- 변수연 Sooyeon, Byun
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- Campus : Seoul Campus
- Department : Department of Child and Family Studies
- E-mail : SBYUN10@YONSEI.AC.KR
- Tel : 02-2123-3152
- Office : 삼성관 218호
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Education
Ph.D. Education, Johns Hopkins University
Ed.M. Prevention Science and Practice, Harvard University
M.A. Child Development, Tufts University
B.S. Child and Family Studies, Yonsei University
Ed.M. Prevention Science and Practice, Harvard University
M.A. Child Development, Tufts University
B.S. Child and Family Studies, Yonsei University
Research Interest
- Early childhood educators’ holistic well-being, social and emotional competencies, stress, resilience, professional commitment, work environment, and organizational climate
- Young children’s social, emotional, and civic learning in early care and education settings
- Digitalization in early care and education settings
- Early care and education policy
- Program development and evaluation
- Young children’s social, emotional, and civic learning in early care and education settings
- Digitalization in early care and education settings
- Early care and education policy
- Program development and evaluation
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Byun, S., Lee, Y.*, & Jeon, L. (Accepted). Workplace Relationships, Emotion Regulation, and Teacher-Child Relationships among Early Childhood Educators in South Korea. The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher.
Zhao, X.*, Byun, S., & Jeon, L. (Accepted). Professional Commitment of Teachers in Head Start within A Historically Marginalized Community: Its Association with Perceived Psychological Distress and Physical Safety. Social Psychology of Education.
Byun, S., & Jeon., L. (2025). Associations among preschool classroom chaos, work climates, and child outcomes. Teaching and Teacher Education, 153(104821), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2024.104821
Jeon, L., Burchinal., P. R., & Byun, S. (2025). Does Head Start or public Pre-Kindergarten enrollment matter? Associations with children’s long-term school attendance in Baltimore City. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 71(2), 59-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2024.11.012
Byun, S., Jeong, J., & Jeon, L. (2024). Changes in early care and education settings amid COVID-19: Voices of primary caregivers. Early Education and Development, 35(3), 476-499. https://doi.org/10.1080/10409289.2022.2160922
Ha, N., Byun, S., Lang, S., & Jeon, L. (2024). Qualitative study on Social Emotional Learning for Teachers (SELF-T): A professional development intervention promoting early childhood educators’ knowledge of emotional well-being. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal. Online publication ahead. https://doi.org/10.1080/1350293X.2024.2425947
Wahman, C. L., Byun, S., Jeon, L., White, A., Houston, K., Artman-Meeker, K., & Moustaka, M. (2024). Teachers’ Implementation of Pyramid Model Practices During Remote Instruction. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education. Online publication ahead. https://doi.org/10.1177/0271121424130
고윤지*, 이유승*, & 변수연+. (2024). 디지털 시대 영유아 교사의 디지털 교육 역량 강화 전략: 독일의 사례를 중심으로. 열린유아교육연구, 29(6), 339-368.
이유승*, 오수정*, 고윤지*, & 변수연+. (2024). 영유아교사의 신체 건강에 관한 연구동향 분석: 국내 학회지를 중심으로. 생애학회지, 14(3), 139-160.
Zhang, Q., Xiong, Y., Prasath, P., & Byun, S. (2023). The relationship between international students’ perceived discrimination and self-reported overall health during COVID-19: Indirect associations through positive emotions and perceived social support. Journal of International Students, 14(1), 119-133. https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v14i1.5368
Byun, S., & Jeon, L. (2023). Early Childhood Teachers’ Work Environment, Perceived Personal Stress, and Professional Commitment in South Korea. Child and Youth Care Forum. 52, 1019-1039. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10566-022-09722-9
Byun, S., & Jeon, L. (2023). Preschool teachers’ psychological well-being, emotion regulation, and emotional responsiveness: A US-Korea comparison. Frontiers in Psychology, 14(1152557), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1152557
Byun, S., Zhao, X., Buettner, C. K., Chung, S. A., & Jeon, L. (2022). Early childhood teachers' psychological well-being, competence, and responsiveness toward children: A cross-cultural comparison between teachers in the U.S. and South Korea. Teaching and Teacher Education, 114(103705), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2022.103705
Byun, S., & Slavin, R. E. (2020). Educational responses to the COVID-19 outbreak in South Korea. Best Evidence of Chinese Education, 5(2), 665-680. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3652607
Byun, S., Brumariu, L., & Lyons-Ruth, K. (2016). Disorganized attachment in young adulthood as partial mediator of relations between severity of childhood abuse and dissociation. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 17(4), 460-79. https://doi.org/10.1080/15299732.2016.1141149
Finger, B., Byun, S., Melnick, S., & Lyons-Ruth, K. (2015). Hostile-helpless states of mind mediate relations between severity of abuse and the extent of borderline and antisocial personality disorder features. Translational Developmental Psychiatry 3. https://doi.org/10.3402/tdp.v3.28785
Zhao, X.*, Byun, S., & Jeon, L. (Accepted). Professional Commitment of Teachers in Head Start within A Historically Marginalized Community: Its Association with Perceived Psychological Distress and Physical Safety. Social Psychology of Education.
Byun, S., & Jeon., L. (2025). Associations among preschool classroom chaos, work climates, and child outcomes. Teaching and Teacher Education, 153(104821), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2024.104821
Jeon, L., Burchinal., P. R., & Byun, S. (2025). Does Head Start or public Pre-Kindergarten enrollment matter? Associations with children’s long-term school attendance in Baltimore City. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 71(2), 59-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2024.11.012
Byun, S., Jeong, J., & Jeon, L. (2024). Changes in early care and education settings amid COVID-19: Voices of primary caregivers. Early Education and Development, 35(3), 476-499. https://doi.org/10.1080/10409289.2022.2160922
Ha, N., Byun, S., Lang, S., & Jeon, L. (2024). Qualitative study on Social Emotional Learning for Teachers (SELF-T): A professional development intervention promoting early childhood educators’ knowledge of emotional well-being. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal. Online publication ahead. https://doi.org/10.1080/1350293X.2024.2425947
Wahman, C. L., Byun, S., Jeon, L., White, A., Houston, K., Artman-Meeker, K., & Moustaka, M. (2024). Teachers’ Implementation of Pyramid Model Practices During Remote Instruction. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education. Online publication ahead. https://doi.org/10.1177/0271121424130
고윤지*, 이유승*, & 변수연+. (2024). 디지털 시대 영유아 교사의 디지털 교육 역량 강화 전략: 독일의 사례를 중심으로. 열린유아교육연구, 29(6), 339-368.
이유승*, 오수정*, 고윤지*, & 변수연+. (2024). 영유아교사의 신체 건강에 관한 연구동향 분석: 국내 학회지를 중심으로. 생애학회지, 14(3), 139-160.
Zhang, Q., Xiong, Y., Prasath, P., & Byun, S. (2023). The relationship between international students’ perceived discrimination and self-reported overall health during COVID-19: Indirect associations through positive emotions and perceived social support. Journal of International Students, 14(1), 119-133. https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v14i1.5368
Byun, S., & Jeon, L. (2023). Early Childhood Teachers’ Work Environment, Perceived Personal Stress, and Professional Commitment in South Korea. Child and Youth Care Forum. 52, 1019-1039. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10566-022-09722-9
Byun, S., & Jeon, L. (2023). Preschool teachers’ psychological well-being, emotion regulation, and emotional responsiveness: A US-Korea comparison. Frontiers in Psychology, 14(1152557), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1152557
Byun, S., Zhao, X., Buettner, C. K., Chung, S. A., & Jeon, L. (2022). Early childhood teachers' psychological well-being, competence, and responsiveness toward children: A cross-cultural comparison between teachers in the U.S. and South Korea. Teaching and Teacher Education, 114(103705), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2022.103705
Byun, S., & Slavin, R. E. (2020). Educational responses to the COVID-19 outbreak in South Korea. Best Evidence of Chinese Education, 5(2), 665-680. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3652607
Byun, S., Brumariu, L., & Lyons-Ruth, K. (2016). Disorganized attachment in young adulthood as partial mediator of relations between severity of childhood abuse and dissociation. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 17(4), 460-79. https://doi.org/10.1080/15299732.2016.1141149
Finger, B., Byun, S., Melnick, S., & Lyons-Ruth, K. (2015). Hostile-helpless states of mind mediate relations between severity of abuse and the extent of borderline and antisocial personality disorder features. Translational Developmental Psychiatry 3. https://doi.org/10.3402/tdp.v3.28785