Özdemir M., Examination of the Relationship Between The Development Levels of Children Between 0-6 Years of Age and Their Mothers’ Experiences and Family Quality of Life, Hacettepe University, Institute of Health Sciences, Child Development and Education Program, Master’s Thesis, Ankara, 2019.
In the study, it was aimed to examine the relationship between the developmental levels of children between 0-6 years of age and their mother’s childhood and family quality of life. The sample of the study consists of a total of 202 mothers and children between the ages of 0-6 (82 girls and 120 boys) determined by simple random sampling method. The sample consists of children between the ages of 0-6 years and their mothers who applied to Ataturk City Hospital Child Development Outpatient Clinic of Balikesir Provincial Health Directorate. Data of the research; The Family Information Form was collected with the Childhood Insight Life Scale, the Beach Center Family Quality of Life Scale, and the Denver Developmental Screening Test II. Multi-Eyed Chi-Square Test, Mann-Whitney U Test, Kruskal-Wallis H Test, Pearson Correlation Coefficient and Multiple Regression Analysis were used when analyzing the data. As a result of the research, while there was no difference between the children’s DGTT II results and the mother’s Childhood History Scale sub-dimensions and the average total score, the differences between the Emotional Competence, Financial Competence sub-dimensions and total score average of the Beach Center Family Quality of Life Scale and the DGTT II fine motor development result were found. In addition, a significant relationship was found between the mother’s childhood and the age of marriage and the state of learning. Finally, as a result of regression analyses, parenting of the physical abuse life of mothers in childhood; emotional abuse has been shown to have a descriptive effect on family interaction, emotional competence and financial competence.
The first six years of life are very valuable because it is the period during which children gain basic knowledge and skills and form the basis of their development (23). In addition, considering that a large part of brain development is completed between the ages of 0-4 years; Stimulants to be presented to the child in the early period and support programs for its development are an important factor in its brain development (24). Therefore, it is very important that parents, educators and all individuals working with the child know about the child’s developmental periods and needs during these developmental periods.
Understanding the principles of human development is a prerequisition for interpreting the building blocks that determine the developmental progress of infants and young children. Maturation in developmental areas is characterized by behavioral determinants or key building blocks. Developmental areas; motor is divided into cognitive, social and emotional and self-care skills.