Figen Gürsoy

A COMPARISON OF DEPRESSION IN CHILDREN WITH AND WITHOUT MOTHERS

The present research investigated depression in children with and without mothers. Differences in depression scores were tested by gender, socio-economic level, the cause of not having a mother, and the age of separation. The sample included 300 fourth and fifth grade elementary school children. Among them, there were 150 children (68 boys and 82 girls) who were living with their mothers and 150 (68 boys and 82 girls) who did not live with their mothers. Each group had an equal number of students (n = 50) representing three different socio-economic levels (i.e., low, middle, high). Students in the sample came from 39 different public elementary schools. Childrens ages varied between 10 and 12 years (M = 10.8, SD = .6). Teachers, administrators, and school counselors were asked to identify children without mothers. The children who were living with their mothers were randomly chosen. Results showed significant differences in depression between the two groups of children. Furthermore, there was a significant difference by socio-economic level. Depression of children without mothers is significantly associated with the cause of not having a mother and the age when the child was separated from the mother.

İlköğretim beşinci sınıf çocuklarının öğrenmelerinde yapboz eğitim materyalleri ile yapılan uygulamanın etkisinin incelenmesi

Arastirmada, ilkogretim besinci sinif cocuklarin ogrenme yaklasimlarina yapbozlarin etkisini incelemek amaclanmistir. Arastirmaya, tesadufi ornekleme ile belirlenen bir ilkogretim okulunun besinci siniflarina devam eden normal gelisim gosteren cocuklar dahil edilmistir. Belirlenen okuldaki besinci siniflar arasindan tesadufi ornekleme yontemi ile iki sinif secilmis, biri deney biri kontrol grubu olarak ayrilmistir. Calismaya gonullu olarak katilan normal gelisim gosteren 48 cocuk (deney grubuna 24 cocuk, kontrol grubu 24 cocuk) dahil edilmistir. Arastirmada, “Demografik Bilgi Formu” ve Unal-Coban ve Ergin (2008) tarafindan gelistirilen “Ogrenme Yaklasimlari Olcegi” kullanilmistir. Elde edilen veriler, parametrik olcumlerden iliskisiz t testi ve iki faktorlu ANOVA testi ile analiz edilmistir. Arastirma sonucunda, deney ve kontrol grubundaki cocuklarin Ogrenme Yaklasimlari Olcegi on test-son test puan ortalamalarina gore, yapboz egitim materyali ile yapilan uygulamanin cocuklarin ogrenme yaklasimlari uzerinde etkili oldugu (η2=0.575, p<.000) belirlenmistir

The effects of parent education programs on the development of children aged between 60 and 72 months

The effects of a parent education program on the development of children aged between 60 and 72 months attending preschool were assessed. Participants were children attending 9 kindergartens located in central Ankara and their parents (experimental group: 68 children, 68 parents, control group: 68 children, 68 parents). Data were gathered using a general information form, and the version of the Brigance Early Development Inventory II (Brigance, 2004), that was adapted for use in Turkey by Aral et al. (2008). There was a significant difference between the scores on the subtests of the Brigance Early Development Inventory II and the total pretest and corrected posttest scores independent of group, but no significant difference was found between the scores of the groups on the Brigance Early Development Inventory II or the total pretest and corrected posttest scores. The results also revealed that the parent education program had a minimal effect on children’s daily life and social emotional skills.