Hope as a Unique Agent of Resilience in Socio-economically Disadvantaged Adolescents

The aim of this study was to explore the predictive effect of hope for resilience in socio-economically disadvantaged adolescents. Participants of the study were 692 (395 female, 297 male) students attending to 9th, 10th and 11th grades. The age range of the sample was 14-19 (M = 16.24, SD=.89). A convenient sampling was used to select the participants who are picked from four high schools located in low income regions. In order to collect data, The 14-Item Resilience Scale (Wagnild, 2010) and Dispositional Hope Scale (Snyder et al., 1991) were used as data collection instruments. The predictive effect of hope on resilience was analyzed through linear regression. Regression analysis yielded that hope explains 48% of the variance in the resilience scores of participants. This result indicates that hope is a powerful significant predictor of resilience for socio-economically disadvantaged adolescents

The Role of Trait Mindfulness, Self-Compassion, and Caring for Bliss in Life Satisfaction: Controlling for Perceived Stress during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Having gathered data from 341 participants (210 females and 131 males) over the age of 18, we investigated the predictive role of mindfulness, self-compassion, and caring for bliss in life satisfaction, controlled by perceived stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results of a confirmatory factor analysis acknowledged the single-factor structure of the Caring for Bliss Scale adapted within the scope of this study. The mean life satisfaction scores indicated that the sample was “displeased with the life” in the midst of the pandemic. In addition, the results of a hierarchical regression showed that, after controlling for perceived stress, mindfulness, caring for bliss, and self-compassion respectively explain a significant variance of life satisfaction scores during the COVID-19 pandemic. The hierarchical model proposed was found to account for 35% of variance in the life satisfaction levels of the participants across the relevant period. The results indicate that the Caring for Bliss Scale is a valid and reliable instrument to be used in Turkish culture. In addition, mindfulness, self-compassion, and caring for bliss could be accepted as possible protective factors to be cultivated in order to enhance life satisfaction during the pandemic

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

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 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

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

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

Ergenlerde bilinçli farkındalık ve kendini toparlama gücü arasındaki ilişki: öz-duyarlık ve duygu düzenleme güçlüğünün düzenleyici rolü.

The aim of the present study was to test a proposed model for the relationship between mindfulness and resilience as mediated by self-compassion and difficulties in emotion regulation among socio-economically disadvantaged adolescents. A total of 752 students (426 female, 326 male) between 14-19 age ranges (M = 15.82, SD=.88) participated in the study. The Demographic Information Form, 14-Item Resilience Scale (RS-14) (Wagnild, 2010; Terzi, 2006 for RS-25 Item), Mindful Attention and Awareness Scale-A (MAAS-A) (Brown, West, Loverich, & Biegel; 2011), Self-compassion Scale (SCS) (Neff, v 2003b, Akın, Akın, & Abacı, 2007) and Difficulties In Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) (Gratz & Roemer, 2004, Rugancı, 2008) were used as data collection instruments. In this study, path analysis was used to test the hypothesized relationship between mindfulness and resilience through the mediating effects of selfcompassion and difficulties in emotion regulation. The results of the path analysis indicated that mindfulness is a significant positive predictor for selfcompassion and a significant negative predictor of difficulties in emotion regulation. The direct relations of self-compassion and difficulties in emotion regulation to resilience were also significant. Self-compassion was also found to significantly and negatively predict difficulties in emotion regulation. In addition, both of the indirect paths from mindfulness to resilience through the mediating effects of self-compassion and difficulties in emotion regulation and also through the interaction of these paths were significant. The findings of the study showed that the proposed model explained 21% of the variance in the resilience scores of adolescents in this study.  Ph.D. - Doctoral Progra

Özel gereksinimli çocukları olan ebeveynlerde öz-şefkat ve psikolojik sağlamlık: Umudun aracı rolü

The purpose of this study was to explore hope as a mediator in the relationship between self-compassion and resilience in parents of children with special needs. Participants of the study were 120 parents (95 females, 25 males). The preliminary results showed that resilience scores of the participants don't vary as a function of gender, income, education level and age. The results of the path analysis yielded that the model fit indices of the proposed model are perfect (chi(2)/df=.03, p<.001; RMSEA=.00; CFI=1.00; TLI= 1.00; GFI=.99). Examination of the relationships between the variables yielded that there are significantly positive connections between selfcompassion and hope and also between hope and resilience. The model was found to explain a 5% variance in hope scores and 16% variance in resilience scores of parents of children with special needs. These results were discussed in line with the relevant literature as well as possible interventions for cultivation of resilience in these parents.Bu çalışmanın amacı, özel gereksinimli çocukların ebeveynlerinde öz-şefkat vepsikolojik sağlamlık arasındaki ilişkide umudun aracı rolünü incelemektir. Çalışmanınkatılımcıları 120 ebeveynden (95 kadın, 25 erkek) oluşmaktadır. Yapılan ön analizlerpsikolojik sağlamlığın cinsiyet, gelir, eğitim düzeyi ve yaşa göre anlamlı düzeydefarklılaşmadığını ortaya koymuştur. Yol analizi sonuçları, önerilen modelin model uyumindekslerinin mükemmel olduğunu göstermiştir (χ2/ df = .03, p .001; RMSEA = .00; CFI= 1.00; TLI = 1.00; GFI = .99). Değişkenler arasındaki ilişkilerin incelenmesi sonucunda,öz-şefkat ve umut arasında ve umut ile psikolojik sağlamlık arasında anlamlı derecedepozitif yönde ilişkiler olduğu bulunmuştur. Modelin özel gereksinimli çocuklarınebeveynlerinin umut puanlarında %5 ve psikolojik sağlamlık puanlarında %16düzeyinde bir varyans açıkladığı bulunmuştur. Bu sonuçlar, ilgili literatür ve buebeveynlerde psikolojik sağlamlığı geliştirmeye yönelik olası müdahalelerdoğrultusunda tartışılmıştır

The role of protective factors and personal variables in predicting prosocial behaviors of adolescents

Bu araştırmada 14-18 yaş aralığında bulunan öğrencilerde olumlu sosyal davranışların, koruyucu faktörler (kişisel inanç yapısı, kontrol düzeyi, uygun davranışlar, uygun davranışlar ile ilgili modeller ve sosyal destek) ve birtakım kişisel değişkenler (cinsiyet, yaş, anne baba eğitim düzeyi, ailenin gelir düzeyi) açısından incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Araştırma 9, 10 ve 11. sınıfa devam eden 571 lise öğrencisi ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Öğrencilerin olumlu sosyal davranışlarına ilişkin veriler Carlo ve Randall (2002) tarafından geliştirilen ve Kumru, Carlo ve Edwards (2004) tarafından uyarlanan "Olumlu Sosyal Davranışlar Eğilimi Ölçeği", koruyucu faktörlere ilişkin veriler Jessor, Turbin ve Costa (2004) tarafından geliştirilen ve Siyez (2006) tarafından uyarlanan "Ergen Sağlığı ve Gelişimi Envanteri" nin ilgili alt ölçekleri, kişisel ve ailesel özelliklere ilişkin veriler ise araştırmacı tarafından hazırlanan "Kişisel Bilgi Formu" kullanılarak elde edilmiştir. Verilerin analizinde Pearson Korelasyon Katsayısı, çoklu doğrusal regresyon analizi, t-testi ve parametrik olmayan testlerden Kruskal Wallis Testi kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın bulguları; ergenlerin kişisel inanç yapısına ilişkin olumlu benlik algıları, çevreden algıladıkları kontrol düzeyi, uygun davranışlar ve sosyal destek algıları arttıkça genel olumlu sosyal davranış eğilimlerinde de artış olduğunu ortaya koymuştur. Olumlu sosyal davranış toplam puanları dikkate alındığında kız ergenlerin erkek ergenlere göre olumlu sosyal davranış eğilimlerinin daha fazla olduğu belirlenmiştir. Yaş, anne-baba eğitim düzeyi ve sosyo-ekonomik düzey değişkenlerine göre olumlu sosyal davranışlarda anlamlı bir farklılaşma olmadığı bulunmuştur.The purpose of this study is to investigate pro-social behaviors of adolescents at 14-18 years old in terms of protective factors (personal belief system, perceived social controls, pro-social behaviors, models for conventional behaviors and perceived social support) and some personal variables (gender, age, parent education level, income). The research was conducted with 571 high school students attending 9th, 10th and 11th grades. The data for examining pro-social behaviors was collected through &quot;Pro-social Tendencies Measure&quot; that was developed by Carlo and Randall (2002) and adapted to Turkish by Kumru, Carlo, and Edwards (2004). The data related to protective factors of adolescents was collected via the related subscales of &quot;Adolescent Health and Development Questionnaire&quot; that was originally developed by Jessor, Turbin, and Costa (2004) and adapted to Turkish by Siyez (2006). Pearson Correlation Coefficient, multiple linear regression, ttest and non-parametric technique of Kruskall Wallis Test were used in analyzing the data. According to the results of the research; positive self-perception related to personal belief system, social controls, pro-social behaviors and perceived social support are positively related to pro-social behavior tendencies of adolescents. Moreover, girls were found to have higher scores than boys in the total scores of pro-social behavior tendencies. Age, socio-economic status and parental education level were found insignificant variables in predicting prosocial behaviors