Study On The Status Of Self-Concept Of Simple Obese Children Aged 5 To 6

This research is for the purpose of exploring the status and existing problems in the development of self-concept of simple obese children aged 5 to 6.Self-Concept refers to how individuals view themselves in various aspects. The evaluation of children's self-concept must consider age-related psychological characteristics. The constituent elements of self-concept of different age are different. For preschoolers, the basic element of self-concept is on general skills, such as physical ability and cognitive ability, and on social acceptance, such as peer acceptance and maternal acceptance.Using Susan Harter's self-concept scale, named The Pictorial Scale of Perceived Competetence and Social Acceptance for Young Children ( PSPCSA ) which was revised by Jiaxiong Zhu, the author tested 67 simple obese and 67normal children aged 5 to 6 . All the research data was reorganized and analyzed by SPSS 15.0. In addition, teachers and children were interviewed under natural background. The research is elaborated as the following:1 The conformity between inner and outer evaluation on the self-concept of simple obese children aged 5 to 6 is significantly different from that of normal children in peer acceptance dimension, which indicates that the key point of psychologically healthy education on the self-concept of simple obese children of this age should be peer acceptance.2.The inner evaluation of the self-concept of simple obese girl is lower than that of the simple obese boy in cognition dimension and remarkable difference is existed.3.Though there are no significantly difference among simple obese children of different obesity degree, the fact that heavy simple obese children has the highest score on maternal acceptance both on inner and on outer evaluation, which seems to indicate that mother of heavy simple obese children have compensation to their children on social acceptance.This research provides real evidence for the status and existing problems in the development of self-concept of 5 to 6 - year- old simple obese children, and beneficial advices for preschool educators as well.