Cloud computing: history, present status and perspectives

This paper examines the issues of cloud computing (“cloud”). Tells the story of a “cloud”, a “cloud” is described, as well as providing cloud services. Giving analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of “cloud”

Anxiety and psychological needs of high school students: COVID-19 period

The study aims to examine the relationship between anxiety and psychological needs of high school students during the COVID-19 pandemic period. The fact that the COVID-19 virus poses a threat to mental health as well as physical health, the effects of the pandemic period on the psychological needs and anxiety level of adolescents, especially in a critical developmental stage, and the scarcity of studies concerning adolescent mental health in this period, constituted the purpose of the current study. The quantitative (N = 502) and qualitative data (N = 29) of the study, in which triangulation design was used, were collected from high school students studying in the Southeast of Turkey. In the quantitative part of the research Multiple Linear Regression was implemented and content analysis was used in the qualitative part. The results indicate that love, belonging and power, which are subdimensions of basic psychological needs, are significant predictors of anxiety level. Additionally, it is seen that the need for freedom subdimension is the least predictive variable for the anxiety level. It is concluded that there are moderate negative and significant relationships between the general and subdimensions of basic psychological needs and the level of state anxiety. In this sense, it has been found that the level of anxiety tends to decrease as the level of the satisfaction of basic psychological needs increases. The results in the qualitative analysis part largely overlap with the results in the quantitative part. Suggestions based on the findings of the study are made to researchers

Mediating Role of Internal Factors in Predicting Academic Resilience

The aim of this study was to examine the effects of external and internal factors on academic resilience. This study is more apt to examine the critical role of internal protective factors in students’ academic resilience. Child rearing attitudes or parenting style and ecological education value perception were included as external factors and academic self-efficacy and academic motivation as internal factors. Within the scope of this purpose, the Academic Resilience Scale (ARS) was adapted to Turkish, and the Ecological Education Value Perception Scale (EEVPS) was developed. The model testing with structural equation modeling indicated that internal factors play a mediating role between external factors and academic resilience. Internal protective factors of academic motivation and academic self-efficacy were found to mediate between external factors of parenting style and ecological education value and academic resilience. It was concluded that even having external protective factors for resilience, we still need internal protective factors to become academically more resilient. The current study’s results showed that the existence of intrinsic motivation and protective features can be considered a prerequisite for academic resilience. The results are discussed in light of previous studies and within the limitations of this study. © 2021 International School Psychology Association

The relationship between self-esteem and vandalism on high school students Lise öğrencilerinin özsaygı ve tahripçi davranışları arasındaki ilişki

This study aims to determine the relationship between self-esteem and vandalism levels of on high school freshmen students. The data of this correlational study was obtained through the Vandalism Scale, Coopersmith Self-Esteem Scale and Personal Information Form developed for his study. The sample of this research consists of 1225 students in public high schools freshmens in the Şanlıurfa province and district centers. Of the whole research group, 587 are female and 638 are male students. The relationship between the vandalism and self-esteem levels of student was investigated with the Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficients. In addition, the calculations on the self-esteem of students predicting their vandalism levels were carried out with the simple regression analysis. Analyzing the binary correlation between vandalism and self-esteem, it was found that the relationship was negatively and significantly. In predicting vandalism scores from all the variables in the study, the self-esteem scores of students with the simple regression analysis, self-esteem scores explained the 3% of the total variance in vandalism scores. Negative correlation between these two variables indicates that individuals having high self-esteem have less vandalism tendencies. ÖzetBu araştırmanın amacı, lise birinci sınıf düzeyinde eğitim gören öğrencilerin tahripçilik ve özsaygıları arasındaki ilişkinin belirlenmesidir. Korelasyonel türden bir çalışma olan bu araştırma verileri Tahripçilik Ölçeği, Coopersmith Özsaygı Ölçeği ve geliştirilen Kişisel Bilgi Formu ile elde edilmiştir. Araştırmanın örneklemi, Şanlıurfa ili ve ilçe merkezlerinin devlet okullarının genel liselerinde okuyan 1225 lise birinci sınıf öğrencileri oluşturmaktadır. Bunların 587’si kız, 638’i ise erkek öğrencilerden oluşturmaktadır. Öğrencilerin özsaygı düzeylerinin tahripçi davranışlarını yordama gücü basit regresyon analizi ile incelenmiştir. Öğrencilerin özsaygı ölçeği puanlarının tahripçilik puanlarındaki varyansın %3'ünü açıkladığı bulunmuştur. Bu iki değişken arasındaki ilişkinin negatif olması özsaygısı yüksek bireylerin tahripçi davranışlarının daha az olduğunu göstermektedir

COVID-19: Are School Counseling Services Ready? Students' Psychological Symptoms, School Counselors' Views, and Solutions

The purpose of the current study was to investigate the effects of COVID-19 on high school students' psychological symptoms and to understand how ready counselors and school counseling services are based on the data we have. Therefore, this research is designed under two different studies: (A) Study 1: Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on students' psychological symptoms and (B) Study 2: Views and expectations of students and school counselors about school counseling services. The first study was a quantitative study and included 549 high school students (398 female, 151 male). A structural equation model (SEM) was created to examine the effects of COVID-19 pandemic on participants' psychological symptoms. The Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) scores showed that 107 (19.50%) individuals had a score of 50 and above pointing out that individuals in this group had severe impact of event/trauma symptomologies. The SEM analysis indicated that IES-R scores had a total effect of 0.79 on anxiety, 0.75 on depression, 0.74 on negative self-concept, 0.68 on somatization, and 0.66 on hostility scores. Furthermore, female students had significantly higher scores on anxiety, depression, negative self-concept, somatization, hostility, and impact of events variables than male students. Study 2 was a qualitative design and consisted of five school counselors and five students from different schools. The results indicated that students' difficulties during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak were educational, cognitive, emotional, physiological, relational, technological, and related to routines. Academic, social, emotional, and behavioral issues came to the fore among the difficulties that can be experienced if students start face-to-face education. On the other hand, the school counselors listed that family relations, personal-social, emotional, and academic themes were the difficulties experienced by the students at the beginning of the COVID-19. In addition, when COVID-19 started, the services offered by school counselors were discussed under (1) services for the student, (2) services for the family, and (3) services for the teacher. Finally, according to the opinions of the school counselors, if students start face-to-face education, they may experience emotional, academic, and relational difficulties. In summary, it is vital that student personality services be prepared and implemented by school counseling services for schools based on the results

Determination of resilience factors in individuals who tested COVID-19 positive

The main purpose of this study was to determine the protective factors that can aid people in their recovery or help maintain their well-being in the face of collective adversity, in this case, the COVID-19 pandemic, and to examine how these factors can be further strengthened. The study included 89 participants from 14 different cities in Turkey, ranging in age from 18 to 70, 46 of them men and 43 women. In light of the findings of the study, it can be said that psychosocial support and re-adaptation programmes are needed to ease the social-emotional burden of living through a pandemic on individuals (especially those who survived the virus) even after the COVID-19 pandemic ends

Bağımlılıkla Mücadelede Koruyucu ve Önleyici Faktörlerin İncelenmesi: Yaşam Becerilerinin Rolü

Gelişimsel olarak risk grubunda bulunan çocuk ve ergenlerin karşı karşıya kalabileceği bağımlılık türleri içinde madde bağımlılığı önemli bir yer tutmaktadır. Bilindiği gibi bağımlılık noktasında gelişimsel olarak risk altında bulunan çocuk ve ergenlerin karşı karşıya kalabileceği madde bağımlılığına yönelik farklı perspektiflere sahip önleme ve müdahale programları geliştirilmektedir. Bununla birlikte madde bağımlılığını önleme amaçlı programların daha çok bilgilendirmeye dayalı oldukları görülmektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı ergenlerde madde bağımlılığı ile yaşam becerileri arasındaki ilişkinin belirlenmesidir. Bu doğrultuda madde kullanımına/ bağımlılığına ilişkin olarak ergenlerin ve ailelerinin tutumları, düşünceleri ve başlama hikâyelerinden hareketle maddeye başlanma nedenleri, madde kullanmanın sonuçları ve madde bağımlılığını önlemede yaşam becerilerinin önem ve işlevini ortaya koymak amacıyla nitel bir araştırma yapılmıştır. Araştırmanın verileri odak grup görüşmesi tekniği ile ebeveyn (45 ebeveyn) ve gençlerden (42 genç) oluşan toplam 87 kişi ile 10 ayrı görüşmeden toplanmıştır. Elde edilen verilerin incelenmesi, nitel veri analizi tekniğine uygun olarak geliştirilen MAXQDA programı ile bilgisayar ortamında yapılmıştır Analizler sonucunda madde kullanan ergenlerin aileleri ile sorun yaşadıkları, aileleri ve arkadaşlarıyla ilişkilerinin iyi olmadığı, okul başarılarının ve okula bağlılıklarının düşük olduğu bulguları elde edilmiştir. 4H Yaşam Becerileri Modeli kapsamında yapılan değerlendirmeyle ergenlerin madde kullanımını önlemede etkili olabileceğine inandıkları yaşam becerileri arasında duyuşsal alanda sosyal beceriler, iletişim ve besleyici ilişkiler kurabilme; bilişsel alanda problem çözme, maddeye karşı koyma ve hedef belirleme; sağlık alanında duyguları yönetme ve öz disiplin gibi becerilerin ön plana çıktığı görülmektedir

Umut ve azime dayalı müdahale programının ergenlerin öz yeterliklerine etkisi

Bu araştırmanın amacı, umut ve azime dayalı müdahale programının ergenlerin öz yeterliklerine etkisini incelemektir. Araştırmada yöntem olarak 2x2’lik ön-son test kontrol gruplu deneysel desen kullanılmış olup, çalışma grubunu 2019-2020 öğretim yılında XXX ilindeki bir ortaokulda öğrenim gören 18 öğrenci oluşturmuştur. Katılımcılar, seçkisiz olarak deney (n=9) ve kontrol grubuna (n=9) atanmışlardır. Katılımcılara ön ve son testte Genel Öz Yeterlik Ölçeği uygulanmıştır. Deney grubuna, haftanın iki günü olmak üzere yedi oturumluk umut ve azime dayalı müdahale programı uygulanmıştır. Oturumlar, 40-50 dakika arasında değişen sürelerde gerçekleştirilmiştir. Verilerinin analizinde bağımsız gruplar için t-testi ve tekrarlanmış ölçümler için iki yönlü ANOVA kullanılmıştır. Araştırma bulguları, programa katılan ergenlerin son test öz yeterlik puan ortalamalarının hem deney grubu ön test puanlarına göre hem de kontrol grubundaki ergenlerin son test puanlarına göre anlamlı olarak daha yüksek olduğunu göstermektedir. Sonuç olarak, umut ve azime dayalı müdahale programının ergenlerin öz yeterliklerini arttırmada etkili olduğunu göstermektedir

Fuzzy Approach in Implementation of E-Government in the Field of Regional Development Regulation

Fuzzy Approach in Implementation of E-Government in the Field of Regional Development Regulatio

The Effects of Resilience and Cyberbullying on Self-Esteem

To investigate the effects of resilience and cyberbullying on students’ self-esteem, predictive correlational design was employed as a method of investigation. Data were collected from 580 ninth-grade students at Anatolian High Schools. Findings of the study demonstrated that as the resilience level increases, self-esteem level increases. Also, as cyberbullying increases, self-esteem decreases. © 2019 Trustees of Boston University