Examining the relationship between the well-being and psychological resilience of mothers of preschool children and their children's emotion regulation skills

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between mothers' well-being and psychological resilience levels and their children's emotion regulation skills. The research was designed using in the correlational model, one of the quantitative research methods. The sample of the research consists of mothers of a total of 262 children between the ages of 36-72 months. The data collection process of the study was conduct with mothers; Personal Information Form, PERMA scale for mothers' well-being levels, Short Psychological Resilience Scale for mothers' psychological resilience levels, and Emotion Regulation Skills Scale for children's emotion regulation skills were used as data collection tools. The data of the study were collected via an online Google form between October 2022 and September 2023. According to the results, while a positive significant relationship was found between mothers' well-being and psychological resilience, the relationship with children's emotion regulation skills was not found to be significant. It was found that with working mothers having higher psychological resilience compared to non-working mothers. The current study reveals that mothers' well-being and psychological resilience levels differ in terms of various variables and that further research is needed. Keywords: well-being, psychological resilience, emotion regulation, motherhood