DOI: 10.15390/EB.2015.4563 Eğitim ve Bilim Cilt 40 (2015) Sayı 180 ss-ss The Study of 48-60 month-old Preschool Children’s Social Competence and Behavior Evaluation Conditions Çağla Gür 1 , Nurcan Koçak 2 , Arzu Demircan 3 , Banu Uslu 4 , Nurşen Şirin 5 , Münire Şafak 6 Abstract Anahtar Kelimeler Social competence is a multi dimensional concept that requires self- motivation with prosperous social adaption and awareness which is necessary to meet expectations besides social-emotional, cognitive and behavioral skills (Clickeman, 2007). The process of social competence development is related to conditions like anger, aggression, introversion and anxiety. Researhes indicate that aggression, anger, introversion and anxiety are considered among those factors that cause children have trouble in social competence. (Reeve et al., 2004). The purpose of the present study is to examine 48-60 month-old preschool children’s social competence and behavior evaluation conditions. Relations between gender differences, social competence, anger-aggression, and anxiety-introversion are also examined. From the correlational and comparison type of General Scanning Model, Relational Screening is used. The study group is formed with 847 pre- school children (417 girls and 430 boys) who were 48-60 months-old and living in the center of Ankara and coming from different socio- economic levels. Social Competence and Behavior Evaluation Scale (SCBE-30) with a personal information form are used to collect data within the study. The analysis is carried out with SPSS 16 packet program. Frequency (f) and percentage (%), Arithmetic Mean ( ), Standard Deviation, Ss, Mann Whitney U Test, Correlation Analysis (Pearson Correlation Coefficient) were applied and significance level is determined as 0,05-0,01-. According to the findings, while there was a meaningful difference in favor of girls regarding social competence, the difference in terms of anger-agression was higher in boys. However, there was no statistically significant difference regarding anxiety- introversion, girls’ arithmetic mean scores of anxiety-introversion were found higher than boys’. When the relation between social competence, anger-aggression and anxiety- introversion is examined, there were reverse relations between social competence and anger- aggression; social competence and anxiety- introversion. Contrary to this, the relation between anger- aggression and anxiety- introversion was positive and meaningful. Social Competence Anger Aggression Anxiety Introversion Makale Hakkında Gönderim Tarihi: gg.aa.2014 Kabul Tarihi: gg.aa.2014 Elektronik Yayın Tarihi: g.a.2014 DOI: 10.15390/EB.2014.XXXX Introduction 1 Turgut Özal University, Health College, Child Development Department, Turkey, cgur@turgutozal.edu.tr 2 Turgut Özal University, Health College, Child Development Department, Turkey, nkocak@turgutozal.edu.tr 3 Turgut Özal University, Health College, Child Development Department, Turkey, ademircan@turgutozal.edu.tr 4 Selçuk University, School of Foreign Languages, English Department, Turkey, banuuslu@selcuk.edu.tr 5 Turgut Özal University, Ankara Health College, Child Development Program, Turkey, nsirin@turgutozal.edu.tr 6 Turgut Özal University, Ankara Health College, Child Development Program, Turkey, msafak@turgutozal.edu.tr 1