Coping with Peer Pressure and Social Emotional Well-Being in Preschool Children

Year 2024, Volume: 6 Issue: 2, 191 - 203, 24.09.2024

Hülya Gülay Ogelman , Döne Kahveci

https://doi.org/10.47806/ijesacademic.1409535

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the social emotional well being of preschool children's in terms of coping skills with peer pressure. A relational screening method was used in this study. The sample group included 202 children aged 4-6 years. Personal Information Form, Social Skill Assessment Scale with the sub-dimension of coping skills with peer pressure, and social emotional well-being and resilience scale (PERIK) used as data collection tools. According to the findings of the research, it was determined that there was a positive correlation between skill level to coping with peer pressure and making contact/social performance, self-control/thoughtfulness, self-assertiveness, emotional stability/coping with stress, task orientation, pleasure in exploring. As the skill level of coping with peer pressure increases, the levels of the variables related to social emotional well-being and psychological resilience increase. As the level of skill coping with peer pressure descrease. It is seen a descrease in related variables. In addition, the perception of peer pressure coping skills predict making contact/social performance, self-control/ thoughtfulness, self-assertiveness, emotional stability/coping with stress, task orientation, pleasure in exploring significantly. The variables of coping skills with peer pressure which was the most predicted by social emotional well-being and psychological resilience were self-assertiveness and making contact/social performance, and the least predicted variable was responsibility task orientation.

Keywords

peer pressure, social emotional well being, preschool period, peer relationships

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