Abstract:

Relationships are the whole of interactions between people who are at the same age or near development and maturity level; who share similar past, value, life, lifestyle and social context. In partnership relationships, partnership support and power balance are important elements that shape the partnership structure. The main objective of this study is to comparatively determine whether primary fourth grade students at different levels in terms of academic success feel self-sufficiency support from close friends. For this purpose, students are grouped successfully at high and low levels according to their academic success levels. In other words, it has been tried to determine whether primary fourth-class students receive self-sufficiency support from their friends and whether their perceptions at the point of support differ according to the level of success. The work is designed according to the research methodology and is in the nature of a situation study. As a data collection technique, "face-to-face interviews" were made, the images drawn to students were also evaluated within the framework of the "document review" technique. Participants were selected by the standard sample method. "Being in the fourth class" and "Being successful at a high or low level" are the criteria in the determination of the participants. According to the findings, even low-successful and high-successful students are all desiring the autonomy support that will be given by their friends, such a support will be pleased with them. The vast majority of successful high school students feel free at the point where they make their own decisions at school, but they do not get enough support from their friends in this regard. The state of self-sufficiency feeling is exactly the opposite in low-successful students. More than half of these students don’t feel self-reliance in the school and see the influence of their friends in their decisions. As a result, it has been found that either successful students need or the students behind in terms of academic success do not experience the feeling that their friends support and encourage their autonomy to the desired extent. This situation can be interpreted in the way that there is no awareness of "friend self-sufficiency support" in our country. This study is important in order to gain such awareness. Keywords: self-sufficiency; self-sufficiency support; associate; close friend; academic success; primary school.