• 한국보육지원학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.201-218
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• 2016

The aim of this study is to examine children's desires in a toy library and what they want to do there in order to reflect their opinions on constructing a toy library in a child care center. The study has been conducted by participatory observation on a 'toy library' project consisting of 20 five-year-olds attending B public child care center in Seoul. Observational notes were taken with voice and video recordings. The results of analysis on collected data are as follows. First, the children wanted to call the toy library a toy playground because a toy library is not for study but for play and they wanted space for rest and display with no surveillance camera. Second, they wanted to play freely without any interruption, even leaving things scattered and also wanted to play with parents and friends. Discussion followed in the view of children's right to play and to express their opinions.

• 한국가구학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.262-273
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• 2009

An investigation was conducted to know a prospect of woody toy in Korea for physical, psychological and intellectual development. It was told that toys that stimulate cognitive development are appropriate for the child's capabilities, responsive to the child's movements, provide feedback when manipulated, and require imagination or fantasy. Toys particularly useful in the development of these abilities include dolls, figures, cuddly toys, puppets, costumes, and construction toys. Therefore, a toy is a wonderful object, indispensable to physical, psychological and intellectual development, both for those who have the capacity to integrate into society and for those who encounter difficulties. If we can replace a plastic toys by a environmental wooden toys, we can contribute to child development that is especially to promote creativity, artistic, problem-solving, language and social skills. In addition, we can support the ability of wood toy manufacturers to market their products in a responsible way and contribute to strengthen the competitiveness of our commodities on international markets.

• 산업공학
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.107-113
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• 2002

Recent reports studied that injuries or deaths frequently occurred in consumer product accidents by product defects. Broadly speaking, product liability is liability which is imposed upon a manufacturer or other seller for personal injury, death, property damage and/or commercial loss arising with respect to a product or service provided by it. In this study, we want to search a method of prevention against appling PL laws. The way was researching on the level of appreciation of PL law, warning messages's means and design criteria for seller or consumer of child toys. As a result, most people didn't understand PL laws. Although they read them before purchasing child toy, many consumers didn't differentiate means of "Notice", "Warning", and "Danger" in warning messages. In addition, they considered important factors in warning messages as notice warning, safety mark(UL, etc), age recommendation and color in order. This study will be effective to search a method of prevention against PL laws.

• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.106-114
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• 2017

Objectives: This study was to examine the effectiveness of computerized cognitive ability enhancement program (CCAEP) using Smarttoy. The CCAEP using Smart-toy which can interact with children via bluetooth is a kids-friendly and convenient method for improving children's cognitive abilities by increasing their motivation for performing the program. We developed the CCAEP which designed to train auditory-verbal memory, visual-spatial memory, auditory-verbal working memory, and visual-spatial working memory. Methods: Eighteen children aged 8 to 10 participated in CCAEP individual training composed of 8 sessions of 40 minutes each for 4 weeks. The effect of the training was measured with Smart Toyweb's cognitive assessment tasks (smart device based assessment) as well as traditional neuropsychological tests before and after the training. Results: Children showed significant improvement in auditory-verbal memory, visual-spatial memory, auditory-verbal working memory and visual-spatial working memory abilities after the training. Conclusion: This study demonstrated promising results suggesting the effectiveness of CCAEP using Smart-Toy in clinical settings as well as school and home situations. Further controlled study with larger sample size including various clinical groups is needed to confirm the present results.

• 한국가구학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.317-325
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• 2009

On the ground of that toy as for infants is an important tool for education as well as play and furthermore it has a great influences on their growth and development, the present study intends to analyze the characteristics of the infant-oriented toys made of wood, the environment-friendly material. Object of the study includes the infants aged 2 to 7, and the wooden toy not only in domestic also international cases are investigated and analyzed from the point of function and design in particular, and the infant-oriented wooden toy is finally characterized. The wooden toys are classified in 5 items according to functions. There are toy helping a physical development like small muscles, toy improving the creativity, toy assisting language learning like Korean & English, toy contributing to number understanding and counting, and toy for imitation of social roles. The characteristics of the wooden toy are that the natural color & grain of wood are shown first, and also the natural texture & aroma of wood are felt secondly, and geometric design and shape are often presented thirdly, and recycling is available fourthly, and it is expensive finally. In order to revitalize the wooden toys lagging behind the cheap and diverse toys made of plastic, it is highly needed that development of the environment-friendly painting, unique design, marketing strategy of enterprises and use of domestic wood material.

• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.109-115
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• 1995

2세 10개월된 중증 정신지체아동의 이미증 치료에서 지시따르기 훈련을 통한 장난감 놀이지도(DRO)와 이미증 제재수단으로 얼굴가리개(Facial Screening)가 사용되었다. 이 아동의 이미증은 주로 손가락 빨기, 장난감 입에 넣고 빨기, 주위의 물건에 닥치는 대로 입을 대고 빠는 형태이다 빠는 행위의 발생은 장난감 놀이지도 전에는 15분 당 평균 18.6회였으나, 놀이지도 기간에는 평균 5.4회, 얼굴가리개를 통해 빠는 행위를 제재한 치료기간에는 평균 2.3회로 감소되어, 얼굴가리개의 사용이 이 아동의 이미증 치료에 큰 효과를 보였다. 이 아동은 이미증 이외에 구토행위를 보였는데, 본 연구에서는 구토행위를 치료하지 않았으나, 놀이지도 및 이미증 치료기간 동안 구토행위가 저절로 감소된 현상을 보인 것은 기존 연구에서 밝혀진 바와 같이 한 행동의 치료가 다른 문제행동의 감소에 영향을 줄 수 있음을 증명하고 있다.

• 아동학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.27-39
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• 2004

This study was to find out children's Negotiation Levels(NLs) according to their age and gender. The subjects for this study were 143 children of 7, 9, 12 years. Two children dyads participated in the experimental play situation with Rokenbok Electronic Toy Systems. The NLs in children's interactive dialogue & actions were scored with Stone, Robinson & Taylor(1980)'s 'Negotiation of Task Completion Coding Manual'. They were coded into Level 0(no interaction), Level l(one way interaction), Level 2(reciprocally interaction), Level 3(mutual or cooperative interaction). The results were as follows; 1) 12-year-old children negotiated with higher level than 7-and 9-year old children 2) Boys' NLs average were higher than girls'. These results imply that 1) the fluctuation of NLs in childhood, especially around 10 years, should be interpreted carefully, 2) various measuring kits for negotiation should be developed considering children's characteristics, such as age, gender etc.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제19권8호
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• pp.172-183
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• 2019

현대 사회는 적은 자녀만 낳아 키우는 추세이다. 그러다보니 학부모들은 자녀의 창의적 사고방식에 대해 관심이 많아지고 새로운 교육 방식을 찾기 시작하였다. 육아종합지원센터는 다양한 장난감 및 도서 대여를 통해 아동에게는 신체 및 정서적, 사회성을 향상시켜주고 부모에게는 가계 부담을 경감시켜주는 긍정적 효과를 제공하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 육아종합지원센터에서 운영하는 장난감 도서관을 효과적으로 활용할 수 있는 대여 반납 시스템을 설계하고 구축한다. 제안하는 시스템은 사용자 누구나 육아종합지원센터에서 운영하는 모든 지점의 품목을 쉽게 검색하고 대여 및 반납 내역을 관리할 수 있도록 한다. 관리자는 대여 및 반납 처리 시스템을 통해 발생하는 대여, 반납, 연체 등의 데이터를 관리하고, 이때 만들어지는 데이터들의 통계를 통해 육아종합지원센터를 효과적으로 운영할 수 있다. 또한, 아동에게는 다양한 놀이문화를 제공하고 가정에 문화적 혜택을 제공해 부모의 양육 부담을 경감시킬 것을 기대한다.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.17-26
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• 2014

Background: Despite children's unique characteristics that distinguish them from adults, relatively few attempts have been made to measure exposure factors for characterization of children's exposure to hazardous chemicals in child-specific products (CSP). This study was conducted to establish the child-specific exposure factors for exposure and risk assessment of hazardous substances in CSP. Methods: We investigated the exposure factors (e.g., time use of child-products, time and frequency of object-to-body contact, time and frequency of object-to-mouth contact) influencing children's exposure to CSP (e.g., toys, playmats, oil pastels, etc.) in 650 children through a parent-completed questionnaire using a web-based survey. Participants were recruited in five age groups, <1, 1-2, 2-3, 3-6, and 6-12 years of age. Results: The child-specific exposure factors were presented as the mean, median, $95^{th}$ percentile, minimum, and maximum values. Time activity for play mats was the longest among CSP and infants spent more time on them than did elder age groups (189.3-224.7 min/day for <1-2 years vs. 91.2 min/day for 6-12 years). It is apparent that time and frequency of toy block- and plastic toy-to-mouth contact significantly decreased as a function of age. When the variation of CSP use patterns was compared by gender, the only variable that was statistically different between genders was time activity in child-products exposure space. Conclusion: We believe the five child-specific exposure factors suggested in the present study will be valuable for reducing uncertainty in the estimation of chemical exposure during risk assessment of CSP and furthermore, in the appropriate regulations to protect children's health.

• 아동학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.177-197
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• 1999

The purpose of this study was to provide the basis for establishing policies and recommendations to the legal system to ensure children's safety related to playground equipment and toys. The present legal system, including national inspections and safety requirements were reviewed both in Korea and other advanced countries. Several issues were found related to accident prevention and improvement of playground and toy safety in Korea. Recommendations were made for the development of educational safety programs for children, parents, teachers, consumers, industry, administrators, and policy makers.