The Investigation of Emotion Regulation Skills According to Ego Resiliency Levels of 60-72 Months Old Turkish Preschoolers

Abstract

It could be stated that emotional self regulation is an important factor to built resilience in children who have suffer with adversity early in life. The aim of this research is to investigate the relationship between emotion regulation skills and ego resiliency levels in Turkish preschoolers. The study group of the research, which was designed in survey method, consisted of 288 children of 60-72 months who were attending preschools in 2015-16 academic year in Istanbul city. The “Personal Information Form”, the “Children’s Ego Resiliency Scale” and the “Emotion Regulation Checklist” were used as data collection tools. The results indicated that emotion regulation skills differs according to ego resiliency level of preschool children. Age and gender variables were found not to be related to children's ego resiliency and emotion regulation skills. Furthermore, when we examine the association of gender, age, and emotional regulation on the level of ego resiliency, it is found that these three variables are not related to ego resiliency together.

Keywords

• Ego resilience,emotion regulation,preschool period.

Türkiye’deki 60-72 Aylık Çocuklarda Duygu Düzenleme Becerilerinin Ego Sağlamlık Düzeylerine Göre İncelenmesi

Abstract

Erken çocukluk döneminde zor durumlarla baş eden çocuklardaki ego sağlamlığının oluşmasında, duygusal düzenlemenin önemli bir etken olduğu bulunmuştur (Bonanno ve Diminich 2013). Bu araştırmanın amacı duygu düzenleme becerilerinin ego sağlamlık düzeyi ile ilişkisini Türkiye’deki okul öncesi dönemi çocuklarında ortaya koymaktır. İlişkisel tarama modelinde tasarlanan araştırmanın çalışma grubunu 2015-16 öğretim yılında İstanbul ilindeki anaokullarına devam eden, 60-72 aylık 288 çocuk ve anneleri oluşturmaktadır. Veri toplama araçları olarak "Kişisel Bilgi Formu", "Çocuk Ego Sağlamlığı Ölçeği" ve "Duygu Düzenleme Ölçeği" kullanılmıştır. Sonuçlar, okul öncesi dönem çocuklarda duygu düzenleme becerilerinin ego sağlamlık düzeyine göre farklılaştığını ortaya koymuştur. Yaş ve cinsiyet değişkenlerinin ise çocukların ego sağlamlık ve duygu düzenleme becerileri üzerinde etkisi olmadığı bulunmuştur. Ayrıca cinsiyet, yaş ve duygu düzenleme becerisinin ego sağlamlık düzeyi üzerindeki birlikte etkisine bakıldığında, bu üç değişkenin birlikte ego sağlamlık düzeyi üzerinde etkili olmadığı bulunmuştur. 

Keywords

• Ego sağlamlığı,duygu düzenleme,okul öncesi

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