KICCE Policy Brief

Latent profile analysis of infant teachers’ burnout and efficacy and their association with job satisfaction UiJae Kwon This study classifies the latent profiles of infant teachers based on their burnout and efficacy levels and examines their relationship with job satisfaction. It highlights the diversity within the teacher population and the need for tailored support strategies. Data from the second year of the Korean Early Childhood Education and Care Panel (K-ECEC-P) were analyzed, and..

• Chief Of ResearchUiJae Kwon
• PublishDate2025-12-31

Longitudinal Effects of Employed Mothers’ Work–Family Conflict on Adolescents’ Media Device Addiction during COVID-19: The Role of Parenting Stress and Family Communication Yueyang He, Eunho Jo, Hyunmin Yeo and Hyoun K. Kim This study examines the extent to which employed mothers’ work–family conflict (Wave 13) during the COVID-19 pandemic influenced adolescents’ media device addiction (Wave 15) two years later, as well as the mediating roles of parenting stress (Wave 14) and fa..

• Chief Of ResearchYueyang He
• ResearchersEunho Jo, Hyunmin Yeo and Hyoun K. Kim
• PublishDate2025-12-31

Exploring Predictors of Fertility Intention Among Dual-Earner Married Women: Using the Random Forest Method Lira Ahn This study applied the random forest method to explore the factors influencing the fertility intentions of married, dual-income women and to determine how each factor impacts their decision-making. The analysis utilized data from the 4th(2012) to the 9th(2022) waves of the Korean Longitudinal Survey of Women and Families(KLoWF), and included 3,314 cases of married, dual-ear..

• Chief Of ResearchLira Ahn
• PublishDate2025-08-31

Time-Related Childcare Support Policies for Fathers and Their Effects on Mothers' Birth Plans: The Mediating Role of Paternal Involvement Ji Young La and Gayoung Hu This study aimed to analyze the effects of time-related childcare support policies for fathers on mothers’ subsequent childbirth plans and to examine the mediating effect of fathers’ involvement in child-rearing. Using data from the first wave of the Korean Early Childhood Education and Care Panel, this study found the fol..

• Chief Of ResearchJi Young La
• ResearchersGayoung Hu
• PublishDate2025-04-30

Identifying Change Trajectories of Body Image and its Relation to Individual and Emotional Factors Hayeon Park and Yea-Ji Hong This study aimed to identify longitudinal changes in the body image of adolescents and examine their relationship with individual and emotional factors. To achieve these goals, a growth mixture model was constructed using data from the 12th to 15th waves of the Panel Study on Korean Children. The results are summarized as follows: First, the linear model w..

• Chief Of ResearchHayeon Park
• ResearchersYea-Ji Hong
• PublishDate2025-04-30

The Mediating Role of Executive Function Difficulties in the Link Between Early Parent–Child Interaction and Later Media Device Addiction in Elementary School: A Longitudinal Analysis Hyo Eun Jang This study examined the longitudinal mediating effect of executive function difficulties in the relationship between parent–child interaction in early elementary school and media device addiction in later elementary school. A multivariate latent growth modeling approach was employed using lo..

• Chief Of ResearchHyo Eun Jang
• PublishDate2025-04-30

Longitudinal Effects of Sleep Duration and Sleep Problems in Early Childhood on Children's School Adaptation and Academic Performance: The Mediating Effect of Executive Function Difficulties Jisu Han and Yeojin Oh This study examined whether sleep duration and sleep problems in 5-year-old children impact their school adaptation and academic performance in the second grade of elementary school, which is mediated by executive function in the first grade. For this purpose, a path analysis wa..

• Chief Of ResearchJisu Han
• ResearchersYeojin Oh
• PublishDate2024-12-31

The Effects of Authoritative Parenting in Childhood on Adolescent Susceptibility to Violence: The Dual Mediated Effect of Self-Esteem and Empathy Hyesun Choi This study aimded to understand the effect of authoritative parenting during childhood on adolescents’ susceptibility to cyber violence through self-esteem and empathy. Data from the 11th and 14th Panel Studies on Korean Children were used, and data from 1,167 households were analyzed. The childrem included 600 boys and 567 girls. ..

• Chief Of ResearchHyesun Choi
• PublishDate2024-12-31

Exploring patterns of change and factors influencing media device addiction during transitional periods using latent transition analysis and random forest analysis Nanok Kim and Jihyeon Jang This study aims to explore the changes in the media device addiction profile of elementary-middle school transition period, and to identify the variables that influenced the negative transition. For this purpose, latent transition analysis and random forest analysis were performed on 1,138 students us..

• Chief Of ResearchNanok Kim
• ResearchersJihyeon Jang
• PublishDate2024-12-31

Comparison of Predictive Models for Subsequent Childbirth Intentions by Age Group Using Machine Learning and Network Analysis Yun-Yong Eom This study aimed to explore the factors predicting the intention of subsequent childbirth and to identify the interactions and importance of these predictive factors through network analysis. For this purpose, data from 1,922 mothers in 2022 Korean Early Childhood education and care panels were analyzed. Relationships between 20 predictive factors, inc..

• Chief Of ResearchYun-Yong Eom
• PublishDate2024-12-31