摘要：This study examined the moderating role of young children`s playfulness and the association between maternal parenting and young children`s peer competency. The subjects of the present study were 132 4 or 5-year-old young children and their mothers recruited from child-care centers in Seoul and Gyeonggi-Do. The findings of this Study were as follows: First,maternal parenting influenced children`s peer competency. Second,young children`s playfulness influenced young children`s peer competency. Third,the association between overprotective and permissive maternal parenting styles and young children`s leadership abilities were negative only in the low cognitive playfulness group. Fourth,the association between maternal rejective and negligent parenting and young children`s socialibility were found to be negative only in the low physical playfulness group.
