Examination of The Relationship Between The Levels of Moral Judgment And Interpersonal Problem Solving Skills of Preschool Children

This study was performed in order to examine the relationship between the levels of moral judgment and interpersonal problem solving skills of preschool children. Stratified sampling technique was used and totally 265 children were included in the study. ‘Preschool Interpersonal Problem Solving Test’ which was developed by Shure (1974) and adapted to Turkish by Dinçer (1995) and ‘Moral Judgment Scale’ which was developed by Çapan (2005) were used. Pearson correlation test was used to determine the association between the variables. According to the results of the study, there was a positive and low level association between the total scores obtained from the sub dimensions of children’s moral judgment scale and the mother and total solution scores of the interpersonal problem-solving test. There was a negatif relation between children’s peer coercion score and moral judgment scale dimensions, social assistance and family rule scores.