본 연구의 목적은 유아의 기질 및 어머니의 양육행동과 유아 자율행동과의 관계를 검증해 보고자 한 것이었다. 경상남도 J시와 C시에 재원 중인 만 5세 유아 268명과 그들의 어머니 268명을 대상으로 분석한 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 유아의 기질 구성 차원 중 활동성이 유아 자율행동과 부적 상관이 있었다. 성별로는 남아의 경우, 유아 기질 차원 중 활동성 자율행동과 부적 상관이 있는 것으로 나타났으며, 여아의 경우, 유아 기질 구성차원과 자율행동 간에 유의한 상관이 나타나지 않았다. 둘째, 어머니의 양육행동 하위 요인 중 합리적 지도가 유아 자율행동과 정적 상관이 있었다. 성별로는 남아의 경우, 양육행동 하위 요인 중 한계설정 자율행동과 정적 상관이 있었고, 여아의 경우, 양육행동 하위 요인 중 합리적 지도와 반응성이 자율행동과 정적 상관이 있었다.

The purpose of this study was to investigate how children's temperament, and mother's child-rearing behavior are related to young children's autonomous behavior. The subjects of this study are 268 5-year-old young children and their mothers from 26 classes of the public kindergarten located in a city 'S' and 'J' in GyungSangNamDo. The result of this study is like this. First, we examined the correlation between the temperaments and the autonomous behaviors of young children. As the result, the activity, among dimensions that constitute the temperament of young children, had the weak negative correlation with the autonomous behaviors of young children. As the result of examining the correlation between the temperaments and the autonomous behaviors of young children according to the sex, in case of the male children, among dimensions that constitute the temperament of young children, the activity had the weak negative correlation with the autonomous behaviors of young children. In case of the female children, dimensions that constitute the temperament of young children had no meaningful correlation with the autonomous behaviors of young children. Secondly, we examined the correlation between the autonomous behaviors of young children and the mothers' child-rearing behaviors. Reasoning guidance, among the subcategories of child-rearing behaviors, had weak positive correlation with the autonomous behaviors of young children. As the result of examining the correlation between the mothers' child-rearing behaviors and the subcategories of autonomous behaviors of young children according to the sex, in case of the male children, reasoning guidance had weak positive correlation with clean-up and transition. Limit setting, among the subcategories of the mothers' child-rearing behaviors, had weak positive correlation with free-choice activities, clean-up and transition, group activities, and evaluation and departure.

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