The Mediating Effects of Character on the Relationship between the Early Childhood Home Environment and Self-Regulation
AUTHOR : 장수연
INFORMATION : page. 21~39 / 2016 Vol.23 No.2
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediating effects of character on the relationship
between the early childhood home environment and self-regulation. Data were collected from mothers
and teachers of children aged from three to five in kindergartens and public child-care centers in
Daejeon, Korea. The data were then analyzed using multiple regression and structural equation
modeling. According to the results, there was a correlation among early childhood home
environment, character, and self-regulation. The early childhood home environment influenced
self-regulation through the character of young children. Also the early childhood home environment
influenced self-regulation. The Sobel formula also indicated that this relationship was mediated by
character. Thus, character had a partial mediating effect on the relationship between the early
childhood environment and self-regulation. This study demonstrated that young children’s characters,
along with their home environments, suggested to play an important role in developing and
improving competence in relation to early childhood self-regulation.