@article{article_445171, title={Effectiveness of the Training Program in Improving Mother Child Relationship through Play}, journal={Ankara University Journal of Faculty of Educational Sciences (JFES)}, volume={43}, pages={123–148}, year={2010}, DOI={10.1501/Egifak_0000001205}, author={Akgün, Ege and Yeşilyaprak, Binnur}, keywords={Anne çocuk ilişkisi, anne eğitimi, okul öncesi}, abstract={This study aims to examine the effects of the “Training Program in Improving Mother Child Relationship through Play” on the interaction between mothers and their 4-5 year old children. It is an experimental study based on the pretest, post-test, follow-up test model with experimental, placebo and control groups. The study was conducted with the voluntary participation of upper socio-economic level mothers. Data were obtained by using the Parent Child Relationship Scale, written excerpts in which mothers described the relationships between themselves and their children, and video-recordings of interviews. The meaningfulness of the difference between groups was examined by using the Kruskall Wallis H and Mann Whitney U Tests, and the meaningfulness of the difference between measurements was tested by using the Wilcoxon Test.As a result of the analyses performed in all three groups, a meaningful improvement was seen in the relationships of experimental group mothers with their children}, number={2}, publisher={Ankara Üniversitesi}