COMPARISON OF SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL COMPETENCE AND PLAY BEHAVIORS OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN WHO HAVE AND HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED AN EARTHQUAKE

Authors : Hülya Gülay Ogelman, Betül Sarı, Naciye Dursun, Dervişe Amca Toklu

Pages : 122-145

Doi:10.31798/ses.1566237

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Publication Date : 2024-12-21

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :It was aimed to compare the social-emotional competence and play behaviors of preschool children who did and did not experience the 6 February 2023 Kahramanmaraş Earthquakes in this study. There are two study groups in the research. The first study group consists of 114 children aged 5-6 years who witnessed the 6 February Kahramanmaraş earthquake, who reside in Adıyaman province, who attend preschool education, and who lack any special education diagnosis. The second study group consists of 87 children aged 5-6 years who have never witnessed an earthquake, who reside in Sinop province, attend preschool education, and who lack any special education diagnosis. According to the research findings, empathy, emotion recognition/emotion expression, self-regulation, social competence, and social play score averages of five- and six-year-old children who have and don’t have an earthquake experience show a significant difference in favor of children who don’t have an earthquake experience. On the other hand, concerning the earthquake experience of children, while there is a difference between groups in one of the five play types (social play), there is no difference in the remaining four play types (solitary passive play, reticent play, solitary active play, and rough play).
Keywords : Deprem, okul öncesi dönem, sosyal duygusal yeterlilik, oyun davranışları

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