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Educational Needs Of Families In Turkey
Looking at the rates regarding eagerness for taking part in a training to be given in
the matters relating to the communication, it is generally seen that 20-30 % of the
participants want to participate in trainings to be organized while 50-60 % of the par-
ticipants do not want to participate in these trainings.
Results of chi-square made with aim to determine educational needs and compe-
tence levels of the participants in communication topics in families for the matters such
as gender, age, educational background, family life period are presented below in the
form of separate titles.
Gender. There is no significant difference between male and female participants’
levels of considering themselves competent in the matters of communication
concerning family members. It was mentioned in some previous researches that certain
problems come out between spouses since communication patterns used by two opposite
genders are different (more or less emotionality, cognition, despair) (ASAGEM,
2002, p. 23). Accordingly, even though men and women use different communication
patterns, there is no significant difference between their competence levels. Examining
the findings generally, it was seen that female participants have higher levels of eagerness
for taking part in the trainings compared to the male participants in all of the
topics except for the topic of establish healthy communication with family relatives.
Age. Participants’ levels of considering themselves competent differ significantly according
to their ages. According to this finding, participants in the age group of 18-25
have significantly lower levels of considering themselves competent compared to the
other participants in the topic of children’s establishing healthy friendships, capability
to establish healthy communication with spouse, helping the communication among
siblings (children), establishing healthy communication with family relatives, control of
anger (capability to express feelings positively) and listening skill (sharing problems,
opinions).
Evaluating chi-square analysis the findings about communication matters concerning
family members, it is seen that participants in the age groups of 18-25, 26-33 and
34-41 are more eager for taking part in the trainings to be given in the matter of communication
compared the other age groups.