The Correlates of Turkish Preschool Preservice Teachers’ Social Competence, Empathy and Communication Skills

The purpose of the current study was to examine the associations between Turkish preschool pre-service teacher’s personal and educational characteristics, and their social competence, empathy, and communication skills. A total of 385 state university Turkish pre-service teachers (age range 18 to 32 years) from the early childhood education field completed a Demographic Information Form on personal and educational characteristics, the Social Skills Inventory (SSI) Scale measuring their social competence, The Scales of Empathic Tendency for measuring empathy skills, and a Communication Skills Evaluation Scale measuring communication skills. Bivariate Pearson-correlations, independent t tests, and one-way ANOVAs were used to test study hypotheses. Results indicated that women scored higher on empathy and communication skills, and having more friends was related to higher social competence and empathy. Pre-service teachers who were members of a social club scored higher on communication skills than their peers. Additional associations among variables, limitations, and future directions are discussed

Evaluation of COVID-19 risk in patients on systemic retinoid therapy

Background and Design: Systemic retinoids are commonly used medications in dermatology and indicated in various skin disorders such as acne vulgaris and psoriasis. Data about the risk of Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) in patients using systemic retinoids are limited. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the risk of COVID-19 in patients undergoing systemic retinoid therapy. Materials and Methods: A total of 186 patients who have undergone systemic isotretinoin and acitretin therapy were recruited. Patients who presented to the dermatology clinic for various skin diseases, such as eczema, vitiligo, tinea, etc., who were not on systemic retinoid therapy, and who received topical medications comprised the control group. The development of COVID-19 in the retinoid therapy group and the control group was retrospectively reviewed using hospital database. Results: The mean age of the patients in the retinoid therapy group was 25.72 +/- 0.67 and that in the control group was 25.4 +/- 0.62. Moreover,165 patients received isotretinoin, and 21 patients received acitretin treatment. The isotretinoin dosage ranged from 0.5 to 0.8 mg/kg wheras the acitretin dosage ranged between 10 and 25 mg/day. Two patients (1.07%) in the retinoid therapy group and 8 (4.3%) patients in the control group were diagnosed with COVID-19. None of the patients receiving acitretin was diagnosed with COVID-19. COVID-19 diagnosis was established in the 2nd and 3rd months of isotretinoin treatment, and lung involvement was not observed. No significant difference regarding the number of COVID-19 cases and disease severity was found between the two groups (p=0.105; p=0.258, respectively). Conclusion: Isotretinoin and acitretin use was not associated with increased COVID-19 risk or disease severity. Systemic retinoids appear to be a safe treatment modality in the COVID-19 era

Treatment of three hereditary leiomyomatosis patients with cryotherapy

Hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer (HLRCC) syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by cutaneous leiomyomas (CLM), uterine leiomyomas, and the increased risk of renal cell carcinoma. Piloleiomyomas develop from the arrectorpili muscle and are usually painful. For 22% of the affected patients, the pain is reported to impair their life quality. Since there are few case reports about cryotherapy for cutaneous leiomyomas in the literature, we have decided to present three patients who had painful cutaneous leiomyomas treated with cryotherapy. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc

Vitiligo: Pathogenesis, Clinical Features, and Treatment

Vitiligo is a depigmenting skin disorder of unknown etiology, which presents with nonscaly, chalky-white macules. Selective loss of melanocytes is the characteristic feature of vitiligo. Of the many theories proposed for melanocyte loss, convergence theory, which suggests that the combination of biochemical, environmental, and immunological factors play a role in the pathophysiology of vitiligo, is currently the most accepted theory. Treatment options include topical and systemic immunosuppressants, phototherapy, and surgical techniques. The subtype, extent, distribution, and activity of disease are the determining factors for treatment choice. In this chapter, the pathogenesis, clinical features of vitiligo, and treatment options are discussed

Lichen planus actinicus treated successfully with topical tacrolimus 0.1%: A report of six cases

Dear Editor,Lichen planus actinicus (LPA) is a photodistributed variant of lichenplanus (LP) that frequently occurs individuals with dark complexionson sun-exposed areas.1,2All of the cases admitted to our clinics forasymptomatic discoloration and rash on different parts of the faces.Five of six cases were male and one of them was female..

Kırşehir yöresinde herpes zosterli 166 hastanın klinik ve demografik özelliklerinin değerlendirilmesi

Background and Design: Herpes zoster (HZ) occurs by reactivation of the latent varicella zoster virus at dorsal root ganglia. In the literature, there are studies on socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with HZ in our country and in the world, however, there has been no study performed in our region. We aimed to evaluate demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with HZ and to investigate differences and similarities with other epidemiological studies in Turkey and in the world. Materials and Methods: One hundred sixty-six patients clinically diagnosed with HZ by dermatologists between January 2015 and December 2016 and were followed for 3 months in terms of possible complications were included this study. Demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients were recorded. Results: The mean age of the patients was 51.48±21.05 (1-90) years. Eighty-seven patients were female (52.4%), 79 were male (47.6%). Thirteen patients (7.8%) were in the pediatric age group (<18). The frequency of patient admission was highest in December and lowest in March. The most frequent locations of the lesions were thoracic (76 patients, 45.8%) and lumbar (40 patients, 24.1%) regions. The lesions were on the left side of the body in 96 (57.8%) and right side in 70 (42.2%) patients. The most frequent triggering factor was emotional stress. Post-herpetic neuralgia (27.7%) was the most frequently seen complication. The most common systemic comorbidity was hypertension. Malignancy was present in only 3 patients (1.8%). Conclusion: Our data were highly comparable with other studies. However, occurrence of HZ mostly during the winter and in the left side of the body was the difference from other studies. We conclude that further country-wide studies with larger number of patients are needed in order to clarify the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of HZ in our country.Amaç: Herpes zoster (HZ) dorsal kök ganglionlarında latent kalan varisella zoster virüsün reaktive olmasıyla ortaya çıkar. Literatürde ülkemizde ve dünyada HZ’nin sosyo-demografik ve klinik özelliklerini değerlendiren çalışmalar vardı ancak bölgemizde yapılan bir çalışma yoktu. Çalışmamızda HZ tanısı konulan hastaların klinik ve demografik özelliklerini incelemeyi ve Türkiye ve dünyadaki diğer epidemiyolojik çalışmalarla benzerlik ve farklılıklarını araştırmayı amaçladık. Gereç ve Yöntem: Ocak 2015-Aralık 2016 tarihleri arasında dermatologlar tarafından HZ tanısı konulan 166 hasta çalışmaya dahil edildi ve olası komplikasyonlar açısından 3 ay boyunca takip edildi. Hastaların demografik ve klinik özellikleri kaydedildi. Bulgular: Hastaların yaşları 1 ile 90 yaş arasında değişmekteydi (ortalama yaş: 51,48±21,05). Hastaların 81’i (%52,4) kadın, 79’u (%47,6) erkekti. Hastaların 13’ü (%7,8) pediatrik yaş grubunda (<18) idi. Hasta başvuruları aralık ayında en yüksek, mart ayında en düşük seviyedeydi. En sık etkilenen bölgeler torasik (76 hasta, %45,8) ve lumbar (40 hasta, %24,1) idi. Lezyonlar, 96 hastada (%57,8) vücudun sol tarafında, 70 hastada (%42,2) sağ tarafında gözlendi. En sık tetikleyici faktör emosyonel stresdi. En sık görülen komplikasyon postherpetik nevraljiydi (46 hasta, %27,7). En sık görülen sistemik hastalık hipertansiyondu. Sadece 3 hastada (%1,8) malignite mevcuttu. Sonuç: Çalışmamızın verileri diğer çalışmalar ile büyük oranda benzerdi. Ancak farklı olarak HZ en fazla kış mevsiminde saptandı ve vücudun sol tarafında tutulum daha sıktı. Türkiye’de HZ’nin klinik ve epidemiyolojik özelliklerini açıklığa kavuşturmak için daha fazla sayıda hastayla, ülke genelinde yapılacak çalışmalara ihtiyaç duyulduğunu düşünmekteyiz

CHILDREN’S EMOTION REGULATION AND ATTACHMENT TO PARENTS: PARENTAL EMOTION SOCIALIZATION AS MODERATOR

We examined the associations among parental emotion socialization, and children’s emotion regulation and attachment to parents. In particular, we examined the moderating role of parental emotion socialization in the relationship between children’s emotion regulation and attachment to parents. Participants were 78 Turkish children (49 boys) aged from 60 to 77 months and their parents. Parents reported on the socialization strategies they used for their children’s emotions and on their children’s emotion regulation, and we assessed children’s attachment to parents via the Doll Story Completion Task. Results revealed that parents’ minimization reaction to children’s emotions moderated the association between children’s emotion regulation and attachment to parents. When parents’ response was punitive, children with poor emotion regulation displayed stronger attachment to parents than children with robust emotion regulation. In addition, girls had a more secure attachment than boys to parents. Our results highlight the importance of children’s emotion regulation and parental emotion socialization for children’s secure early attachment to parents

CHILDREN’S EMOTION REGULATION AND ATTACHMENT TO PARENTS: PARENTAL EMOTION SOCIALIZATION AS MODERATOR

We examined the associations among parental emotion socialization, and children’s emotion regulation and attachment to parents. In particular, we examined the moderating role of parental emotion socialization in the relationship between children’s emotion regulation and attachment to parents. Participants were 78 Turkish children (49 boys) aged from 60 to 77 months and their parents. Parents reported on the socialization strategies they used for their children’s emotions and on their children’s emotion regulation, and we assessed children’s attachment to parents via the Doll Story Completion Task. Results revealed that parents’ minimization reaction to children’s emotions moderated the association between children’s emotion regulation and attachment to parents. When parents’ response was punitive, children with poor emotion regulation displayed stronger attachment to parents than children with robust emotion regulation. In addition, girls had a more secure attachment than boys to parents. Our results highlight the importance of children’s emotion regulation and parental emotion socialization for children’s secure early attachment to parents

Öğretmen Etkileşim Ölçeği (Öeö) ve Çocuk-Öğretmen Etkileşim Ölçeği (Çöeö) Geçerlik ve Güvenirlik Çalışmaları

DergiPark: 754702tredOkul öncesi eğitimin niteliği tüm dünyada yaygın olarak 1970’lerden beri araştırılmaktadır. Okul öncesi eğitiminin kalitesinin artırılmasında şüphesiz ki öğretmen en etkili unsurlardan biridir. Öğretmenin okul öncesi dönem çocuğuyla aralarındaki etkileşim çocuğun yaşamında hayati öneme sahiptir. Nitelikli bir okul öncesi eğitiminde çocukların öğretmen ile etkileşimleri onların zihinsel kapasitelerini artırmakta, sosyal becerilerinin gelişimini desteklemekte ve toplumdaki ahlak kurallarına uygun davranışlar göstermelerini sağlamaktadır. Bunun yanında kaliteli öğrenci-öğretmen etkileşimi çocuğun akademik yaşantısına katkı sağlarken bir yandan da çocuğun daha katılımcı, girişken ve uyumlu olmasına ve akademik gelişimini tamamlamasına katkıda bulunmaktadır. Öğretmen-öğrenci etkileşiminin, çocuğun gelişimi üzerinde önemli etkiye sahip olması, öğretmen-çocuk arasındaki etkileşimin niteliğinin ölçülmesi için geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçme aracı ihtiyacını doğurmaktadır. Bu çalışmanın amacı “Öğretmen Etkileşim Ölçeği- ÖEÖ” (Caregiver Interaction Scale-CIS; Arnett, 1989) ve “Çocuk Öğretmen Etkileşim Ölçeği- ÇÖEÖ” (Child Caregiver Interaction Scale-CCIS; Carl, 2010) ölçme araçlarının geçerlik ve güvenirlik çalışmalarını ve Türkçe adaptasyonlarını yapmaktır. Çalışmaya Edirne’de okulöncesi eğitim kurumlarındaki çalışma grubu olarak 41 öğretmen ve 147 çocuk dâhil edilmiştir. İlişkisel tarama modeli olarak tasarlanmış olan bu çalışmada çalışma grubunu oluşturan öğretmenler ve çocuklar arasındaki ilişkiler araştırmacılar tarafından gözlenmiştir. Çalışmada ulaşılan verilerin analizi doğrulayıcı faktör analizi ile test edilmiştir. Ölçeklerin geçerli ve güvenilir olduğuna yönelik sonuçlar, çalışmanın bulgular ve sonuç kısmında açıklanmıştır

Teachers' perceptions of educational practices through successful inclusion of students with autism

Bu araştırmada, sınıf öğretmenlerinin otizm spektrum bozukluğu olan öğrencilerin katıldıkları başarılı kaynaştırma/bütünleştirme yoluyla eğitim uygulamalarına ilişkin algılarını belirlemek amacıyla Segall (2011) tarafından geliştirilen Yerleştirme ve Hizmet Anketi’nin (Placement and Services Survey-PASS) “Otizm Spektrum Bozukluğu Olan Öğrencilerin Katıldıkları Başarılı Kaynaştırma/Bütünleştirme Yoluyla Eğitim Uygulamalarını Tanımlama Ölçeği” (OBKTÖ) ile “Otizm Spektrum Bozukluğu Olan Öğrencilerin Katıldıkları Başarılı Kaynaştırma/Bütünleştirme Yoluyla Eğitim Uygulamalarını Etkileyen Faktörler Ölçeği’ (OBKEFÖ) olarak adlandırılan ikinci ve üçüncü bölümünü Türkçe’ye uyarlamak, geçerlik ve güvenirlik analizlerini yapmak amaçlanmıştır. Araştırma verileri 2016-2017 eğitim-öğretim yılında Tekirdağ ve Edirne İl Milli Eğitim Müdürlüklerine bağlı devlet ve özel olmak üzere 85 ilkokulda görev yapan, araştırmaya gönüllü olarak katılmayı kabul eden 231 sınıf öğretmeninin (M=41,48 yaş, SS=9,01) katılımı ile toplanmıştır. Araştırmada veri toplama aracı olarak, öğretmenlerin kişisel bilgilerinin toplanması amacıyla Genel Bilgi Formu, sınıf öğretmenlerinin otizm spektrum bozukluğu olan öğrencilerin katıldıkları başarılı kaynaştırma/bütünleştirme yoluyla eğitim uygulamalarına ilişkin algılarını belirlemek amacıyla OBKTÖ ile OBKEFÖ kullanılmıştır. Araştırmada öncelikle her iki ölçeğin dil ve kültürel açıdan Türkçe’ye uyarlanması yapılmıştır. Ölçeklerin iç güvenirliği Cronbach’s alpha yöntemi ile hesaplanmıştır. Araştırmada, OBKTÖ iç tutarlılık değeri α= .86 ve OBKEFÖ iç tutarlılık değeri ise α= .89 olarak bulunmuştur. Araştırma bulgularına göre her iki ölçeğin de geçerli, güvenilir olduğu ve Türkiye’deki öğretmenler ile kullanılması uygun görülmüştür.The purpose of this study is to adapt into Turkish and analyze the validity and reliability of the second and third parts of the Placement and Services Survey (PASS), namely “Personal Definition Scale of Successful Inclusion of Students with ASD” and “Scale of Factors for Successful Inclusion of Students with ASD”, developed by Segall (2011) which is used to determine perceptions of classroom teachers about educational practices through successful inclusion/integration of students with autism spectrum disorder. Research data were collected from 231 primary school teachers (M= 41,48 years old, SD = 9,01) who worked in 85 primary schools in the state and private under the Tekirdağ and Edirne Provincial Directorates of Education in the academic year of 2016-2017 and they voluntarily agreed to participate in the research. In order to collect teachers' personal information, General Information Form was used as a means of data collection in the research. “Personal Definition Scale of Successful Inclusion of Students with ASD" and "Scale of Factors for Successful Inclusion of Students with ASD” were used to identify the perceptions of the classroom teachers. In the study, firstly both scales were adapted to Turkish in terms of language and culture. The internal reliability of the scales was calculated by Cronbach's alpha method. Internal consistency value of Personal Definition Scale of Successful Inclusion of Students with ASD was α=.86 and the internal consistency value of the Scale of Factors for Successful Inclusion of Students with ASD was α=.89. According to the findings, both scales were reliable and valid and the use of the scales by teachers in Turkey was deemed appropriate