Abstract
THE INVESTIGATION OF RELATION AMONG THE PROBLEM BEHAVIORS, SOCIAL SKILLS AND MOTIVATION LEVEL OF STUDENTS ATTENDING THE PRE-SCHOOL INSTITUTIONS
This research is conducted to determine the relation among the problem behaviors, social skills and motivation level of students (48-72 months) attending the pre-school institutions. The research is planned as to correlational survey model .The working group of this research is composed of 304 pre-school student (48-72 months) who attends the formal and private pre-school institutions in the center of Kars and this group is selected by using random sampling method. In this research as data collection tool “ General Information Form”, “Social Skills Scale”, “Problem Behavior Scale” and “Motivation Scale for pre-school students” are used. As to research results, it is clear that there is a meaningful and positively relation between the social skill points and motivation points and also there is a meaningful and negatively relation between the problem behavior points and motivation points.
Keywords
Motivation, social skills, problem behavior, pre-school.