INVESTIGATION OF PARENTING SELF-REGULATION SKILLS OF PRESCHOOLERS’ PARENTS IN TERMS OF SOME VARIABLES

Abstract

The study aims to examine the parenting self-regulation skills of parents of 36-72 month-old preschoolers according to several variables. The participants were parents of 204 preschoolers and the research design was the relational survey model, one of a qualitative research models. The data collection tool was “Me as a Parent” scale.. The scale consists of sixteen items and four sub-dimensions. These sub-dimensions are self-management, self-efficacy, personal agency, and self-sufficiency. According to the results of the study, there is no difference between the parental self-regulation skills of mothers and fathers. The parents with the lowest parenting self-regulation skills were those with primary school graduates. As the number of children increases, parenting self-regulation skills decrease. There was a negative correlation between the total parenting self-regulation skill score and the age of the parents. Parenting self-regulation skills do not differ according to the gender of the child.