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KMID : 0367320020130010163
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Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
2002 Volume.13 No. 1 p.163 ~ p.176
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A STUDY ON THE TEMPERAMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS OF KOREAN CHILDREN USING TODDLER TEMPERAMENT SCALE
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Son Jung-Woo
Choi Sung-Ku
Hong Sung-Do
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Abstract
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Objectives : This study was designed to investigate the temperamental characteristics and the differences of temperamental characteristics in Korean children according to the sociodemographic and family environment factors using Toddler Temperament Scale (TTS) .
Methods : The samples consisted of 1,175 children who were attending twenty-five Samsung Child Care Centers nationwide. Both Korean version of TI´S and child developmental questionnaire (designed by the Department of Psychiatry, Samsung Medical Center) were distributed to the parents of these children. Score of 9 temperamental categories was determined using the result of TI´S, and determination of 5 temperamental clusters was conducted by the Fullard´s criteria. Statistical analyses were performed according to the sex, birth order, existence of siblings, residential city, residential province, marital state of child´s parents, and parental relationship to compare the scores of temperamental categories and the distribution of temperamental clusters.
Results : The distribution of temperamental clusters was as follows ; Easy 35.8%, Intermediate Low (IL) 33.1%, In ennediate High(IH) 11.1%, Slow-To-Warm-Up 6.3%, and Difficult 13.6%. Some of 9 temperamental c itegories were statistically different according to the sex, birth order, existence of siblings, residential city, residental province, marital state of child´s parents, and parental relationship. From the viewpoint of 5 temperamental clusters, there were statistically more FAcy and less Difficult children in good relation between each parent (p=.022) . In spite of no statistical significance, the children in conditions of first-born, non-existence of siblings, middle or small residential city, Chung-Cheong province, married state of parent had a tendency to be easier to care.
Conclusions : The toddler temperamental characteristics of Korean children showed some differences in several sociodemographic and family environment factors. We could confirm that the "Goodness of Fit" was very important in child temperament.
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KEYWORD
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Toddler temperament scale, Temperamental category, Temperamental cluster, Sociodemographic factor, Family encironment factor
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