Association Between Young Children`s Temperament and Language Development: The Mediating Role of Peer Interactions = Association Between Young Children`s Temperament and Language Development: The Mediating Role of Peer Interactions

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The purpose of this research was to study the role of peer interactions on the children`s temperament and language development. Participants of this research were 1,582 three-year old children and their mothers. The data was from the Panel Study on Korean Children completed between 2008 and 2011 by the Korea Institute of Child Care and Education (KICCE). To assess the mediation model effect on interactions with peers, pathway analysis and mediation effect analysis were conducted. The results of this research are as follows: First, there is no correlation between children`s temperament and language development. Second, of the children`s temperaments, sociality had a significant but weak relationship on effects of peer interaction. Third, peer interaction had a significant but weak relationship with children`s language development. Lastly, peer interactions had mediating effect on children`s temperament and language development.