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The Effects of Young Children's Emotionality on Their Eating Behavior Problems: With a Focus on the Effect of Mediation of Behavior Problems

유아의 식행동 문제에 대한 정서성의 영향: 행동문제의 매개효과를 중심으로

  • Received : 2011.11.15
  • Accepted : 2012.01.19
  • Published : 2012.04.30
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Abstract

This study focused on the relationships among emotionality, eating behavior problems, and behavior problems in a sample of 185 four- to five-year-old children attending kindergarten or a day care center in Seoul. The values were all measured by their teachers. The collected data were analyzed using simple regression and hierarchical multiple regression. The main results of this study were as follows. First, children's positive and negative emotionality each exerted negative and positive effects on their internalizing behavior problems. Second, children's positive emotionality had a negative influence on their eating behavior problems. On the other hand, children's negative emotionality had a positive influence on eating behavior problems. Finally, effect of children's positive emotionality on their eating behavior problems was partially mediated by internalizing behavior problems. On the other hand, the effect of children's negative emotionality on their eating behavior problems was totally mediated by their internalizing behavior problems.

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