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The purpose of this study is to understand the temperament of infant(1month～36 months) who are reared in theinstitution apart from their biological rearer, and the general attachment propensity recognized by the infant caregiver. The subjects of this study were the infant(N=103) and caregiver(N=36) in the 7 selected institutionalized center. Theresults of this study are summarized as follows. First, looking into the temperament of the institutionalized infant, theaverage score by the lower category of temperament showed the gentle, continuous, reactive, active and adaptable inorder. The temperament is found to have no correlation according to the infant's variables such as gender, ages andrearing period. Second, looking into how infant-caregiver's general attachment propensity was, it indicated high score inthe seeking contact, protection, expectation, bonding, positive emotion, self-sacrificing, proximity seeking and apathy. Inaddition, as for the infant caregiver's related variables(age, career, number of infants under charge, satisfaction degree,work type), the subordinate variables such as proximity seeking and expectation were correlated to their worksatisfaction. According the work type, apathy and expectation showed significant differences. Meanwhile, the ageandperiod of rearing showed the significant correlation with expectation of the attachment. In addition, the period ofrearing showed significant correlation with self-sacrificing. Third, in the result of examination as to whether theinstitutionalized infant's temperament and attachment are related, it was analyzed that those two were generallycorrelated.

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