Article

A Study of the Relationships among infant\'s attachment, temperament and the early adjustment to day-care center

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김진아,권민균

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pp. 177~189 / 2005 Vol.12 No.4

Abstract

This study was carried out to address the relationships among infants\' attachment, temperament and the early adjustment to day-care center. The participants of the study were 48 12～23 months old infants, their mothers and the infants\' teachers. The instruments were attachment Q-set, Toddler Temperament Scale and the scale for the early adjustment to day-care center. The data were analyzed by SPSS Win 10.0 for the means, Pearson correlations and multiple regressions. As the results, the infants\' attachment security was not a significant predicting variable for their early adjustments to day-care center. In contrast, the infants\' sub categories of temperaments, which were the response strength, the proximity-avoidance, the adaptability were significant predicting variables for the infants\' early adjustments to day-care center.

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