Dr. Dilan Bayındır's Seminar

The seminar on "The Study of the Relationship between the Level of Self-Regulation Skills of Preschoolers and Attachment Security, Maternal Parenting Behaviors and Maternal Psychological Well-Being" was held by Dr. Dilan Bayındır.

Summary:

This study aims (i) to develop a valid and reliable scale that could be used to determine the level of self-regulation skills of preschoolers and (ii) to study the relationship between the level of self-regulation skills and attachment security, parenting behaviors of mothers and maternal psychological well-being. In the first part, a valid and reliable scale that is named as “Self-Regulation Skills Scale” was developed and then the relation between the determined variables  and self-regulation skills of preschoolers were investigated. The Self-Regulation Skills Scale, the Doll Family Story Completion Test, the Parenting Questionnaire and the Brief Symptom Inventory were used as data collection tools in the second part. The results indicate that self-regulation skill levels of children who are securely attached to their mothers are higher than insecurely attached children. In addition, it was found that self-regulation skills of the children decrease as the mothers expect more obedience.

Dilan Bayındır received the B.S. degrees, with high honors rank, in Preschool Education and Guidance and Psychological Counseling as a double major student from the Boğaziçi University in 2006. Then, she received an M.A. degree in Adult Education from the same university, in 2010. She completed her Ph.D. studies in Preschool Education Program of the Marmara University in 2016. Currently, she is working at Balıkesir University as a research assistant since 2016. Her research areas are self-regulation, museum learning and children's access to nature in early childhood. She has been involved in different projects and contributed to the publications of UNDP, WWF-Turkey, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK), Christensen Foundation, Darwin Initiative, National Agency of Turkey and İstanbul Development Agency.