Jun Sung Hong, a doctoral candidate in the School of Social Work, collaborated with researchers at two universities in Seoul, South Korea, on studies that examined the origins of preschoolers’ aggressive behavior and tested an intervention program.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Behavioral problems in preschoolers may mirror the intensity and frequency of their parents' marital conflict and signal possible child maltreatment, suggests a new study co-written by Jun Sung Hong, a doctoral candidate in the School of Social Work at the University of Illinois, and researchers at Ewha Womans University and Duksung Women's University, both in Seoul, South Korea. The study, which included more than 340 children, their mothers and their teachers at 20 daycare sites in Korea, was part of a longitudinal project exploring possible links between family conflict and school violence with the goal of developing intervention programs for at-risk children. "Considering that many social problems have their roots in family experiences, scholars have become interested in exploring potential family factors - including marital conflict - that are correlated with young children's aggression," said the study's lead author, Hyun-Sim Doh, a professor in the department of child development in the College of Social Science at Ewha Womans University. "Although the study involved children and their families in Korea, the findings could be relevant to children and their families in the U.S. and other countries because child maltreatment and family violence are worldwide social problems." Additional co-authors were Nana Shin, Min-Jung Kim and Sangwon Kim, Ewha Womans University; and Mi-Kyung Choi, Duksung Women's University.
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