In this study, it was aimed to examine the relationship between emotion regulation skills of children aged between 48-72 months living in Sivas city center and their mothers' emotion regulation strategies and interpersonal emotion regulation skills. In this context, the relational survey model was used in the research, which was designed as a descriptive study. The sample group of the study consisted of 373 children aged between 48-72 months living in Sivas city center and their mothers. The data were analyzed with the Mann Whitney U Test and the Kruskal Wallis H Test, taking into account the number of categories of the independent variable. Rank Means, one of the Multiple Comparison tests, were used in order to reveal which group or groups the differences were caused by in the differences that were found to be significant as a result of the examinations. Spearman Ranking Correlation Coefficient was used to determine the relationships between children's emotion regulation skills and mothers' interpersonal emotion regulation skills and emotion regulation strategies. In statistical analysis, the level of significance was determined as 0.05. As a result of the research, it was seen that the gender of the child, the number of siblings, the state of going to a pre-school education institution, the age of the mothers, their educational status and working status caused statistically significant differences on the Immutability/Negativity and Emotion Regulation Control dimensions of the Emotion Regulation Scale. It was revealed that the age and birth order of the child did not cause statistically significant differences on the Immutability/Negativity and Emotion Regulation Control dimensions of the Emotion Regulation Scale. In addition, it was found that there were statistically significant relationships between children's emotion regulation skills and mothers' emotion regulation strategies and interpersonal emotion regulation skills. In this context, suggestions regarding the results of the research are given.

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