Analysis of the Relationship of HOME, Socio-demographic Variables and Children's Intellectual and Social Abilities I - at Age Four -

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association 1989;27(1):181-194.

논문편 : HOME , 사회인구론적 변인과 아동의 지적 , 사회적 능력간의 관계분석 1 - 만 4세 아동을 대상으로 -

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인천대학교 가정관리학과

Analysis of the Relationship of HOME, Socio-demographic Variables and Children's Intellectual and Social Abilities I - at Age Four -

정영애

ABSTRACT

This study examined the characteristics of the relationship of HOME, socio-demographic variables and children's intellectual and social abilities. The subjects of this study were 80 children at age four and their mothers. Instruments included inventory of home stimulation (HOME) and the inventory of socio-demographic variables and K-Binet scale, social naturation scale, and the social-emotional developmental rating scale. The results obtained from this study were as follows: 1. HOME, socio-demographic variables had a significant positive correlation (.37∼..66) with children's intellectual ability. 2. HOME, Socio-demographic variables had a significant positive correlation(.26∼..67) with children's social ability. 3. The variables that significantly predicted children's intellectual ability were play materials, breadth of experience and quality of langage environment. 4. The variables that significantly predicted children's social ability were play materials, economic status of the home and parent education. 5. The results of the causal model showed that the kind of variables that affected children's intellectual ability directly were direct stimulation, parent's education, indirect stimulation, and the emotional climate of the home. 6. The results of the analysis of the causal model showed that the kind of variables that affected children's social ability directly were direct stimulation, parent's education, economic status of the home.