Abstract

연구목적: 본 연구는 지역아동센터 이용이 저소득가구 아동의 자기보호와 학교적응에 미치는 영향력을 살펴보고자 하였다. 방법: 저소득가구 아동을 지역아동센터 이용 여부에 따라 두 집단으로 구분하였다. 지역아동센터 이용집단으로 수도권에 소재한 지역아동센터 중 무작위로 표집된 13개 센터의 아동을 설문조사하였다. 지역아동센터 비이용집단으로 ‘한국아동․청소년패널조사(Korea Children and Youth Panel Survey[KCYPS])’ 초등학교 1학년 5차년도(2014) 데이터를 활용하였다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS 23.0 통계프로그램을 활용하여 빈도분석, t검증, 교차분석, 회귀분석을 실시하였다. 결과: 주요 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 지역아동센터 이용여부에 따라 자기보호시간에 유의한 차이가 있었다. 둘째, 지역아동센터 이용집단은 비이용집단에 비해 학교적응 수준이 높게 나타났다. 셋째, 지역아동센터 이용이 학교적응에 미치는 영향력에서 아동의 자기보호시간의 매개효과는 없는 것으로 나타났다. 마지막으로, 인구사회학적 특성을 통제한 분석에서도 지역아동센터 이용은 학교적응에 유의미한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 결론: 지역아동센터의 이용은 저소득가구 아동의 학교적응 수준과 정적 관계를 보이고 있다. 본 연구는 이러한 긍정적 효과가 지역아동센터의 보호기능을 통해서라기보다 지역아동센터의 다양한 서비스에서 비롯되었을 가능성을 제시하였다. 본 연구결과를 바탕으로 저소득가구 아동의 학교적응을 향상시키기 위한 지역아동센터의 효과적인 활용 방안을 모색하였다.Objectives: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of using a community child center on the self-care and school adjustment of low-income children. Methods: Low-income children were classified into two groups according to the use of local children’s centers. The survey was conducted at 13 centers in a randomly sampled region among the community child centers in a metropolitan area. Data from the 5th year of the Korea Children and Youth Panel Survey (KCYPS) of first grade elementary school children was used. School adjustment was measured by elementary school students’ adjustment to school life. The collected data were analyzed by frequency, t-test, cross tabulation and regression analysis using SPSS 23.0. Results: First, there were a significant difference in self-care time according to the use of community child centers. Second, the use of community child center’s school adjustment was higher than that of non-users. Third, there was no mediating effect of the children’s self-care time on the influence of the use of community child centers on school adjustment. Fourth, in the analysis of controlling for demographic characteristics, it was found that the use of community child centers had a significant effect on school adjustment. Conclusions: The use of community child centers had a statistically significant relationship with the school adjustment of low-income children. This study suggests that these positive effects may have come from the various services of community child centers rather than the protection functions of community child centers. Based on the results of this study, we sought the effective utilization of community child centers to improve the school adjustment of low-income children.

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