The Study of School Adjustment of Preschool Children in the Point of Some Variables

Abstract

In this study, it is examined that the relationship between the levels of pre-school children’s school adjustment and the variables of self-esteem, temperament, gender, age, having siblings and attendance of school. Teacher Rating Scale of School Adjustment, the Short Temperament Scale for Children and Cassidy Puppet Interview Form are used to collect data. According to the findings, it is seen that there is a significant difference in the gender, age and attendance of school in the subscales of school adjustment. Whether having siblings doesn’t make any significant difference between the levels of school adjustment. There is a meaningful negative relationship between the rhythmicity level of temperament traits and selfdirectedness is one of the subscales of school adjustment. Moreover, the positive meaningful relationship has found out between the score of preschool children’s self-esteem levels and self-directedness which is subscale of school adjustment. The rate of temperament and self-esteem explain the school adjustment ratio
as 3%.