Measure the fear of some natural phenomena among children Riyadh

Abstract

One of the most frightening to children ages pre-school entry , Are those concerns about natural phenomena such as (The darkness, the sound of thunder, lightning and light, and rainfall, and storms) These natural phenomena are not familiar to the child , It may have a surprise when he/ she sees , And others intimidated , The affects of panic and fears that may lead him some psychological injury symptoms.

The fear of the dark, of the most common concerns associated with the child in his daily life , As the children's fear of the dark is reasonably fear that makes him a natural to live in the unknown  , We can not identify what around him and is afraid of something collision,  Or injury from something challenged, The exaggerated fear of the dark memories of its association with scary Ogress and goblins and the jinn and thieves , It Phobia is not based on the basis of realistic, It is difficult to adjust or get rid of it and control it. This kind of fear makes the child concerned and troubled, And what interests fear are things that weave his imagination, As a result of stories and anecdotes that crop them to them, Or as a result of his observation of the fear and the other adult and those with him in the house . As the parents' fear of the dark infect him by suggesting, As well as the sabotage practiced by the parents and siblings and adult caressing manner and especially at night.

From the above it can sum up the problem of the current search the following question:-

- What is the level of fear of  some natural phenomena with kindergarten children?

Through the above it can be released importance of research of the following:

1- The current research (within the limits of science researcher) from the few descriptive field research dealing with the fear of the some natural phenomena of the children of the kindergarten.

2- - The current research provides an important tool (the fear of some natural phenomena), which may help researchers or curriculum designers in conducting research and studies to address this problem the children kindergarten scale.

3-  The study, the first attempt (within the limits of science researcher), which dealt with the measurement of the some natural phenomena of fear in a child kindergarten, after knowing the number of previous studies.

The current research aimed to: -

1. measure the fear of some natural phenomena of the kindergarten child.

2- Know the differences in the fear of some natural phenomena of the kindergarten children by sex (males - females), and the stage (kindergarten - Pre-school).

In order to achieve the goals of the research, it has been building a scale to measure the fear of some natural phenomena of the children of the kindergarten, which was extracted validity and reliability to him, and in doing analysis of data obtained by a researcher through the answers to the kids was reached as follows: -

1- That the sample in general suffer from fear of physical manifestations compared to the average premise.

1. that females suffer from fear of the physical manifestations of more than males, and children suffer in stage (preliminary) stage more than children (kindergarten).

As the researcher after receiving the results to provide a number of recommendations and suggestions.