Investigation of the relationship between musical attitudes and social skill levels of 12-14 age group children

In this study, the relationship between music attitudes and social skill levels of 12-14 age group was determined and according to some variables, children's attitudes towards music and social skills levels were examined. Since the existing and current situation about the variables was tried to be determined, descriptive research model was used in the research. The participants included a total of 803 individuals 424 female (52.8%) and 379 male (47.2%) selected from six secondary schools in the districts of Altındağ, Çankaya, Etimesgut, Mamak and Yenimahalle in Ankara during the academic year 2016-2017 form. In the study, the Scale of Attitude towards Music was used to determine children's attitudes towards music. Furthermore, the Social Skill Scale for Children was utilized to determine their social skill levels and Personal Information Form developed by the researcher were used to collect the related demographic information. In the analysis of the collected data, frequency, percentage, Pearson Moments Multiplication Correlation Coefficient, t-test, One way ANOVA and Tukey HSD test were used by means of SPSS 21 program in the study. Findings obtained in the research can be summarized as follows: 1.There was a significant positive correlation between children's attitudes towards music and social skills levels. Accordingly, social attitudes increase as children's attitudes towards music increase. 2.A significant difference was found in the attitudes of children towards music according to the central districts they lived in Ankara, but no significant difference was found in their social skills levels. 3.A significant difference was found in both children's attitudes towards music and social skills levels according to their genders. Girls' attitudes towards music and social skills were found to be higher than boys'. 4.A significant difference was found in both children's attitudes towards music and social skills according to their age. It turns out that the attitudes of 13-year-olds to music are higher than those of 14-year-olds. On the other hand, the social skills of children aged 12 years were found to be higher than those aged 13 and 14 years. 5.A significant difference was found in both children's attitudes towards music and social skills according to their academic achievement perceptions. Children with high academic achievement attitudes were found to have a higher level of attitudes towards music and social skills than children with medium and low achievement perceptions. Similarly, children with a medium academic achievement perception were observed to have a higher level of attitude toward music and social skill level than children with a low achievement perception. 6.There was no significant difference in children's attitudes towards music and social skills levels according to their parents' educational status. 7.According to whether to play a musical instrument different from flute and melodicas, there was a significant difference in children's attitudes towards music as well as social skills levels. Children who stated that they played a musical instrument were found to have a higher attitude towards music and social skill levels than children who indicated that they did not play an instrument. 8.There was a significant difference in children's attitudes towards music as well as their social skill levels according to whether they took any music courses or not. Children who said that they had a music course were found to have a higher attitude towards music and social skill levels than those who indicated that they did not attended a music course.