title: Teacher ratings of resilience and peer relationships of preschoolers whose fathers died unexpectedly.
abstract: This study endeavors to compare resilience and peer relationships of children who lost their fathers in a major mining accident in Soma with those who did not. Teachers rated 51 preschoolers whose fathers died, and 53 preschoolers whose fathers were alive. On the negative side, bereaved children had lower resilience and higher exclusion; on the positive side, bereaved children had lower peer victimization and higher prosocial behavior. Death of fathers is associated with lower resilience and more exclusion among young children, but others treat them better as well.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Preschool Education, Faculty of Education , Pamukkale University , Denizli , Turkey.
authors.forename: Hülya
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gülay Ogelman
authors.affiliation: b Ministry of Education , İstiklal Fitnat-Ahmet Engin Primary School , Denizli , Turkey.
authors.forename: Aysun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gündoğan
authors.affiliation: c Ministry of Education , Kızılcabölük Preschool , Denizli , Turkey.
authors.forename: Hatice
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Erten Sarıkaya
authors.affiliation: a Department of Preschool Education, Faculty of Education , Pamukkale University , Denizli , Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Erol
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000523:psychology; D001293:Attitude to Death; D001601:Bereavement; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004190:Disasters; D005220:Fathers / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008906:Mining; D010379:Peer Group; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D000070777:School Teachers; D012919:Social Behavior; D014421:Turkey