Determination of the level of teacher-child relationship in 48-72-month-old children's emotion regulation skills

The main purpose of this study is to examine the emotional regulation skills of 48-72 month-old children and teachers' perception of their relationship with children according to demographic characteristics and to determine the relationship between teacher-child relationship with children's emotion regulation skills and its predictive effect on emotion regulation skills. The study group of the study, which was carried out using the general screening model, consists of 23 independent kindergartens in Gaziantep province, Şahinbey and Şehitkâmil districts, and 238 pre-school teachers who are 48-72 months old children attending preschools affiliated to 15 primary schools. Research data; The child personal information form was collected using the Teacher Personal Information Form, the Student-Teacher Relationship Scale and the Emotion Regulation Scale. The data obtained within the scope of the research; It was analyzed using the SPSS program. The research data were analyzed with "mean", "standard deviation", "T-test", "One-way analysis of variance", "Post-Hoc multiple comparisons test" and "Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient". In addition, "Hierarchical multiple regression analysis" was conducted to determine the best predictors of children's emotion regulation skills. As a result of the study, it was revealed that there was a moderately positive, moderately significant relationship between teacher-child relationship and children's emotion regulation skills, and teacher-child conflict was the best predictor of children's emotion regulation skills. It was found that teachers' perceptions of their relationships with children differ according to the age of the teachers and the socio-economic level of the school where they work, and not according to the variables of gender, professional experience and class size. It was found that emotion regulation skills of children differ according to the gender of the child, the education level of the mother and father, and not according to the child's age, nationality, and the age of the parents.