Enhancing Resilience and Well-Being in Preschoolers with Mandala Art

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 14 Sayı: 2, 466 - 476, 30.08.2025

Musa Özsavran , Edanur Hotan , Pervin Orhan , Tuğçe Karaoğlu Sinem Yılmaz

Öz

Objective: The aim of the study was to reveal the effect of mandala art practices on the social-emotional well-being and psychological resilience of three-five-year-old children. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted with an experimental research design with a pretest-posttest control group. The participants of the study consisted of 54 children between the ages of three and five attending a kindergarten. While mandala art activities were applied to the intervention group for eight weeks, no intervention was applied to the control group. For data collection, the Children's Descriptive Information Form and the Social Emotional Well-Being and Psychological Resilience Scale for Preschool Children were used. SPSS 25.0 program was used to analyze the data and nonparametric tests were applied. Results: In the study, it was determined that mandala art practices provided a significant increase in the psychological resilience levels of children in the intervention group. An increase was also achieved in all sub-dimension scores. Significant differences were observed especially in the sub-dimensions of Emotional Stability/Coping with Stress and Enjoying Exploration. In particular, these findings show that mandala art activities are effective in increasing children's emotional regulation skills and openness to new experiences. Conclusion: The results of the study revealed that mandala art practices are an effective method for strengthening the psychological resilience of children aged three to five years. These findings support the need for more use of art-based practices in fields such as pediatric nursing and early childhood education.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Social-Emotional Well-Being , Psychological Resilience , Mandala , Children , PediatricNursing

Etik Beyan

Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit Üniversitesi İnsan Araştırmaları Etik Kurulu tarafından onay kararı alınmıştır.

Destekleyen Kurum

Tübitak 2209-A projeleri kapsamında desteklenmiştir.

Mandala Sanatı ile Okul Öncesi Çocuklarda Dayanıklılık ve İyi Olma Halinin Geliştirilmesi

Öz

Amaç: Araştırmanın amacı, mandala sanat uygulamalarının üç-beş yaş grubundaki çocukların sosyal-duygusal iyi oluşları ve psikolojik sağlamlıkları üzerindeki etkisini ortaya koymaktır. Yöntem:Bu çalışma, ön test-son test kontrol gruplu deneysel bir araştırma tasarımıyla yürütülmüştür. Araştırmanın katılımcılarını bir anaokulda eğitim gören üç-beş yaş arası 54 çocuk oluşturmuştur. Deney grubuna sekiz hafta boyunca mandala sanat etkinlikleri uygulanırken, kontrol grubuna herhangi bir müdahalede bulunulmamıştır. Veri toplamada Çocuklar için Tanıtıcı Bilgi Formu ve Okul Öncesi Çocuklar İçin Sosyal Duygusal İyi Oluş ve Psikolojik Sağlamlık Ölçeği kullanılmıştır.Verilerin analizinde SPSS 25.0 programı kullanılmış ve nonparametrik testler uygulanmıştır. Bulgular: Araştırmada, mandala sanat uygulamalarının deney grubundaki çocukların psikolojik sağlamlık düzeylerinde anlamlı bir artış sağladığı belirlenmiştir. Tüm alt boyut puanlarında da artış sağlanmıştır. Özellikle Duygusal İstikrar/Stresle Başa Çıkma ve Keşfetmekten Hoşlanma alt boyutlarında anlamlı farklılıklar gözlemlenmiştir. Özellikle bu bulgular, mandala sanat etkinliklerinin çocukların duygusal düzenleme becerilerini ve yeni deneyimlere açıklıklarını artırmada etkili olduğunu göstermektedir. Sonuç: Araştırma sonuçları, mandala sanat uygulamalarının üç-beş yaş grubu çocukların psikolojik sağlamlıklarını güçlendirmede etkili bir yöntem olduğunu ortaya koymaktadır. Bu bulgular, çocuk hemşireliği ve erken çocukluk eğitimi gibi alanlarda sanat temelli uygulamaların daha fazla kullanılması gerektiğini desteklemektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Sosyal-Duygusal İyi oluş , Psikolojik Sağlamlık , Mandala , Çocuklar , Çocuk Hemşireliği

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