%0 Journal Article %T Examining Social Competence Behaviors of Children Attending Preschool Education Institutions %A Nur Uygun %A £¿shak Koziko£¿lu %J - %D 2019 %X The aim of this study is to determine social competence behaviors of children attending preschool education institutions in 2017-2018 academic year. In this study, descriptive survey model was used. The sample consists of 521 children determined by stratified sampling method. In this study, Social Competence and Behavior Assessment-30 Scale was used to determine the social competence behaviors of children. In data analysis, descriptive statistics and differential statistics were used. As a result of study, it was concluded that children often exhibit social competence behaviors, and hardly exhibit anxiety-introversion and anger-aggression behaviors. The social competence scores of girls are higher than boys; the social competence behaviors of the children increase as the level of parental education increases; as the number of siblings increase, children's anxiety-introverted behaviors increase; but children's social competence, anxiety-introverted and anger-aggression behaviors do not differ significantly according to age and family¡¯s income level. It is suggested that teachers identify children who exhibit frequent problem behaviors and conduct more activities to affect the social development of children %K Okul £¿ncesi E£¿itime Devam Eden £¿ocuklar %K Sosyal Yetkinlik Davran£¿£¿lar£¿ %K Okul £¿ncesi E£¿itimi %U http://dergipark.org.tr/egeefd/issue/45060/526276