The social skills of six-year-old Turkish children: A comparison by gender

The purpose of this study is to analyze the social skills of six-year-old children living in institutions and six-year-old children living with their family with respect to the variable of gender. The sample group of the study consists of 57 children in need of protection and 57 children living with their family, all dwelling in Istanbul or Ankara. The social skills of the children were evaluated through the Social Skills Form for Six-Year-Old Children. The form was developed by the researcher. In addition, the Personal Inquiry Form was used to collect demographic data about the children. Group leaders completed the Social Skills Form for the children living in institutions and nursery school teachers completed it for the children living with their family. The data obtained were evaluated by Chi-Square, Fisher's Exact Chi-Square, and Likelihood Ratio Chi-Square. The findings of the study show that the variable of gender generally does not have an impact on the frequency of using social skills among six-year-old children. © 2010 Taylor & Francis

Prenatal distress levels of pregnant women in Turkey and affecting factors: a multicentre study

This study was conducted to determine prenatal distress levels of pregnant women from seven provinces of Turkey and factors affecting prenatal distress levels. The multicentre descriptive study included 2365 pregnant women who were in the twentieth gestational week and above. The data were collected using the pregnancy information form, prenatal distress questionnaire and spousal support scale. Descriptive statistics, Student'st-test, ANOVA and logistic regression were used to evaluate the data. The results of this study demonstrated that pregnant women's prenatal distress levels are affected by such factors as the region lived in, lack of spousal support and being a primary school graduate. Nurses should develop intervention strategies that involve the pregnant woman's spouse to reduce prenatal distress and the factors affecting prenatal distress.Impact statement What is already known on this subject?Prenatal distress can have significant effects on pregnancy, maternal health and human development across the lifespan. What the results of this study add?Spousal support could also have an effect on the psychological health of mothers. What the implications are of these findings for clinical practice and/or further research?Nurses and midwives monitor the pregnant women, and therefore, they should evaluate the prenatal distress levels in the prenatal period, plan intervention strategies for pregnant women with high stress levels and include the pregnant women's spouses in these intervention strategies