Relationship between Unrealistically Optimistic Beliefs in Early Childhood and Intelligence in Middle Childhood (아동 초기 특질변화에 대한 환상적인 낙관적 믿음과 아동 중기 지적 능력간 관련성에 대한 단기종단적 탐색)

Kim, Yeonsoo (김연수); kjkwak (곽금주)

Relationship between Unrealistically Optimistic Beliefs in Early Childhood and Intelligence in Middle Childhood

THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
2011, 24(1), pp.79~92
Publisher : The Korean Society For Developmental Psychology
Research Area : Social Science > Psychological Science

Kim, Yeonsoo ¹, kjkwak ¹

¹서울대학교

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ABSTRACT

This research examines relationship between the unrealistically optimistic beliefs at early childhood and verbal intelligence at middle childhood. Fifty-six children participated at the age 4 and seven. The level of optimistic belief was measured using the malleability of negative traits and stability of positive traits over time(Choi & Kwak, 2007) and children's intelligence by K-WISC-Ⅲ. Our results reveal that high optimistic belief at early childhood was significantly related to their later verbal intelligence. This study examined optimistic belief at early childhood not as a psychological deficit but as a positive strength and proved that this trait longitudinally brought psychological adjustment to children.

KEYWORDS

optimism, unrealistically optimistic belief, intelligence, longitudinal study

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.

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