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An Analysis on Factors Influencing Happiness in Young Children
| e-ISSN | 2982-6845 |
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Abstract
This study aims to investigate happiness in 4 and 5 years old children and the relative effects of variousfactors including the personal factor (ego-resiliency), the family relation factor (family strength), and earlychildcare factor (facility adjustment to early childhood institution). Participants were 154 children ages 4and 5 who attend childcare centers as well as their mothers and the 19 teachers in charge of them.Using SPSS 21.0 package, we conducted frequency analysis, descriptive statistics, Pearson’s correlationanalysis, and multiple regression analysis to explore the questions raised in this study. Results demonstratedsignificant positive correlations between ego-resiliency, family strength, adjustment to early childhoodinstitution, and children’s happiness. Children’s adjustment to the early childhood institution showed thelargest explanatory power on the variance of their happiness, followed by ego-resiliency and familystrength. Study results reveal the critical impact of smooth adjustment on the happiness of the childrenwho attend these childcare centers as this factor was shown more powerful than strong personal andfamaily relations. The results call for an enhancement of early childcare quality to heip ensure children’shappiness.