The effect of parents' behaviours to their childrens' basic needs on childrens' emotional abuse-neglect [Çocuklarinin duygusal istismar-ihmal durumuna etkisi]

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of Parents' Approach Styles to their school age children's basic needs on children Emotional Abuse-Neglect; if there is, to determine its today's level, to increase societal awareness and sensitivity of the society through maintaining actuality of the subject. Population of the research is the first level of primary education students' parents in Ki{dotless}rşehir province center. For the sample three schools were randomly selected to represent upper, middle and lower socio-economic levels, and total 15 classes, five from each schools representing first through fifth grades. Total number of students' parents is 450. Data collecting instrument was developed by the researcher. Data were evaluated, frequencies and percentages were calculated and results were interpreted. As a result, according to opinions of parents of children studying at the first level of primary education in Ki{dotless}rşehir Province Center, behaviours to cause emotional abuse and neglect of this children were not preferred by their parents at the first place, but such behaviours open to emotional abuse and neglect were seen at limited or small percentages