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Involvement of Fathers in The Lives of Children in Preschool Age

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Involvement of Fathers in The Lives of Children in Preschool Age

Abstract

This study was carried out in order to examine the involvement of fathers' in the life of their child-ren attending preschool. The sample of the study consisted of 870 fathers who continued their children in independent districts in the central districts of Ankara, Trabzon and Erzurum. The "Father Involvement Scale" were used in this research. Based on the results of the study, Arbitrary Preoccupation subscale showed that there was a significant difference in the cases of Ankara, Trabzon and Erzurum according to the father's age, education status, and type of marriage; a significant difference was found in Trabzon according to the age of the child. In the subscale of attention and closeness, a significant difference was found according to the type of marriage in the provinces of Ankara, Trabzon, and Erzurum; a significant difference was found according to the gender of the child and the age of the father in Trabzon and Erzurum provinces, the education status of the father in Ankara and Trabzon provinces. In the subscale of Primary Care, a significant difference was found according to the type of marriage in the provinces of Ankara, Trabzon, and Erzurum; a significant difference was found according to the education status of the father in Ankara and Trabzon provinces; the age of the child, the gender of the child and the age of the father in the pro-vince of Trabzon.

Keywords

Pre-school period,Father involvement,Child development

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Kaynak Göster

APA
Aydın Kılıç, Z. N., & Tezel Şahin, F. (2018). Involvement of Fathers in The Lives of Children in Preschool Age. OPUS International Journal of Society Researches, 9(16), 401-436. https://doi.org/10.26466/opus.477012