Bilinçli Farkındalık Aile Eğitim Programının Ebeveynlerin Bilinçli Farkındalıkları, Yetkinlik Algıları ve İletişim Düzeyleri ile Çocukların Davranış Sorunları Üzerindeki Etkisinin İncelenmesi
Özet
In this study, examining the effect of the Mindfulness parent training programme developed for the parents of preschool children (preschoolers) on parents’ mindfulness, perception of competence, communication levels and behavioral problems of children was aimed. The sample of this research consists of 4-6 year old children attending independent preschools (38), and (38) parents of these children in Kecioren district of Ankara. In this research, experimental design with pre-test post-test control group, which requires measurement in control and experimental groups before and after training, was used. Mindfulness parent training program, which was developed by the need analysis study, was applied to 19 mothers once a week for 11 weeks. In order to obtain information of the research data, Mindfulness in Parenting Questionnaire Scale, Parental Self-Efficacy Scale, Parent’s Communication with the Child Scale, and also in order to determine the demographic characteristics of the parents ‘Family İnformation Form’ were used. Also, to determine the demographic characteristics of children with behavioral problems ‘Teacher Information Form’, which was developed by the researcher, was used. In order to evaluate whether the training was given effectively the permanence test was conducted only on treatment group after six weeks of the training was completed. In the analysis of the data; Mann Whitney U Test, Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test and effect size analysis were used. In all analysis, the significance level was taken as p<0,05. As a result of the research, it has been observed that the applied parent training program has a positive effect on the parents’ mindfulness, perception of competence, communication levels of the parents and children's behavioral problems, and these effects are permanent.
