The relationship between family units and tolerance tendencies of 4th grade elementary school students

This research was conducted to determine the relationship between the importance of family cohesion and the tendency towards tolerance in the 4th grade primary school students. For this purpose, a 18-item Tolerance Tendency Scale consisting of three sub-dimensions and a 22-item Family Unity Scale were used. The subscales of the Tolerance Tendency Scale are "value", "acceptance" and "empathy". The sub-dimensions of the Family Unity Do Scene are "love", "respect", "communication" and "loyalty". 531 (49%) female and 565 male (51%) students in the study group in the province of Adapazarı in the province of Sakarya in the academic year 2014-2015 constitute a total of 1101 elementary school 4th grade students. In the research, the comparison type relational scan model was used in the survey models. Parametric T test has been used as a statistical technique in the analysis of data that related to the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test result regarding gender, mother's employment status, parental cohabitation, family type and school type variables; Kruskal Wallis H test was performed for the income level change according to the perceptions of the students. The Mann-Whitney U test was used to determine which groups were significant differences in the Kruskal-Wallis H test result. Arithmetic mean of 1.00-1.79 is not appropriate, 1.80-2.59 is not appropriate, 2.60-3.39 is somewhat appropriate, 3.40-4.19 is appropriate, and 4.20-5.00 is entirely appropriate. As a result of the researh, it was found that there is a meaningful and positive relation for students between importance of family cohesion and the levels of tolerance tendency; that the level of giving importance to family cohesion of students does not change significantly according to gender, whether or not their mothers work in jobs which provide income, types of families or schools; but changes significantly according to the situation in which the parents live together in favor of the students whose parents live together, according to the level of income perceived by students in favor of high income levels. It was found that the level of tolerance tendency of the students did not significantly differ between the mothers working level of income and family scale. The level of tolerance tendency of students; It has been found that for the students who are girls according to their genders, the parents differ significantly in favor of the students who live together in the private school according to the state of the cohabitation, according to the level of income they have perceived. Keywords: Value, Family, Family Union, Caring About Family Unity, Tolerance, Tolerance Tendencies.