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초록

This study examined the mediating effect of playfulness on the relationship between child temperament and child sociability, maternal attachment and child sociability. For this study, the data was collected through questionaire method from 404 mothers whose 4-6 years old children attended nine different daycare centers and kindergartens located in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province. Descriptive statistics and correlation analysis was analyzed by SPSS 24.0 and PROCESS macro ver. 3.2 and the verification of mediating effect and bootstrapping was done by PROCESS macro model 4. The result of analysis were as follows: First, the emotional temperament affected child sociability but mediating effect through playfulness wasn’t effective. Second, the activity temperament didn’t affect child sociability directly but it is effective indirectly through playfulness. Third, the social temperament affect child sociability directly and it is effective indirectly through playfulness. Fourth, the maternal attachment affect child sociability directly and it is effective indirectly through playfulness. This study examined the mediating effect of playfulness on the relationship between child activity, social temperament, maternal attachment and child sociability. This result has great significant for identifying influence on important factors for improvement of child sociability.

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