“…According to research cognitive style differences are associated with children's academic (Er, 2012;Kayılı & Koçyiğit, 2014;Peters & Bernfeld, 1983;Vigil-Colet & Morales-Vives, 2005) , social and emotional (Aksoy & Özkan, 2015;Gander & Gardiner, 2010;Gomes & Livesey, 2008;Kayılı & Erbay, 2019;Özkan & Yaralı, 2016;Seçer, Çeliköz & Yaşa, 2008;Tozduman Yaralı & Güngör Aytar, 2019), experiences and various demographic variables (Aksoy & Özkan, 2015;Özkan & Yaralı, 2016;Salkind & Nelson, 1980;Seçer et al, 2009). Emotion regulation skills are of critical importance during the preschool period when children start socializing outside of their families (Arı & Yaban, 2016;Bozkurt Yükçü & Demircioğlu, 2017;Calkins & Hill, 2007). Indeed, children need to be able to manage their emotions and their behaviors in order for social competence, peer acceptance, school performance and to be able to adapt to the daily life in general.…”