With children's early academic skills emotion regulation skills examining the relationship between (Şehitkamil district example)

This study aimed to determine the relationship between emotion regulation skills and early academic skills in early childhood. For this purpose, the research was designed using the relational screening model, which is one of the quantitative research models. While the universe of the study consisted of children aged 5-6 receiving preschool education in the Şehitkamil district of Gaziantep province, the sample consisted of 383 children aged 5-6 in preschool education institutions in the Şehitkamil district of Gaziantep province in the 2024-2025 academic year. In the study, "Early Childhood Academic Competence Scale (EÇAYÖ)" was used to determine the academic skills of the children and "Emotion Regulation Scale" to determine the emotion regulation skills. The obtained data were analyzed using statistical package program. According to the results obtained as a result of the analyses, it was determined that there was a positive and weakly significant relationship between the emotion regulation skills of the children who participated in the study and their early academic skills. In addition, the emotion regulation skills and early academic skills of the children; While it was determined that there was a significant relationship between the variables of gender, number of siblings, family income level, mother's education status and father's education status, it was determined that there was no significant relationship with age. Keywords: Emotion regulation skills, early academic skills, preschool period