Prosocial behaviors of students attending pre-school education institutions

Abstract

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.