Study On Development Characteristics Of Social Self-concept And The Influence Factors Of It In4-6Years Old Children

Social self-concept is the important part of self-concept. Positive socialself-concept can lay a foundation for the healthy growth of children.1084-6years oldchildren as subjects in this study, using scale measuring method, the purpose was toexamine the development characteristics of social self-concept of4-6years oldchildren. Using clinical conversational method for these108children, from their ownperspective, examined aged4to6children’s self-awareness the influence factors ofparents acceptance, teacher acceptance and peer acceptance.10parents,10teachers,20companions were random sampled in each age stage, using conversational method,from significant others perspective, investigated the influence factors of parentsacceptance, teacher acceptance and peer acceptance of4-6years old children. Theresults have been showed that:（1）For different ages of children, peer acceptance self-concept and teacheracceptance self-concept showed no significant difference, but parents acceptanceself-concept showed significant difference,5years old children perceived parentsacceptance higher than6years old children. For different gender of children, peeracceptance self-concept and parents acceptance self-concept showed no significantdifference, but teacher acceptance self-concept showed significant difference, girlsperceived teacher acceptance was significantly higher than boys.（2）For peer acceptance, there was no significant correlation between children’sself evaluation and teacher evaluation, but there was significant correlation betweenchildren’s self evaluation and teacher acceptance.（3）Children of4-6years old social self-concept influences include sevendimensions are:"serious control","pro social","self experience","intelligencecharacteristics","emotional","good manners" and "learning".（4）From significant others perspective, the main factors of "serious control"and" pro social" were influenced others (parents, teachers, peer) acceptance differentages of children. From children own perspective, different ages of children thought,"serious control","pro social" were the important factors influenced others (parents,teachers, peer) to accept themselves. In addition,4-6years old children thought,"learning" is the important factors influenced teachers acceptance.