Research of The Relations Between 4-5 Year Old Children’s Emotion Regulation Skills and Their Mother-Father Acceptance-Rejection Levels

Abstract

The present study aimed to research the relations between 5-6 year old children emotional regulation skills and their mother-father acceptance-rejection levels. The study group of this research consists of 219 children aged 4 and 5 who attend official independent kindergartens in the district of Küçükçekmece, Istanbul in the academic year 2020-2021 and their parents. "Parental Acceptance Rejection Questionnaire (Mother Form/Father Form)", "Emotion Regulation Scale" were used to collect the data. SPSS 26.0 package program was used for statistical analysis of the data in the research. For the analysis of the data; descriptive analyzes, Pearson Product Moments Correlation were used. According to the findings obtained from the research, a negative significant relation was found between the level of rejection of the parents and the emotion regulation skills of the children.

Keywords

• Parental acceptance-rejection
• emotion regulation
• preschool

4-5 Yaş Çocukların Duygu Düzenleme Becerileri ile Anne-Babalarının Kabul-Red Düzeyleri Arasındaki İlişkinin İncelenmesi

Abstract

Bu araştırma 4-5 yaş çocukların duygu düzenleme becerileri ile anne ve babalarının kabul-red düzeyleri arasındaki ilişkiyi incelemek amacıyla gerçekleştirilmiştir. Nicel araştırma yöntemlerinden ilişkisel tarama modelinin kullanıldığı bu araştırmanın çalışma grubunu 2020-2021 eğitim-öğretim yılında İstanbul ili Küçükçekmece ilçesinde resmi bağımsız anaokullarına devam eden 4-5 yaş 219 çocuk ve onların anne/babaları oluşturmaktadır. Verileri toplamak için “Ebeveyn Kabul Red Ölçeği (Anne formu/Baba formu)” ve “Duygu Düzenleme Ölçeği” kullanılmıştır. Araştırmada verilerin istatistiki çözümlenmesi için SPSS 26.0 paket programı kullanılmıştır. Verilerin analizi için betimsel analizler, Pearson Momentler Çarpım korelasyonu kullanılmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda anne ve baba red düzeyi ile çocukların duygu düzenleme becerileri arasında negatif yönlü anlamlı bir ilişkiye rastlanmıştır.

Keywords

• Ebeveyn kabul-reddi
• duygu düzenleme
• okul öncesi

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