Behavioral self-regulation and emotion regulation skills of 5-6 years old children

This study was conducted to examine the behavioral self-regulation skills and emotion regulation skills of 5-6 year old children attending preschool education institutions. The research was conducted with a total of 428 children, 187 girls and 241 boys, in the 5-6 age group, who attend the kindergartens and independent kindergartens of official primary schools affiliated to the Ministry of National Education located in the Central districts of Malatya Province. "Personal Information Form""General Information Form" in order to reach the necessary information about children and their families in the study; "Child Behavior Evaluation Scale (CARS)" to determine children's behavioral self-regulation skills; "Emotion Regulation Scale (DAS)" was used to determine the emotion regulation of children. In the analysis of the research data, Mann Whitney U test was used in paired comparisons according to the number of categories of independent variables, while Kruskal Wallis H Test was used in comparing more than two groups. In cases where the Kruskal Wallis H Test was significant, non-parametric comparison test was used to determine which groups had a significant difference. Relationships between the Child Behavior Evaluation Scale (CARSS) and Emotion Regulation Scale (DAS) scores were examined with the Spearman Correlation Test. As a result of the study, it was determined that the behavioral self-regulation and emotion regulation skills of the children showed a statistically significant difference according to the child's age, gender, type of preschool institution attended, duration of school attendance, number of siblings, parents' education level, mother's employment status and family monthly income. (p <0.05). In addition, the study concluded that there is a significant positive relationship between behavioral self-regulation skills and emotion regulation skills.