Emotional regulation strategies of 5–6-year-old children and their levels of resiliency

ABSTRACT

The primary objective of this study is to determine the predictive effect of emotional regulation strategies of 5–6-year-old children on their levels of resiliency. The sample group of the study consisted of 77 5–6-year-old children (38 (49.4%) girls; 39 (50.6%) boys) receiving education at kindergartens in Turkey. The data required for the study were obtained from children, teachers, and mothers. ‘The Scale of Emotion Regulation Strategies’, ‘Children’s Ego Resiliency Scale’ and ‘The Personal Information Form’ were used. The results revealed that the emotional regulation strategies had predictive effects on the levels of resiliency.

KEYWORDS:

• Emotional regulation strategies
• resiliency
• young children

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Notes on contributors

Hülya Gülay Ogelman is an associate professor in Turkey. Her research interests include social skills, peer relationships, environmental education, resiliency in early childhood. Some of her articles have been published in the following journals: Early Education and Development, European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, Early Child Education Journal, Education: 3–13, Journal of Research in Education, Educational Research and Reviews, Social Behavior and Personality, Early Child Development and Care, Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies, Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, and Education. Some of her books: Social skills in preschool period (PegemA Publishing: 2009), Peer relationships in preschool period (Eğiten Kitap: 2018), Earthquake awareness program in early childhood (Eğiten Kitap: 2012), Social skills in the first years of life (Editor-Eğiten Kitap: 2018).

Alev Önder is a professor in Bahçeşehir University (Turkey). His research interests include educational drama, self-perception, environmental education, resiliency in early childhood. Some of his articles have been published in the following journals: Early Child Development and Care, International Journal of Social Sciences and Education Research, European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, Journal of Research in Childhood Education, International Online Journal of Primary Education, Educational Sciences: Theory & Practice. Some of his books: Educational drama practices for preschool children (Eğiten Kitap: 2017), Educational drama for living learning (Nobel Publishing, 2016), Sustainable child development: Environmental education with activities in pre-school (Anı Publishing, 2013).