The effects of children’s self-regulation and leadership on peer relationships
AUTHOR : 장윤희, 문혁준
INFORMATION : page. 51~68 / 2010 Vol.17 No.2
ABSTRACT
The purpose of the study was to analyze the effects of children's self-regulation and leadership on peer relationships, with a specific regard to the differences between boys and girls. The subjects were 314 6th grade elementary school students, 146 boys and 168 girls, from Seoul and Gyeonggi-do. Data were collected via questionnaires and analyzed by descriptive statistics, T-tests, and multiple regression analysis. Our result indicated that firstly, girls self-regulation, leadership and peer relationships were higher than boys. Secondly, girls were related to peer relationships, leadership, and home environment(parents’ educational level), However, in contrast, boys were related to self-regulation, leadership, and the home environment (birth order, working mother). Thirdly, it was also found that self-regulation and leadership were good predictors for peer relationships in both boys and girls.
Key words : boy, girl, self-regulation, leadership, peer relationship.