Abstract
The purpose of present study was to investigate whether the knowledge that the use of self-instruction strategy results in improved resistance to temptation play an important role in continuing to use the instructed self-instruction strategy in resistance to temptation situation. In order to exsamine this purpose, experimenter first instructed both self-instruction strategy and effectiveness of its strategy to preschool-children who don't have the knowledge about the benefit of self-instruction strategy, and furthmore don't use the strategy in resistance to temptation situation. And thereafter experimenter exsamined whether subiects who acquired the knowledge about the strategy's benefit continue using the instructed self-instruction strategy. The main results were as follows ; (1). Subjects who acquired the knowledge achieved maintenance of self-instruction strategy. (2). Subjects who could not acquire the knowledge failed to maintain the instructed strategy. Thus, it was suggested from this study that knowledge about the effectiveness of self-instruction strategy played an important role in the maintenance of self-instruction strategy. Key words self-instruction strategy, resistance to tempation, knowledge about the benefit of selfinstruction strategy, preschool-children, maintenance of self-instruction strategy.
