Impact of Pre-School Social Values Education Program on Self-Regulation, Social Skills and Problematic Behaviors

Abstract

The research was carried out in order to determine the effect of the program on the self-regulation social skills and problem behavior skills of children by applying the social values education program to preschool children. In the study, a full application design without a pretest-posttest control group was used. The research consists of 13 children aged 54-60 months, 54% of whom are boys and 46% are girls, selected by the purposeful sampling method, who are studying in Ankara. In the study, “Self-Regulation Scale”, “Social Skills Scale” and “Problem Behavior Scale” were used to measure the intended skills. Social Values Education Program which created by Sapsaglam (2015) was applied 3 days in 12 weeks and the program includes the values of “Helpfulness, Honesty, Love, Respect, Cooperation, Self-Control, Responsibility, Kindness, Tolerance, Friendship”. Before the program, pre-test measurements were used with tools, post-test measurements and permanence measurements were used after the program applied. The obtained scientific data was analyzed by SPSS 22 program. As a result of the research, it was seen that the Social Values Education Program made a positive and significant difference in children’s self-regulation and social skills. In addition, it is seen that the Social Values Education Program significantly reduced the problem behaviors seen in children and according to the persistence test findings, the effect of the program on self-regulation, social skills and problem behaviors continues in the later period.