2019, Vol.32, No.4

THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 1.67

pISSN : 1229-0718 / eISSN : 2671-6542
https://journal.kci.go.kr/baldal

The present study examined how affect Korean children’s school adjustment. The data used for the purpose of this research came from Korea children’s panel data. A total of 633 children, their mother, and teacher responded a self-reported questionnaire survey. Data were analyzed with bivariate correlations and multiple regression to investigate the relevant predictors of school adjustment with such variables as psychological factors(happiness, self-esteem, problem behaviors), socio-environmental factors(number of friends, peer attachment, school preference, teacher preference), and mother parenting behavior factors(authoritative, authoritarian, permissive). Results indicated that socio-environmental and mother parenting behavior factors were statistically significant predictors of school adjustment. Peer trust, school preference, and teacher preference were statistically significant predictors of school adjustment in male children, while peer rejection, school preference, and teacher preference were the significant predictors of school adjustment in female children. Future directions for further studies into this area and the implications for the practices of children’s school adjustment were discussed.

Although the cognitive and neurophysiological characteristics of SCD are known to be different from those of the normal elderly, the study of the emotional characteristics in SCD is rare. In old age, affective optimization characteristics that maximize positive emotions and avoid negative emotions appear to achieve emotional stability. This leads to a positivity effect that attends and memorizes positive stimuli rather than negative stimuli. The present study investigated the positivity effect for memory in older adults with SCD compared with those of normal elderly and patients with amnestic MCI (aMCI). Thirty normal elderly (NE) people (74.00±7.86 years), 29 elderly individuals with SCD (73.24±6.69 years), and 24 aMCI (75.00±6.09 years) participated in the study. All participants were presented with a computerized picture and word stimuli with three valence values (positive, negative, and neutral) respectively, and performed immediate and delayed recalls. Overall, the positivity effects were observed in the picture and word stimuli in the NE group. In the SCD group, however, positivity effect was observed in neither picture nor word stimuli; EME was observed with picture stimuli. The aMCI group did not show EME in either stimulus condition. In sum, these results suggest that emotional regulation are already impaired in older adults with SCD. Therefore, early intervention is needed for the SCD.

This study aimed to examine a mediating effect of mother-child communication problems and moderating effect of mother’s psychological control in the relationship between perceived martial conflict and body esteem among children in late childhood. A total sample of 195 5-6th grade children (102 girls) completed a survey. We found that perceived martial conflict was significantly and negatively associated with children’s body esteem. Mother-child communication problems partially mediated this link. This mediation effect of perceived martial conflict on body esteem through mother-child communication problems was moderated by mother’s psychological control. The children who perceived mothers’ psychological control less were more likely to have low body esteem when problematic communication with mothers occurred more frequently. Our findings implied that marital conflict might lead to problematic communication with their children and that children might internalize those negative messages that they received when they evaluate their self-image. Moreover, mother’s maladaptive parenting may exacerbate the link between problematic communication and children’s body esteem.