A Study on the Relationships between Children's Social Competence as Affected by Maternal Authority and Maternal Control Behavior

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association 1996;34(3):187-198.

아동의 사회적 능력과 어머니의 권위 , 통제와의 관계

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목포대학교 생활과학대학 가정관리학과

A Study on the Relationships between Children's Social Competence as Affected by Maternal Authority and Maternal Control Behavior

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ABSTRACT

This study was performed to identify the predictability of maternal authority from the perspective of children's social competence and mothers' control behavior. The subjects of this study were 369 children from an elementary school in Mokpo. The results were as follows: 1) There were relationships among children's social competence and maternal control behavior and authority. 2) Children's social competence was explained by the maternal control behavior. Maternal imperative control nagatively effected the sociability among children's social competence. Maternal position control positively effected all the children's social competence. 3) Children's social competence was explained by the maternal authority. All maternal control types changed when maternal authority was included. The change of children's social competence was related due to maternal control plus maternal authority. This result illustrates that maternal authority exhibited a powerful effect on children's social competence.