Cyprus Mental Health Institute Cyprus Turkish Journal of Psychiatry and Psychology 1302-7840 2667-8225 7 2 Turkish 7 N N Y 2025 06 05 Full Length Paper The Role of Child Emotion Regulation, Parent Emotion Regulation, and Co-Parenting in the Behavioral Problems of Preschool Children> English Y 169 176 Zehra Ertuğrul Yaşar Turkish Yalova University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Psychology Türkiye zehra.yasar@yalova.edu.tr N 0000-0003-4543-3662 Neslihan Yaman Turkish Türkiye neslihan.yaman@yalova.edu.tr Y 0000-0003-0324-2390 10.35365/ctjpp.25.2.07 Studies on behavioral problems in early childhood typically focus on the mother-child relationship, children with special needs, and emotion regulation skills. However, other factors have not been sufficiently addressed. This research aims to expand the scope of variables traditionally examined in the context of dyadic relationships, by investigating the role of children's and parents' emotion regulation skills and co-parenting in predicting behavioral problems in Turkish preschoolers. Data were collected from 502 parents of children aged three to six. To measure the parents' emotion regulation skills, the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale Short Form was used, while co-parenting was assessed using the Co-parenting Scale. The children’s emotion regulation skills were measured using the Emotion Regulation Checklist, and any behavioral problems in children were assessed using the Preschool and Kindergarten Behavior Scale. Analyses revealed that behavioral problems were significantly related to the child's and parents’ emotion regulation skills, and co-parenting. It was found that 22% of preschool children's behavioral problems were explained by the child's emotion regulation skills, the emotion regulation difficulties experienced by the parents, and co-parenting. In families where the child's emotion regulation skills were high, parents had fewer emotion regulation difficulties, and where co-parenting existed, preschool children had fewer behavioral problems. These results highlight the role of the emotion regulation skills of children and parents, as well as the quality of co-parenting, in the behavioral problems of preschool children which suggests a family centered perspective on prevention and intervention for preschool children’s behavioral problems English Preschool period, Emotion regulation, Co-parenting, Behavioral problems https://ktppdergisi.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/7-The-Role-of-Child-Emotion-Regulation-Parent-Emotion-Regulation-and-Co-Parenting-in-the-Behavioral-Problems-of-Preschool-Children-1.pdf https://ktppdergisi.com/en/makale/the-role-of-child-emotion-regulation-parent-emotion-regulation-and-co-parenting-in-the-behavioral-problems-of-preschool-children/ https://ktppdergisi.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/7-The-Role-of-Child-Emotion-Regulation-Parent-Emotion-Regulation-and-Co-Parenting-in-the-Behavioral-Problems-of-Preschool-Children-1.pdf English References 169 176