The current study aims to examine differences of mother\'s child-rearing
attitude by background variables of infant\'s and mothers, the influence of
mother\'s child-rearing attitude, temperament and goodness of fit of infant\'s
on adjustment to childcare center, and relative influence among elements.
Subjects for the study were 165 infant\'s of two year old attending 8
childcare centers in Seoul, Gyeonggi-do and Jeju-do, and their mothers and
homeroom teachers at childcare centers. As a result of the study, it was
found that there was no difference in background variables such as sex
and order among siblings of infant\'s, childcare experience and average
hours at childcare centers a day, and mother\'s age and job, while there
were differences in mother\'s child-rearing attitude by mother\'s education,
household\'s monthly income and mother\'s working hours per week. Also it
was observed that mother\'s restrictive attitude, positive attitude and infant\'s
regular temperament influenced their adjustment to childcare centers, and
relatively influential elements on general adjustment to childcare centers
were mother\'s restrictive attitude and positive attitude. That is, it was
found that as mother\'s restrictive attitude and positive attitude were high,
infant\'s general adjustment to childcare centers became high.
These study results show that if infant\'s learn basic rules and habits
from parents at home by having positive relationship with mothers, getting
appropriate educative instruction, having proper autonomy and obtaining
positive assessment from their mothers, rather than strict restriction or
bluff, can adapt themselves to childcare centers with no difficulty.
Key Words: child-rearing attitude, temperament, goodness of fit, adjustment