competence all showed positive correlations. Second, children’s playfulness had a positive effect on peer competence and also had an indirect effect through self-regulation ability. Through this, it was confirmed that children’s playfulness is a very important variable that affects both self-regulation ability and peer competence.
 Conclusions This results show that integrated intervention on playfulness and self-regulation ability is necessary to improve children’s peer competence. this study can be used as basic data for the development of early child-hood curriculum and teacher and parent education programs to improve peer competence.