摘要:This study investigated Korean elementary school children’s happiness by gender and grade and by attendance in after-school programs during weekdays and weekends. Participants were 3,608 children in Korean provincial areas except Jeju-do;they responded to the Happiness Scale developed by the researchers. Data were analyzed by frequency,percent,and t-lcst. Results were (1) children’s happiness level was high;girls’ happiness level was higher than boys’. As they moved up in school grade,happiness level decreased. (2) Their attendance in after-school programs during weekdays and weekends decreased their happiness level in leisure and extra academic activity,but it increased happiness in school/communiiy life and sibling relations. Conclusions were that reduction in the amount of children’s after-school programming would increase children’s happiness.
关键词:happiness;elementary school children;after-school program