Özet:
This study aims to investigate prosocial behaviors of students attending pre-school education
institutions. Survey research was used in the study. The sample of the research included 325 children
attending five different pre-school education institutions in the 2020-2021 academic year and their
mothers. The participants were determined with the convenience sampling type of purposive
sampling method. The data on the prosocial behavior levels of the students attending pre-school
education institutions were collected by using the “Child Prosociality Scale” Mother Form. The data
were analyzed with the SPSS 22 package program. The research findings revealed that students
prosocial behavior attending pre-school education institutions prosocial behavior levels were high
and students prosocial behavior don’t significantly differ in terms of gender variable. It was found
that prosocial behaviors significantly differ according to the age variable. It has been determined
that this difference is between children in the 4-6 age groups. According to the duration of attending
a pre-school education institution variable, the prosocial behavior mean scores of students who
attended a pre-school education institution for 3 years were found higher than scores of those who
attended a pre-school education institution for 1 year. It was revealed that the mother’s age and
education level did not differ significantly prosocial behavior of the children.