Preschool children's social skills, problem behaviors, academic self-esteem and teacher-child relationship: a serial mediation model

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dc.contributor.authorTutkun, Cansu
dc.contributor.authorMeral, Seda Eskidemir
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-28T12:18:12Z
dc.date.available2026-02-28T12:18:12Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.departmentBayburt Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractIntroduction Research has shown that children's social skills have effects on their problem behaviors. However, the mechanisms through which social skills contribute to reducing problem behaviors need further clarification.Methods This study examined the relationship between preschool children's social skills and problem behaviors, as well as the independent and serial mediating roles of academic self-esteem and teacher-child relationship in this relationship. The study included 382 children aged 3-5 years, randomly selected in T & uuml;rkiye.Results and discussion As a result of the study: (1) there was a significant and negative relationship between problem behaviors and social skills, academic self-esteem and teacher-child relationship; (2) the mediating role of academic self-esteem and teacher-child relationship in the relationship between social skills and problem behaviors was supported; and (3) the serial mediating role of academic self-esteem and teacher-child relationship in the effect of social skills on problem behaviors, respectively, was found. These findings indicated that children's social skills may help to increase their academic self-esteem, improve the teacher-child relationship, and thus reduce their problem behaviors. Therefore, these results have important implications for designing interventions to increase preschool children's social skills, academic self-esteem, and teacher-child relationship, as well as to prevent the early development of problem behaviors.
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1453193
dc.identifier.issn1664-1078
dc.identifier.pmid40166393
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-105001259802
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1453193
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12403/6168
dc.identifier.volume16
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001454992400001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherFrontiers Media Sa
dc.relation.ispartofFrontiers in Psychology
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20260218
dc.subjectsocial skills
dc.subjectproblem behaviors
dc.subjectacademic self-esteem
dc.subjectteacher-child relationship
dc.subjectpreschool
dc.titlePreschool children's social skills, problem behaviors, academic self-esteem and teacher-child relationship: a serial mediation model
dc.typeArticle

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