Dispositional Optimism and Well-being in Cancer Patients: The Role of CancerRelated Self-Efficacy

Optimistic attitudes of cancer patients are shown as an important personal resource for the psychological and physical adjustment to the illness. Coping styles and appraisals were suggested as indirect pathways through which optimism associates with better functioning in patients. The current study aimed to investigate the role of cancer-specific self-efficacy domains (i.e., coping with cancer-related side effects and stress, maintaining activity and independence, seeking and understanding medical information, and affect regulation and seeking social support) in the association between optimism and physical and psychological (i.e., depressive symptoms) well-being of cancer patients. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 120 patients in Ankara, Turkey. Majority of the participants were female, and about half of them were breast cancer patients. Participants filled a set of self-report questionnaires including Life Orientation Test-Revised, Cancer Behavior Inventory, Multidimensional Quality of Life Scale-Cancer, and Beck Depression Inventory. The data were analyzed separately for physical well-being and depressive symptoms through the bootstrapping method. Of the four self-efficacy domains, maintaining activity and independence accounted for a significant proportion of variance in the optimism-physical well-being and optimism-depressive symptoms relations. Findings highlight the importance of patients' beliefs in their ability to sustain their daily activities for having better physical and psychological well-being during cancer treatment as well as the role of optimism in promoting this particular self-efficacy domain. Interventions are suggested to focus on enhancing cancer patients' self-efficacy in maintaining activity and independence

Genç Yetişkin Kadınlarda Zayıflama Haplarına Yönelik Tutumları Ölçen Bir Ölçeğin Geliştirilmesi

Zayıfl ama hapı kullanımı sağlığa olumsuz etkileri olan bir yöntem olmasına rağmen kullanımı oldukça yaygındır (örn., altın çilek ve Hatay biberi). Bu çalışmanın amacı genç yetişkin kadın örnekleminde (19-39 yaş) bu haplara yönelik tutumları değerlendirmek için bir ölçek geliştirmektir. Ölçek 208 kadına seçkisiz örnekleme yoluyla uygulanmıştır. Sonuçlar, ölçeğin 3 faktörlü (kilo yöntemi, kişisel normlar ve güvenilir olma) olduğunu, iç tutarlılık güvenilirliğinin (α = .93) ve vücut algısı ölçeği ile korelasyonuna bakılarak test edilen ayrışan geçerliğinin (r = -.16, p < .05) yeterli olduğunu göstermiştir. Beden imajından memnuniyet azaldıkça zayıfl ama haplarına yönelik olumlu tutumların arttığı görülmüştür. Ayrıca, daha önce kilo vermek için tehlikeli yöntem girişimleri olan kadınların bu tür girişimleri olmayanlara göre zayıfl ama haplarına yönelik daha olumlu tutumlara sahip olması (t 206 = 4.48, p < .001), ölçeğin ölçüt geçerliliğine sahip olduğunu göstermiştir. Sonuç olarak, bu ölçeğin genç yetişkin kadınların zayıfl ama haplarına yönelik tutumlarını ölçen geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçek olduğu söylenebili

Turkish adaptation of the objectified body consciousness scale and the self-objectification questionnaire

Objective: The scope of this study was to adapt two important measurement tools from the body image literature: the Objectified Body Consciousness Scale (OBCS) and the Self-Objectification Questionnaire (SOQ). These instruments are important in the assessment of eating and feeding disorders. The objectified body consciousness scale has three subscales: body surveillance, body shame, and control beliefs. Although the two scales had been translated to Turkish before, the psychometric properties had not been studied in detail

The moderating role of perceived social support on early maladaptive schemas and well-being for primary caregivers of dementia patients

Objective: This study aims to investigate the moderating role of perceived social support on early maladaptive schemas and well-being for primary caregivers of dementia patients

Does social support moderate the relationship between selfcompassion and medical adherence of Type 2 Diabetes patients?

In the regard of the literature, moderator role of perceived social support on the relationship of self-compassion and medical adherence of Type to Diabetic patients was examined. It was found that total adherence score was positively correlated with satisfaction with life ( r = .18, p &lt; .05 ) and with perceived social support ( r = .29, p &lt; .01) which means that higher levels of total adherence sores was associated with higher levels of satisfaction with life and with perceived social support. Overall model was found to be significant F (4,114) = 6.06, p &lt;.01, R2 = .11. However interaction was not found to be significant (p &gt; .05) so there was no moderation effect. Moderator role of perceived social support on the relationship of self-compassion and the level of satisfaction with life of Type 2 Diabetic patients was examined. Overall model was found to be significant [F (3,115) = 8.12, p &lt; .001, R2 = .16] however, the interaction and moderation was not found to be significant

The Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire: Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties of the Turkish Version

The Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ; Garnefski et al., Personality and Individual Differences, 30, 1311-1327, 2001) is a multidimensional questionnaire that was developed to assess cognitive emotion regulation strategies people use after experiencing negative life events or situations. The purpose of the present study was to develop a Turkish version of the CERQ and to examine its psychometric properties in a sample of Turkish university students. The English version of the CERQ was translated and back-translated prior to its administration to 396 participants recruited from several universities in Turkey. Internal consistency, test-retest reliability, inter-scale reliability, construct and criterion-related validity of the Turkish version were analyzed. The results indicated that the data collected with the Turkish version do also support the original nine-factor model; with reliability and validity measures comparable to the original one

The Relationship Between Attachment Styles, Emotion Regulation Strategies, and Health-Promoting Behaviors: Extreme Sports Participants Versus Non-Participants

The purpose of the current study was to investigate the relationship between attachment styles, emotion regulation strategies, and their possible effects on health-promoting behaviors among those who participate (N = 109) versus those who do not participate in extreme sports (N = 202). Multiple mediation analyses were conducted to test the hypotheses. Different nonadaptive emotion regulation strategies mediated the relationship between insecure attachment styles and health-promoting behaviors in two groups of the current study. In the extreme sports group, lack of awareness about emotions and lack of goals while dealing with negative emotions mediated the relationship between anxious attachment style and health-promoting behaviors; and lack of goals while dealing with negative emotions mediated the relationship between avoidant attachment style and health-promoting behaviors. In participants who do not engage in extreme sports, lack of clarity about emotions mediated the relationship between anxious attachment style and health-promoting behaviors. Findings and their implications were discussed in the light of the literature