본 연구는 어머니의 놀이신념 및 참여와 유아의 스마트폰 과몰입 간의 관련성을 살펴봄으로써, 디지털 시대를 살아가는 현대 유아기 부모의 바람직한 역할 및 놀이지도 방안을 모색하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 만 3-5세 유아 어머니 267명을 대상으로 놀이신념 및 참여도, 자녀의 스마트폰 몰입수준을 알아보고 그 관계성을 분석하였다. 그 결과 첫째, 어머니의 놀이 신념 중 놀이지지 신념이 학습중심 신념보다 높았으며, 놀이신념 수준이 높은 것에 비해 놀이참여 수준은 낮게 나타났다. 둘째, 어머니의 배경변인 중 취업유무, 자녀수, 월 소득, 학력 등에서 놀이신념의 차이가 있었고, 자녀의 출생순위에 따라 놀이참여 빈도수준이 다르게 나타났다. 스마트폰 과몰입 수준은 어머니의 연령대에 따라 유의한 차이를 보였다. 셋째, 어머니의 놀이신념과 놀이참여, 유아의 스마트폰 과몰입 간의 관계에서 어머니의 놀이지지 신념과 스마트폰 과몰입 간에 부적 상관을 보였으며, 학습중심 신념과 스마트폰 과몰입 간은 정적 상관이 나타났다. 또한 어머니의 놀이참여에서 평일과 주말 놀이시간, 놀이참여 빈도, 놀이참여 수준이 높을수록 유아의 스마트폰 과몰입은 낮은 것으로 나타났다.

The current study investigates the relationship between the mothers’ belief and participation in their children’s play and the children’s excessive immersion in smartphone use, in order to find desirable roles that can be played by the contemporary parents of children and good play instruction methods. In order to achieve this end, two hundred sixty-seven mothers of children between the ages three and five were surveyed regarding their beliefs and participation in play, as well as the smartphone immersion level of their children; the correlation of these two results were analyzed in the current study. The results indicate that first, the mothers’ belief in supporting the play activities of their children was higher than the mothers’ belief in focusing on their children’s learning activities; despite the high belief in supporting play activities, actual participation of the mothers in their children’s play activities was low. Second, the mothers’ employment status, number of children, monthly income, and education level were variables that caused differences in their belief in supporting play activities. The birth order of the child also had an effect on the frequency of participation in play. In addition, the levels of children’s smartphone immersion were significantly different depending on the age of the mothers. Third, the mothers’ belief in supporting their children’s play and the smartphone immersion of the children were found to have a negative correlation, while the mothers’ belief in focusing on their children’s learning activities and children’s immersion in smartphone use were positively correlated. In addition, children’s immersion in smartphone use was lower when weekday and weekend playtimes, frequency of mothers’ participation in play activities, and intensity of mothers’ participation in play activities were higher.

요 약
 I. 서 론
 II. 이론적 배경
  1. 부모 놀이신념
  2. 부모 놀이참여
 III. 연구방법
  1. 연구대상
  2. 연구 도구
  3. 연구 절차
 4. 자료 분석
 IV. 연구결과
  1. 어머니의 놀이신념 및 놀이참여, 유아의 스마트폰 과몰입의 경
  2. 어머니 배경변인에 따른 놀이신념, 놀이참여, 유아의 스마트폰 과몰입 차이
  3. 어머니의 놀이신념과 놀이참여, 유아의 스마트폰 과몰입 간의 관계
 V. 결론 및 논의
 참고문헌
 Abstract

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