Development of Subjective Well-Being Increasing Strategies Scale for Children (1-5 Ages) Their Mothers Use

Abstract

Subjective well-being is a sign of positive mental health of children. The aim of the present study is to develop subjective well-being increasing strategies scale for children whose mothers' uses are varied 1 to 5. In this study, there were 195 mothers whose mean ages were 31, 49 and standard deviation were 4,71. Satisfaction with life, positive and negative affect scales were used. Moreover, item analysis, exploratory factor analysis, reliability and validity analysis were used. According to results, the scale has 66,03 % explained variance and four dimensions which were named as acting physical contact, playing game, satisfaction of desires and take out. The reliability and validity of the scale have enough values. The scale is valid and reliable. In future, some researches might carry out with this scale in order to increase children's' physical and mental health.

The Scale of Happiness Strategies for Childrens Used by Preschool Teachers

“…In this study, another dimension of the scale was named as "satisfying children's desires". The strategy of satisfying the requests took place as a strategy in previously developed scale studies (Eryılmaz, 2010;Eryılmaz & Sapsağlam, 2018). Its involvement in this study points to a common aspect of humanity.…”

“…When the literature is examined, empirical studies (Eryılmaz, 2010(Eryılmaz, , 2012a(Eryılmaz, , 2012bEryılmaz & Sapsağlam, 2018) can be seen in experimental studies aiming to increase happiness (Eryılmaz, 2014a(Eryılmaz, , 2014bFordyce, 1983) and theoretical explanations (Buss, 2000).…”

“…When the literature on developing a measurement tool for pre-school age children is examined, the scale of happiness increase strategies used by mothers with 1-5 years old children (Eryılmaz & Sapsağlam, 2018), anxiety level scale for preschool children (Güngör & Buluş, 2016), scale of parental opinions (Özyürek, 2017), the scale of beliefs of parents about children's emotions (Kılıç & Kumandaş, 2017), pre-school social skills assessment scale (Ömeroğlu et al, 2014), pre-school acceptance scale (Ahmetoğlu, Sphendi & Acar, 2018), scale of determining the philosophical attitudes and behaviors of preschool children (Dirican & Deniz, 2017), communication skills scale for pre-school age children (Ergin, 2004), behavior scale for preschool children (Özbey & Alisinanoğlu, 2009), there is no scale development study for the strategies they use to make their students happy. While there are studies on subjective well-being strategies of adults and adolescents (Eryılmaz, 2010(Eryılmaz, , 2015(Eryılmaz, , 2017, there are very few studies conducted on preschool children (Eryılmaz & Sapsağlam, 2018). It is thought that this study is important because it contains a measurement tool on a subject not yet studied in the literature and will contribute to the literature.…”

Okul Öncesi Öğretmenlerinin Mizah Tarzları ile Psikolojik İyi Oluş ve Çocuklar için Kullandıkları Mutluluk Artırıcı Stratejilerin İncelenmesi

“…Diğer yandan sıra ortalamaları dikkate alındığında evli öğretmenlerin psikolojik iyi oluş ve mutluluk artırıcı strateji kullanımı puan sıra ortalamalarının bekarlara göre daha yüksek olduğu görülmüştür. Eryılmaz ve Sapsağlam (2018) çalışmasında, annelerin çocuklarının mutluluğunu olumlu yönde etkileyen değişik stratejiler kullandıklarına vurgu yapmaktadır. Yine yapılan pek çok çalışma evliliği depresyon, mutluluk, hayat amaçları ve psikolojik iyi olma gibi birçok kavramla ilişkilendirmektedir (Diener, Gohm, Suh ve Oishi, 2000;Glenn ve Weaver, 2001;Kim ve McKenry, 2002;Lee, Seccombe ve Shenan, 1991;Marks ve Lambert, 1998;Stack ve Eshleman, 1998;Yeşiltepe ve Çelik, 2014).…”

Zoom-based GROW coaching intervention for improving subjective well-being in a sample of school administrators: A randomized control trial

“…According to Seligman (2011) and Kern et al (2015) , subjective well-being is a multifaceted construct, consisting of positive emotions, engagement, positive relationships, meaning, and accomplishments. It has been shown that reduced SWB can affect an administrator's physical health, physiological performance, creativity, and problem-solving skills, which might lead to problematic psychological states, including stress disorders and low levels of work engagement ( Eryilmaz and Sapsaglam, 2018 ; Diener and Chan, 2011 ). In addition to job-related health issues and negative affects, school administrators' poor SWB is associated with social problems among teachers and students ( Kern et al, 2015 ; Riley, 2015 ).…”