Abstract
Purpose: The present study aims to reveal the predictive role of parents' empathic tendencies in children value acquisition. Research Methods: We conducted a relational survey study, including 170 children aged 60-72 months, 85 of whom were girls and 85 were boys, who were attending the kindergarten school in Malatya City, and their parents. The Pre-school Values Scale Student Form, Empathy Tendency Scale and Sociodemographic Information Form were used to collect data. Findings: Results indicated that there was a significant positive correlation between value of children and parent’s empathic tendencies. As empathic and sympathetic tendencies of parents increased, the children's respect, honesty, responsibility, cooperation, friendship and sharing scores increased. The findings showed that the values which had the highest average score were sharing, respect and honesty among the study group. Although the mean total empathy level of the mothers was higher than the fathers’, it was found that father empathy level was positively related with the child value levels, suggesting that the fathers had important role in child value education. Implications for Research and Practice: Parent training can be organized to increase the empathy skills of the families. Besides, different studies can be carried out to examine the factors affecting children’s value acquisition.
Highlights
Preschool education encompasses the time that starts from the child’s first day in life up to the age of compulsory formal education, and considered to have a profound effect on the subsequent lives of children
The data collected in this study, which aimed to determine the relationship between the values level of kindergarten children aged 60-72 months and empathy tendencies of their parents, were assessed and analyzed, and the findings were given in the tabulated form
A study by Uyanik Balat et al (2011) suggested that the universal values parents wish for their children to have are honesty, responsibility, respect, happiness, justice, compassion and reliability, being a good citizen and peace
Summary
Preschool education encompasses the time that starts from the child’s first day in life up to the age of compulsory formal education, and considered to have a profound effect on the subsequent lives of children. Considering the parents' relationship with their children and the effects of these relationships on them, good communication and empathic emotion are supposed to be developed in the child because one of the important roles of parents is to create a positive and safe family atmosphere, to take good care of their children, to establish empathic relationships with them and to enter their personal world. A child who grows in an empathic environment in the preschool period, in which the foundations of personality and the values are laid, will be able to develop a good personality trait with the help of correct role models around him/her and be an individual with a high level of values in the society. It can be said that it is important to present the values with an empathic approach for children to internalize values recognized by society From this point of view, the predictive role of parents' empathy tendencies in children’s values acquisition seen as worthy of investigation. What are the impacts of the father's empathy tendency on the values level of kindergarten children aged 60-72 months?
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