The effect of flow experience on experience satisfaction and life satisfaction in paragliding

Günümüzde tüketicilere yaşatılan deneyimler gerek akademik gerek uygulama açısından oldukça heyecan verici bir içeriğe sahip görünmektedir. Deneyimlerin tasarımı ve sunumunda yeterli materyallere sahip olduğu düşünülen turizm endüstrisi içerisinde macera turizmi alternatif tatil olanaklarına odaklanan ve yaşadıkları deneyimlere ücret ödemek isteyen turistler için uygun görünmektedir. Macera turizmi etkinliklerinde turistin akış deneyime ulaşmasının unutulmaz bir deneyimin kapılarını açacağı düşünülmektedir. Konunun önemi ile birlikte zor macera etkinliklerinden biri olan yamaç paraşütünde turistlerin akış deneyimlerinin etkileri ile ilgili yeterli çalışma yapılmadığı görülmüştür. Bu çalışmada yamaç paraşütü etkinliğinde akış kuramı, deneyimdeki öncül, özellik ve sonuçları çerçevesinde incelenmiştir. 296 katılımcıdan elde edilen veriye göre yamaç paraşütünde akış deneyiminin yaşanmasında zorluk-beceri dengesi, yoğunlaşma ve heyecan arama davranışı etkili olmakta ve akış deneyimi katılımcıların kişisel iyi oluşuna olumlu katkılar sağlamaktadır. Araştırmanın alanyazına ve uygulamaya katkıları tartışılarak gelecek araştırmalara önerilerde bulunulmaktadır.Customer experience provides a new and exciting context in both academic and practical platform. Tourism industry has adequate materials to design and present an experience. Adventure tourism is also appropriate for the tourists who focus on new vacation alternatives and want to pay for experience. It’s thought that adventure tourism activities have potential opening doors to memorable experiences. Despite the significance, limited research has been carried out to investigate flow experience in paragliding as a hard adventure tourism activity. The flow experience’s antecedents, features and outcomes have investigated in this research. 296 questionnaires were gathered. According to the results, skill-challenge balance, concentration and sensation seeking are affective dimensions experiencing flow. It’s also revealed that flow experience contributes to tourists’ subjective well-being. Theoretical and managerial contributions are discussed

The Role of Tourism Establishments in Rural Tourism: a Sample of Cumalikizik

DergiPark: 403385trakyasobedRural tourism as an alternative type has been one of the areas whichhas gradually grown in tourism industry. Stakeholders, specifically tourismestablishments, have an important role in the development of rural tourism in aregion. This study aims to reveal tourism managers’ attitude towards ruraltourism. The research was carried out in Bursa-Cumalıkızık which is implementedrural tourism and in UNESCO World Heritage List. A qualitative approach wasadopted and data was gathered from 18 tourism managers. According to theresults, tourism managers have a positive attitude towards rural tourism.However, there are some incompatibilies, specifically in restoration, betweentourism managers and local authorities. Local authorities and managers need totake joint action for decision. The other finding of the study is that managersmustn’t focus only tourist numbers but also local texture protection of theregion. This study aims to contribute understanding tourism managers’ attitudetowards rural tourism and offer solutions in this context.Alternatif turizm türlerinden biri olan kırsal turizm, turizmendüstrisi içinde giderek büyüyen bir alan olarak karşımıza çıkmakta vegelişimi desteklenmektedir. Bir bölgedeki kırsal turizmin gelişmesindepaydaşların ve bu paydaşlardan biri olan turistik işletmelerin katkılarındansöz edilebilir. Bu araştırmada işletmecilerin kırsal turizme yöneliktutumlarını ortaya koymak amaçlanmaktadır. Araştırma, kırsal turizminuygulandığı ve UNESCO Dünya Miras Listesinde yer alan Bursa Cumalıkızıkilçesinde gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırmada nitel bir yaklaşım benimsenmiş ve18 işletmeci ile görüşmeler yapılmıştır. Araştırma bulgularına göre,işletmecilerin kırsal turizme karşı olumlu bir tutum içinde olduklarınısöylemek mümkündür. Bununla birlikte özellikle bölgedeki restorasyonçalışmaları noktasında işletmeciler ve yerel yönetim arasında birtakımuyuşmazlıklar bulunmaktadır. Bu konuda yerel yönetim ve işletmelerin kararalmada birlikte hareket etmesi gerekmektedir. İşletme sahiplerinin yalnızcaturist sayısına odaklanmalarından ziyade yerel dokuyu korumaya yönelikeğitilmeleri gerektiği araştırmanın bir diğer bulgusudur. Araştırma ile kırsalturizmin önemli paydaşlarından biri olan turistik işletmelerin kırsal turizmeyönelik bakış açısını anlamada ve bu noktada çözüm önerileri getirmede katkısağlaması hedeflenmektedir

The relationship between interpersonal emotion regulation and interpersonal competence controlled for emotion dysregulation

The aim of this study is to examine the role of interpersonal emotion regulation on interpersonal competency when controlled for emotion dysregulation. The sample of the study consists of 342 (235 female; 107 male) undergraduate students attending to the various departments of a private university in Turkey. The average age of participants was 20.81 (SD=2.29). The Interpersonal Emotion Regulation Scale, Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale and Interpersonal Competency Scale were used. Analyses were conducted through the SPSS 20 (IBM, 2011). Results of hierarchical regression analysis revealed that interpersonal emotion regulation and emotion dysregulation seem to predict interpersonal competency. After controlling for the effect of emotion dysregulation, interpersonal emotion regulation alone explains 18% of the overall variance in interpersonal competency. Interpersonal emotion has the highest contribution on interpersonal competency followed by emotion dysregulation

THE PSYHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF MINDFULNESS IN PARENTING QUESTIONNAIRE (MIPQ) IN TURKISH SAMPLE

The aim of the study is to examine the psychometric properties of the Mindfulness in Parenting Questionnaire developed by McCaffrey, Reitman and Black (2017) in Turkish parents. At the beginning of the study, linguistic equivalence was examined. After observing that the scale is linguistically equivalent to the original form, the Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was applied for the construct validity. Confirmatory Factor Analysis was employed to calculate fit indices and the results showed that goodness of fit indices of the scale are within acceptable limits for two factor (χ2/sd=1.927, RMSEA=.049, GFI=.90, CFI=.90, IFI=.90) and for the one factor model (χ2/sd=1.904, RMSEA=.049, GFI=.90, CFI=.90, TLI=.90). The Cronbach’s alpha internal consistency coefficient was found to range between .73 and .87 for each subscale and the total scale. The results revealed that corrected item total correlations were between .50 and .85 and the t-test results for the upper 27% and lower 27% of scores were significant (p<.05). Also, it was found to significantly correlated with the Parent-Child Communication Scale and the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale. To conclude, Mindfulness in Parenting Questionnaire appears to be a valid and reliable measure for Turkish parents.  Article visualizations

MINDFUL SELF-CARE DIMENSIONS AS AGENTS OF WELL-BEING FOR STUDENTS IN MENTAL HEALTH FIELDS

The purpose of the study was to examine the role of mindful self-care along with the sub-dimensions of physical care, supportive relationships, mindful awareness, self-compassion and purpose, mindful relaxation, and supportive structure in predicting well-being levels of students attending to mental health programs. A total of 262 undergraduate students (191 female, 71 male) within the departments of psychological counseling and guidance and psychology formed the sample group. The mean age of the participants was 20.31 (SD=1.45). The data were obtained through Mindful Self-care Scale (Cook-Cottone and Guyker 2018) and The Well Star Scale (Korkut-Owen, Doğan, Demirbaş-Çelik and Owen, 2016). The results of multiple linear regression analysis yielded that all of the mindful self-care dimensions significantly predict well-being. Regarding the contribution of each self-care dimension on well-being scores; supportive structure has the highest contribution followed by self-compassion and purpose, supportive relationships, mindful awareness, physical care and mindful relaxation. In addition, mindful self-care was found to explain 39% of the variance of the well-being scores in candidate mental health professionals.  Article visualizations

The Moderating Role of Authenticity in the Relationship Between Valued Living and Life Satisfaction in Undergraduate Students

The purpose of this study was to analyze the moderating role of authentic behavior on valued living and life satisfaction. The study group consisted of a total of 328 university students (249 female, 79 male) between 18-32 years old. The average age of the students in the study group was 20.3 and the standard deviation was 1.65. Participants of the study were selected through convenient sampling methods (Fraenkel et al., 2011). The data of this study was obtained by applying the Valued Living Scale (Wilson &Groom, 2002), The Satisfaction with Life Scale (Diener et al.,1985) and the Authenticity Scale (Wood et al., 2008). Hierarchical regression analysis was applied to test the moderating effect of authentic behavior on the relationship between valued living and life satisfaction. SPSS 20 package program (IBM, 2011) was used in the data analysis step. In this study, two models were created with hierarchical regression analysis and these two models were tested. In the first model, the individual effect of valued living on life satisfaction and in the second model, the moderating role of authentic behavior on this relationship was analyzed. Based on the obtained results, it was determined that valued living has positive and significant relationships with life satisfaction; as well authentic behavior increased the predictive power of the relationship between valued living and life satisfaction and moderated this relationship in a positive significant direction. Obtained results were considered under related information in the literature and recommendations were provided for future studies

İnsülinoma Tanı Ve Tedavisinde Endoskopik Ve İntraoperatif Ultrasonografinin Birlikte Kullanımının Önemi

Introduction: Insulinoma is a usually benign tumor of pancreas. It is seen rarely and incidence of insulinoma is 1 in 250,000 patient-years. We present a rare case with insulinoma which well diagnosed and treated with aid of endoscopic and intraoperative ultrasonography. Case Report: A patient involving a 39-year-old woman with complaints of cold sweats, weakness, syncope attacks, palpitations was evaluated in polyclinic. She was hospitalized with the diagnosis of pancreatic insulinoma after abdominal computer tomography(CT), magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) endoscopic ultrasonography(EUS), and biochemical parameters. The patient was well treated with enucleation and after imaging aid of endoscopic and intraoperative ultrasound(IOUS). Discussion: In patients with insulinoma, preoperative localization of tumor is most important for diagnosis and treatment. Therefore; CT scanning, MRI, EUS and SPECT / CT are used for diagnosis of insulinoma. Together use of endoscopic and intraoperatively ultrasonography are increasing recently. Enucleation is a curative treatment approach in insulinoma. Conclusion: Together using of preoperative endoscopic and intraoperative ultrasound is quite helpful in the diagnosis and treatment of insulinoma.Giriş: İnsülinoma pankreasın genellikle benign tümörüdür. Yıllık insidansı 250.000’de 1’dir ve nadir görülmektedir. Tanı ve lokalizasyon amaçlı olarak endoskopik ve intraoperatif ultrasonografinin kullanıldığı ve başarılı bir şekilde tedavi edilen insülinomalı hasta sunuldu. Olgu Sunumu: 39 yaşında bayan hasta uzun süre aç kalması sonucu artan, soğuk terleme, halsizlik, bayılma ve çarpıntı şikâyetleriyle poliklinikte değerlendirildi. Batın bilgisayarlı tomografi(BT), manyetik rezonans görüntüleme(MRG), endoskopik ultrasonografi(EUS) ve biyokimyasal parametrelerden sonra hasta insülinoma tanısıyla yatırıldı. Hastaya EUS ve intraoperatifUSG(IOUS) yardımıyla enüklüasyon yapıldı. Tartışma: İnsülinomalı hastalarda ameliyat öncesi kitlenin lokalizasyonu çok önemlidir. Bu yüzden BT tarama, MRG, EUS ve SPECT/BT tanı amaçlı olarak kullanılmaktadır. Son zamanlarda EUS ve IOUS’un birlikte kullanımı artmaktadır. Insülinomada küratif tedavi yöntemi enükleasyondur. Sonuç: İnsülinoma’nın tanı ve tedavisinde, endoskopik ve intraoperatif ultrasonografinin birlikte kullanımı oldukça yararlıdır

Mindful Self-Care Scale (MSCS): Adaptation and Validation in a Normative Turkish Sample

The aim of this study was to adapt and validate Mindful Self-Care Scale (MSCS) with a normative Turkish sample. Participants of the study were 330 university students (232 females and 97 males) along with the age mean of 20.22 (SD=1.32). In order to validate the six factor structure of Mindful Self-care Scale, a confirmatory factor analysis was conducted. For providing evidence over convergent validity, Mindful Attention Awareness Scale-Adolescent version (Brown, West, Loverich & Biegel, 2011) was concurrently used. The results of the confirmatory factor analysis  displayed satisfactory evidence for the six factor Mindful Self-Care Scale (χ2 / df = 1.7; GFI = 0.87, CFI = 0.92; TLI = .91; RMSEA = 0.05). The scale was also found to be significantly correlated to Mindful Attention Awareness Scale-Adolescent (r=.27, p<.001). Also, the Cronbach Alpha value for the whole scale was found .89 yielding satisfactory evidence for the internal consistency of the instrument. The results of the study tentatively yielded that the Mindful Self-Care Scale is a valid and reliable assessment tool of self-care in Turkish culture. As well, further studies examining the psychometric properties of Mindful Self-Care Scale are still needed with larger and diverse samples

İlişkide Otantiklik Ölçeği: Türk Kültürüne Uyarlama Ve Geçerlik Çalışması

DergiPark: 770310tredBu çalışmanın amacı, Lopez ve Rice (2006) tarafından geliştirilen İlişkide Otantiklik Ölçeği’nin Türk örneklemindeki psikometrik özelliklerini incelemektir. Araştırmanın çalışma grubu, 263 lisans öğrencisinden oluşmaktadır. İlişkide Otantiklik Ölçeği’nin yapı geçerliğini değerlendirmek amacıyla doğrulayıcı faktör analizi yapılmıştır. Bulgular, uyum iyiliği indekslerinin yeterli düzeyde olduğunu ve ölçeğin iki faktörlü yapısının doğrulandığını göstermiştir (?2 / df= 1.8; GFI= 0.88; CFI= 0.90; TLI= .88; RMSEA= 0.05). Ölçeğin Cronbach Alfa iç tutarlılık katsayısı .80 bulunmuştur. Ölçeğin yakınsak geçerliğini saptamak amacıyla, Otantiklik Ölçeği ve İlişki Doyumu Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Buna göre, İlişkide Otantiklik Ölçeği ile Otantiklik Ölçeği ve İlişki Doyumu Ölçeği arasında pozitif yönde anlamlı ilişkiler bulunmuştur. Yanı sıra, ölçme değişmezliği analizinin sonuçları, kadınların ve erkeklerin ölçek maddelerine verdikleri yanıtların benzer bir örüntüde olduğunu ortaya koymuştur. Bu nedenle, İlişkide Otantiklik Ölçeği’nin cinsiyet faktörü açısından ölçme değişmezliğine sahip olduğu söylenebilir. Sonuç olarak, mevcut çalışmanın bulguları, İlişkide Otantiklik Ölçeği’nin Türk kültüründe geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçek olarak kullanılabileceğini göstermektedir.The aim of the current study is to investigate the psychometric properties of Authenticity in Relationships Scale (AIRS) developed by Lopez and Rice (2006) in Turkish sample. The study carried out with 263 undergraduate students that were included with purposive sampling method. To examine the construct validity of AIRS, confirmatory factor analysis was conducted. The results showed that goodness of fit indices meet the model fit requirements for the two-factor structure of the scale (?2 / df= 1.8; GFI= 0.88; CFI= 0.90; TLI= .88; RMSEA= 0.05). The internal consistency coefficient was found .80. As an evidence for the convergent validity, Authenticity in Relationships Scale was found to have significantly positive correlations with the Authenticity Scale and Relationship Assessment Scale. Moreover, the results of measurement invariance analysis showed that scale has the same measurement body of items in females and males and the answer patterns are similar in both genders indicating a sound metric variance for AIRS. In conclusion, it can be concluded that AIRS is a reliable and valid measure of relationship authenticity in Turkish culture

Importance of Together Use of Endoscopic and Intraoperative Ultrasonography In The Diagnosis and Treatment of Insulinoma

Introduction:Insulinoma is a usually benign tumor of pancreas. It is seen rarely and incidence of insulinoma is 1 in 250,000 patient-years. We present a rare case with insulinoma which well diagnosed and treated with aid of endoscopic and intraoperative ultrasonography.Case Report:A patient involving a 39-year-old woman with complaints of cold sweats, weakness, syncope attacks, palpitations was evaluated in polyclinic. She was hospitalized with the diagnosis of pancreatic insulinoma after abdominal computer tomography(CT), magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) endoscopic ultrasonography(EUS), and biochemical parameters. The patient was well treated with enucleation and after imaging aid of endoscopic and intraoperative ultrasound(IOUS).Discussion:In patients with insulinoma, preoperative localization of tumor is most important for diagnosis and treatment. Therefore; CT scanning, MRI, EUS and SPECT / CT are used for diagnosis of insulinoma. Together use of endoscopic and intraoperatively ultrasonography are increasing recently. Enucleation is a curative treatment approach in insulinoma.Conclusion:Together using of preoperative endoscopic and intraoperative ultrasound is quite helpful in the diagnosis and treatment of insulinoma