The Common Fears and Their Origins Among Turkish Children and Adolescents

Serim-Yildiz, Begum; Erdur-Baker, Özgür; Bugay, Aslı

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“…While preparing the interview form used in the study, attention has been paid to ensuring that the form is understandable, simple and one-dimensional in order to communicate more effectively with the participants. To create the interview form, first of all literature review was done (Burnham, 2005;Serim-Yildiz, Erdur-Baker & Bugay, 2013;Muris, Merckelbach & Collaris, 1997;Sahin & Erol, 1995;Konkabayeva, Dakhbay, Oleksyuk, Tykezhanova, Alshynbekova &Starikova, 2016;Kildan, 2012;Oghii, 2015) and main topics were determined for the questions to be directed to children, mothers and teachers. The draft form was examined by four preschool education specialists and after the feedbacks were taken, some questions in the form have been modified and changed.…”

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Investigating Childhood Fears During Preschool Period in Terms of Child, Mother and Teacher Opinions

Önder¹,

Küsmüş²,

Cengiz³

2018

EUROPEAN J ED RES

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In this study, it is aimed to discover childhood fears of 60-72-month-old children through the opinions of preschool children, preschool teachers and mothers. Study group of the investigation consists of 52 participants; 18 children aged 60-72 months, 16 teachers and 18 mothers with preschool children, in Istanbul. An "Interview Form" which consists of 9 questions, was developed by the researchers. According to the findings, there are not significant differences in fear types among preschool children in different socioeconomic levels. In general, the most common fear types among all children are animals, robbery, natural events and nightmares. According to the mothers in lower and middle socioeconomic levels, children are mostly afraid of the dark and loneliness and to the mothers from upper socioeconomic level, they are afraid of strangers and unfamiliar settings, animals and loneliness. According to the teachers working in lower socioeconomic level schools, children are mostly afraid of animals; to the teachers from middle socioeconomic level schools, children are mostly afraid of the dark, strangers and unfamiliar settings; and according to the teachers working in high socioeconomic level schools, children are mostly afraid of separation, strangers and unfamiliar settings and loneliness.

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“…Finding the source of fears may help to manage and control the level of the fear. Thus, causing a psychological dysfunction because of fears can be prevented (Serim-Yildiz, Erdur-Baker & Bugay, 2013). The important thing is to overcome fears with the help of reasoning (Eksi, 2011).…”

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Investigating Childhood Fears During Preschool Period in Terms of Child, Mother and Teacher Opinions

Önder¹,

Küsmüş²,

Cengiz³

2018

EUROPEAN J ED RES

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Reflections of Fears of Children to Drawings

Talu¹

2019

EUROPEAN J ED RES

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The purpose of this study is to examine the fears of children who are 6-10 years old via drawings. In this study, phenomenology research design which is among qualitative research methods was used. The study group of the study consisted of 314 children aged between 6 and 10 years in three primary schools in Kirsehir city center in 2017-2018 academic year. The data obtained from the participants were analyzed by using the content analysis method. As a result of the research, the drawings were collected under 6 categories according to their similar characteristics .When the drawings obtained from the children were classified, it was seen that the most fear is related to the category of animals, while the least fear is related to the drawings of the category of fears related to medical. In addition, children preferred to use black, red, blue, yellow and green colors in their fear themed drawings.

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The Common Fears and Their Origins Among Turkish Children and Adolescents

Cited by 2 publications

References 33 publications

Investigating Childhood Fears During Preschool Period in Terms of Child, Mother and Teacher Opinions

Investigating Childhood Fears During Preschool Period in Terms of Child, Mother and Teacher Opinions

Reflections of Fears of Children to Drawings

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