摘要:The purpose of this study was the development of a scale to assess the daily hassles of school age children. The subjects were 398 third and sixth grade children selected from elementary schools in Seoul,Inchon,Taejon,Kwangju and Pusan. Instruments included a questionnaire composed of a 96-item Daily Hassles Coping Scale,demographic questions,a 27-item Children`s Depression Inventory,the 42-item Han & Yoo Daily Hassles Scale for Children,and a 30-item Children`s Behavior Check List for mothers. Mean,%,χ²,Cramer`s V,Cronbach`s α,factor analysis and Pearson`s r were used for data analysis. 82 items from the 96-item Daily Hassles Coping Scale were selected through the item discriminant method. (Cramer`s V discriminant coefficients ranged from .36 to .79). Five factors were extracted from the lst and 2nd factor analyses. Subscales were "parent-related," "friend-related I," "study-related," "friend-related II," and "teacher-related" stress. Criterion validity of the 82-item scale was confirmed through significant correlations with the Children`s Depression Inventory (r=.55) and the Han & Yoo Daily Hassles Scale for Children (r=.22). Internal consistency of this scale was high,including internal reliability of subscales. These results confirm this scale as a valid and reliable measure of daily hassles of school age children.