Examining The Resiliency of Preschool Children in The COVID-19 Pandemic Period Based on Age and Gender

Hülya Gülay Ogelman,Hande Güngör,İlkay Göktaş

doi:10.17985/ijare.970400

Abstract

Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, various measures have been taken in Turkey to protect community health. All schools in Turkey have been closed since 16 March 2020. The normalisation process started along with the decrease in the number of cases in summer, and children’s lockdown was abolished on 10 June 2020. Rearising of cases as from August delayed the planned opening of the 2020-2021 academic year fall term. Thus, the Ministry of National Education, which is among the institutions taking new measures related to the process, created a stage-by-stage transition plan, in which face-to-face education and distance education are carried out in cooperation, for the opening of schools. Main goal of the study was to examine the ego-resiliency levels of the children between the ages of five and six years according to age and gender variables during the COVID-19 period. The study group consisted of 223 children from the age group of five and six years. As a result of the study, it was found that girls had higher resiliency levels than their boys peers. Another finding was that there was no significant difference in the resiliency levels of the children between the ages of five and six years.

Highlights

One could say that entire world is currently under the influence of the pandemic
Main goal of the study was to examine the ego-resiliency levels of the children between the ages of five and six years according to age and gender variables during the COVID-19 period
According to the findings of the study it was determined that emotion regulation skills in preschool children varied according to the ego-resiliency level

Summary

INTRODUCTION

One could say that entire world is currently under the influence of the pandemic. According to the data on 31 December 2021 global cases have surpassed 285 million (BBC NEWS, 2021). As a result of the feedback received from the relevant governorships concerning face-to-face preschool education conducted in this process, the resolution for official kindergartens and nursery classes to start distance education until 4 January 2021 depending on the course of the COVID-19 pandemic in residential areas as from 23 November 2020, was relinquished to the opinions of provincial/district sanitation committees. On March 2, 2021, preschool education institutions across Turkey started full-time faceto-face education In this process, while paying attention to mask, distance and hygiene among the COVID-19 measures taken, common classroom materials in preschool education were not used in classes to reduce contact. Do the resiliency levels of preschool children vary based on age during the COVID-19 period?

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