The Effects of Event Representation upon Peer Problem Solving Ability
AUTHOR : 김세리,이강이
INFORMATION : page. 1~22 / 2013 Vol.20 No.4
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was (1) to investigate 3||| 5-year-old children’s peer problem solving ability and
their event representation according to their age and gender||| and (2) to investigate the effects of event
representation upon peer problem solving ability. The participants for this study consisted of 98 children|||
aged 3- and 5-year-olds from child-care centers in Seoul||| Korea. Each child participated in the event
representation test and peer problem solving test through the use of pictures. Statistical methods used
for data analysis were frequencies||| percentiles||| means||| standard deviations||| t-tests||| ANOVAs||| Pearson’s
correlations and hierarchical regression. The major findings were as follows. First||| there was a significant
difference in children’s peer problem solving ability depending on their age. Second||| there was a
significant difference in children’s event representation according to their age. Third||| the children’s event
representation was positively related to peer problem solving ability||| and the results of hierarchical multiple
regression suggested that peer problem solving ability had an strong effect upon experienced event
recognition. These findings suggest that experienced event representation is the most strongly influencing
factor||| therefore||| activities using event representation can help children’s peer problem solving abilities.