Journal of Families and Better Life (가정과삶의질연구)

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The Influence of Pre-Service Child Care Teachers' Behavioral Characteristics on Self-Efficacy : Focused on the Mediating Effects of Social Support

예비보육교사의 행동특성이 자기 효능감에 미치는 영향 : 사회적 지지의 매개효과를 중심으로

  • Seol, Hee-Jeong (Department of Child and Family Studies, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Moon, Hyuk-Jun (Department of Child and Family Studies, The Catholic University of Korea)
  • Received : 2013.07.15
  • Accepted : 2013.01.27
  • Published : 2013.12.31
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Abstract

This investigation studied 1)the correlations among pre-service child care teachers' behavioral characteristics, social support and self-efficacy, and 2)the mediating effects of pre-service child care teachers' behavioral characteristics and social support on self-efficacy. The subjects were 240 pre-service child care teachers working at S-center for nursery teacher education or I-center for nursery teacher education in the Incheon area. The findings are as follows. First, the relationships among pre-service child care teachers' behavioral characteristics, social support and self-efficacy were examined by showing correlations. Second, we found that in terms of the mediating role of social support in the relationship between pre-service child care teachers' behavioral characteristics and self-efficacy, type D and type S show self-efficacy; they also have a direct impact on the social support indirectly affected through. Thus, social support can be seen as having a partial mediating effect.

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