Effectiveness of the Training Program in Improving Mother Child Relationship through Play

This study aims to examine the effects of the “Training Program in Improving Mother Child Relationship through Play” on the interaction between mothers and their 4-5 year old children. It is an experimental study based on the pretest, post-test, follow-up test model with experimental, placebo and control groups.The study was conducted with the voluntary participation of upper socio-economic level mothers. Data were obtained by using the Parent Child Relationship Scale,written excerpts in which mothers described the relationships between themselves and their children, and video-recordings of interviews. The meaningfulness of the difference between groups was examined by using the Kruskall Wallis H and Mann Whitney U Tests, and the meaningfulness of the difference between measurements was tested by using the Wilcoxon Test. As a result of the analyses performed in all three groups, a meaningful improvement was seen in the relationships of experimental group mothers with their children.