60-72 AYLIK ÇOCUKLARIN SOSYAL YETKINLIK VE DUYGU DÜZENLEME BECERILERI ILE OYUN BECERILERI ARASINDAKI ILISKININ INCELENMESI/THE INVESTIGATING OF THE RELATIONSHIP AMONG SOCIAL COMPETENCE, EMOTION REGULATION SKILLS AND PLAY SKILLS OF 60-72 MONTHS OLD CHILDREN

The aim of this study is to examine the relationship among social competence, emotion regulation skills and play skills of children. The research was designed in compatible with the causal-comparative model. Participants of the study were consisted of 228 children, all of whom are 60-72-month old, attending state and private kindergartens in central provinces of Erzurum, in the 2014-2015 academic years. Research data were gathered by using "Social Competence Behavior Evaluation-Preschool Edition, Short Form (SCBE-30)", "Emotion Regulation Checklist" and "Game Skills Rating Scale". The findings of the study revealed that positive correlation was found between social competence sub-scale scores and play skills scores; negative correlation between anger-aggression, anxiety-withdrawal subscales scores and play skills scores of children. In addition, it has been detected negative correlation between children's play skills scores and "Variability-Negativity" sub-scale scores of Emotion Regulation Checklist.