또래지위에 따른 유아의 스트레스 행동과 대처행동

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the children's stress behaviors and stress coping behaviors according to peer status. According to this object the research subject was fixed as follows : 1. Do children show different stress behaviors according to their peer status? 2. Do children show different stress coping behaviors according to their peer status? The subject of this study were 40 5-year-olds (20 popular children and 20 unpopular children ) enrolled in a kindergarten located in Seoul. The children's peer status was measured using a rating-scale sociometric measure developed by Asher, Singleton, Tinsely and Hymel (1979). Children's stress behaviors were observed with the checklist of Lee(1992) and Ko(1998) developed from CCSBI(Class Child Stress Behavior Instrument) by Burts, Hart, Charlesworth and Kirk(1990). Children's stress coping behaviors were measured by classroom teachers using the checklist of Lazarus & Folkman(1984). Data were analyzed by SPSS PC program in order to test the differences of stress behaviors and stress coping behaviors by operating the independent sample t-test for the two factors separately according to peer status. The results of this study are as follows : First, children show different stress behaviors according to their peer status. Popular Children show significantly less stress behaviors than unpopular children in the total stress score and stress sub-domains. Second, children show different stress coping behavior according to peer status. Popular children use more active coping behaviors than unpopular children and unpopular children use more passive coping behaviors.