TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Role of Parents' Gender Role Perceptions in Predicting Psychological Resilience in Preschool Children: Exploring the Moderating Effect of Empathy
TT  - Ebeveynlerin Cinsiyet Rolü Algılarının Okul Öncesi Çocuklarda Psikolojik Dayanıklılığı Yordamadaki Rolü: Empatinin Düzenleyici Etkisinin Araştırılması
AU  - Karababa, Pınar
AU  - Koyuncu Şahin, Mine
PY  - 2025
DA  - June
Y2  - 2025
DO  - 10.52826/mcbuefd.1527368
JF  - Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi
JO  - MCBÜEFD
PB  - Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 1309-8918
SP  - 1
EP  - 13
VL  - 13
IS  - 1
LA  - en
AB  - The present study aimed to examine the direct relationships between parents' gender role perceptions, empathy, and their children's levels of psychological resilience, as well as to investigate the moderating role of parents' empathy levels in the relationship between gender role perceptions and children's levels of psychological resilience. The study sample consists of 206 parents (196 mothers and 10 fathers) with children attending preschool. Participants were provided with measures of gender role perceptions, empathy, and psychological resilience along with a personal information form. The research was conducted within the framework of a correlational survey model. The findings indicated significant relationships between parents' gender role perceptions, empathy, and their children's levels of psychological resilience. However, the findings did not provide evidence for the moderating role of parents' empathy levels in the relationship between parents' gender role perceptions and their children's levels of psychological resilience. The results underscore the importance of considering the strong role of parents' gender role perceptions in their children's levels of psychological resilience. The research findings are discussed in the light of literature.
KW  - Gender role perceptions
KW  - Empathy
KW  - Psychological resilience
KW  - Early childhood
KW  - Parents
N2  - Bu araştırmanın amacı ebeveynlerin toplumsal cinsiyet algısı, empati ve çocuklarının psikolojik sağlamlık düzeyleri arasındaki doğrudan ilişkileri ve toplumsal cinsiyet algısı ile çocukların psikolojik sağlamlık düzeyleri arasındaki ilişkide ebeveynlerin empati düzeylerinin düzenleyici rolünü incelemektir. Araştırmanın katılımcı grubunu okul öncesi eğitimine devam eden çocuğa sahip 206 (196 anne ve 10 baba) ebeveyn oluşmaktadır. Katılımcılara kişisel bilgi formu ile birlikte toplumsal cinsiyet algısı, empati ve psikolojik sağlamlık ölçümleri sunulmuştur. Araştırma ilişkisel tarama modeli ışığında gerçekleştirilmiştir. Bulgular ebeveynlerin toplumsal cinsiyet algısı, empati ve çocuklarının psikolojik sağlamlık düzeyleri arasında anlamlı ilişkileri göstermiştir. Bulgular ebeveynlerin toplumsal cinsiyet algısı düzeyleri ile çocuklarının psikolojik sağlamlık düzeyleri arasındaki ilişkide ebeveynlerin empati düzeylerinin düzenleyici rolünü kanıtlamamıştır. Son olarak, araştırma bulguları literatür ışığında tartışılmıştır.
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.52826/mcbuefd.1527368
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