• 한국보육지원학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.1-27
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• 2021

Objective: Covid-19 is changing many aspects of child care programs. The objective of this study was to explore how the pandemic and mitigation efforts affected the experiences and practices at child care centers in the summer of 2020. Methods: Focus group interviews and mobile surveys were conducted with principals and teachers of child care centers in August and September 2020. Descriptive statistics including frequency distributions, means and standard deviations and mean differences were used to analyze the survey data with SPSS 22.0. Results: It was found that each sector of child care settings experienced different difficulties and had various needs. Young children's lack of energy, child care teachers' workload and stress, and principles' efforts to interrupt transmission of the infectious disease based on insufficient government guideline and supports were revealed as the main experiences. Conclusion/Implications: The Covid-19 pandemic has had a tandem of influences on daily life at child care centers. As policy makers consider additional guidelines or supports measures to prevent the infection and spread of Covid-19 at child care centers, long-term as well as short-term plans at various levels should be considered to meet the unique needs of child care programs.

• Child Health Nursing Research
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.31-44
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• 2024

Purpose: This study aimed to identify the infant-rearing experiences of parents during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and provide foundational data for the development of infant-rearing support programs during pandemic situations. Methods: Convergent mixed methods were used to better understand the research outcomes by converging both quantitative and qualitative data. A total of 149 parents with infant-rearing experiences during the pandemic responded to a self-report survey, and 10 parents participated in the interviews. Data were analyzed using Colaizzi's method, descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way analysis of variance, the Scheffé test, Pearson correlation coefficients, and hierarchical regression. Results: Analysis of qualitative data yielded the following three categories: five theme clusters, ten themes, and thirty-nine subthemes. The factors influencing infant-rearing behavior were nuclear family (β=.34, p<.001) and rearing stress (β=-.39, p<.001). The explanatory power of the regression equation was 26.6%. Conclusion: Infectious disease disasters, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, can quickly alter infant-rearing conditions, causing heightened parental anxiety. This may affect infant-rearing behaviors and hinder healthy infant development. Future research should develop a comprehensive tool to measure holistic health-related parenting behaviors across the different stages of child development. Additionally, pediatric nurse practitioners can play an active role in educating parents, supporting parenting, and promoting healthy infant development in their communities, making pediatric nurse practitioners a highly relevant and necessary healthcare profession during infectious disease disasters. Thus, there is a need to improve institutions and build infrastructure at the national level to support them.

• 한국보육지원학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.111-126
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• 2023

Objective: The purpose of the current research is to collect basic data to diagnose the current status and to foresee the future research trends of young children's parent education programs published in South Korea from 2001 to 2020. Methods: Data collection was made out of RISS of Korea. Excel 2016 was used to categorize 210 finally filtered and collected data which included academic journal articles, MA/PhD dissertations, and funded research reports according to analysis criteria by publication year/5-year-term, research theme, research method, and researchers' academic area. Results: Annual/5-year-term analysis shows increasing trends of parent education programs for young children. Quantitative research was the most frequently implemented method, followed by literature reviews, qualitative research, and mixed research method in order. In research theme, parent-competency reinforcement program was the most frequently implemented theme followed by parent education, socio-emotional issue, special education for young children with special needs, family support, early childhood sex education, and program analysis in order. Education area showed the most active participation in parent education program for young children in comparing with other academic areas in research field. Conclusion/Implications: Research trends of young children's parent education programs showed steady increase in their amount, frequency, and diversity as well. Minority parents need more attentions for providing the next young generation's educational equality. Parent programs during COVID-19 need to gain more research attentions as well as care-giving grandparents, social workers, and public health care helpers in child caring service areas in order to alleviate low-birth rate.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.509-519
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• 2021

본 연구는 보육교사의 직무스트레스와 직무소진, 이직의도 조절을 위한 긴급 감염병 상황에서의 회복탄력성에 대한 유용한 정보를 얻고자 수행되었다. 분석을 위해 2020년 8월 19일부터 30일까지 설문을 실시하였고, 최종적으로 201명의 응답을 분석에 활용하였다. 분석결과, 보육교사의 직무스트레스, 직무소진, 이직의도는 낮은 수준, 회복탄력성은 높은 수준으로 확인되었으며, 모두 개인적 특성 유형에 따라 대부분 차이가 있는 것으로 파악되었다. 보육교사의 직무스트레스는 직무소진에 통계적으로 유의한 수준에서 정적(+) 영향력을 미쳤으나 이직의도와는 영향관계가 없는 것으로 판명되었다. 또한 직무스트레스와 직무소진의 관계 속에서 회복탄력성 중 정서조절력, 충동통제력, 적극적 도전성이 조절효과를 나타내었다. 코로나19 바이러스 사태라는 긴급 감염병 위기 상황에서 보육교사의 직무스트레스와 이직의도는 나빠진 것으로 확인되었으며, 가장 큰 이유는 원활한 직무수행이 어려워진 것 때문으로 규명되었었다. 반면 회복탄력성과 직무소진은 이전과 변함없음이 확인되었다. 이에 방역 기반의 직무스트레스와 이직의도 대응, 직무소진과 회복탄력성의 일상적 관리, 자기초점주의 근간의 상담이나 프로그램 등과 같은 회복탄력성 강화 방안을 제시하였다.