@article{article_1597692, title={Examination of Preschool Children’s Social Information Processing Skills in Terms of Attention and Emotion Regulation Skills}, journal={Participatory Educational Research}, volume={12}, pages={82–99}, year={2025}, DOI={10.17275/per.25.50.12.4}, url={https://izlik.org/JA78SP24WX}, author={Doğan Marsak, Ebru and Alakoç, Devlet}, keywords={Social information processing, emotion regulation, attention}, abstract={This study aims to investigate the predictive effect of children’s attention and emotion regulation skills, along with the examined demographic variables, on their social information processing abilities. Furthermore, it seeks to explore social information processing, emotion regulation, and attention skills in relation to children’s age, gender, and duration of preschool education. The study group comprised 201 children aged between 60 and 72 months enrolled in preschools located in the city centre of Karaman, Türkiye. The study was designed using the relational survey model. Data collection instruments included the Personal Information Form, the Social Information Processing Process Test for Preschool Children, the Emotion Regulation Scale, and the FTF-K Attention Collection Test. Findings indicated that attention skills emerged as a significant predictor of social information processing skills, followed by the child’s age range and emotion regulation skills. Additionally, while no substantial gender differences were observed in terms of social information processing and attention skills, a notable distinction was identified in favour of girls in emotion regulation skills. Furthermore, a significant disparity was identified in the social information processing and attention skills of children between the ages of 66 and 72 months, with a tendency towards higher performance in girls. The study concluded that social information processing, emotion and attention skills varied significantly based on the duration of preschool education, with children who attended preschool for a year or more demonstrating higher mean scores.}, number={4}