INVESTIGATION OF X AND Y GENERATION PARENTS’ RISKY PLAY ALLOWANCE

Year 2024, Volume: 24 Issue: 64, 465 - 490, 30.09.2024

Esra Ünlüer , Rahime Çiçek , Meral Taner Derman

https://doi.org/10.21560/spcd.vi.1380539

Abstract

Adults may worry and prevent the child from engaging in risky play. Due to changing culture and resulting changes, each generation has different characteristics and is influential in the upbringing of the next generation as parents. That said, this study aims to determine the extent to which parents allow their child to engage in risky play and whether this differs by the generational knowledge of parents, the child's age, the child's gender, and the presence or absence of older/younger siblings. Based on survey method, this study involves 415 parents who have children aged between 4-6 years. These parents are asked to fill out the information form containing demographic information and the "Scale for Allowing Risky Play." In conclusion, this study reveals that “play at low-risk heights” and "play with dangerous tools" are plays that the parents consent to the most frequently whilst the parents allow their children to "play near dangerous natural elements" the least frequently. Notably, generational knowledge of the parents, the child's age and the presence or absence of younger/older siblings are influential in the decision to allow risky play; however, the gender of the parent and the child do not affect that decision.

Keywords

risky play, risk taking, early childhood, generation

Ethical Statement

This study was approved by the ethics committee of Social and Human Subjects of Kocaeli University, Turkey (136931).

X VE Y KUŞAĞI EBEVEYNLERİNİN RİSKLİ OYUNA İZİN VERME DURUMLARININ İNCELENMESİ

Abstract

Çocuklar oyun yoluyla becerilerini geliştirmektedirler ve bu gelişim süreci risk almalarını da kapsamaktadır. Riskli oyun fiziksel yaralanma ihtimali olan, heyecan verici ve müdahale gerektiren oyun türü olarak açıklanmaktadır. Yetişkinler endişe duyarak çocuğun riskli oyuna dahil olma sürecine engel olabilmektedir. Değişen kültür ve gelen değişmeler neticesinde farklı özelliklere sahip kuşaklar ortaya çıkmaktadır ve ebeveyn olarak bir sonraki kuşak gelişiminde etkili olmaktadır. Mevcut çalışma ebeveynlerin çocuklarının riskli oyuna izin verme düzeyleri tespit etmek ve düzeylerin ebeveynin kuşak bilgisi, çocuğun yaşı, çocuğun cinsiyeti, çocuğun kardeş durumu değişkenlerine göre farklılık gösterip göstermediğini belirlemek amacıyla gerçekleştirilmiştir. Tarama deseninde gerçekleştirilen çalışmada 4-6 yaş çocuklarına sahip 415 ebeveyn yer almıştır. Ebeveynlerden demografik bilgileri içeren bilgi formu ve “Riskli Oyuna İzin Verme Ölçeği”ni doldurmaları istenmiştir. Neticesinde ebeveynlerin en çok “az riskli yüksekliklerde oyun” ve “tehlikeli aletlerle oyun”a izin verdikleri, en az da “tehlikeli doğal unsurlara yakın oyun”a izin verdikleri görülmüştür. Ebeveynlerin riskli oyuna izin verme durumlarının ebeveynin kuşak bilgisi, çocuğun yaşı ve kardeş durumuna göre farklılaştığı tespit edilirken ebeveynin ve çocuğun cinsiyetinin etkili bir değişken olmadığı görülmüştür.

Keywords

riskli oyun, risk alma, erken çocukluk, kuşaklar, ebeveyn müdahalesi

Ethical Statement

Bu çalışma Kocaeli Üniversitesi Sosyal ve Beşeri Konular etik kurulu tarafından onaylandı (136931).

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