Turkish adaptation of the family adaptability and cohesion scale iv

The aim of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of Family Adaptability and Cohesion Scale IV (FACES IV) Questionnaire Package, and also to achieve a valid and reliable assessment tool for the further investigations of the Circumplex Model of Marital and Family Systems in Turkish culture. A total of 1613 (65.4% female, 34.6% male) university students agreed to participate in the study. The construct validity of the FACES IV was examined with confirmatory factor analysis. Also, the convergent validity, criterion-related validity, internal reliability, and test-retest reliability analyses were examined within the scope of validity and reliability studies. Findings indicate that Turkish form of FACES IV can be used as a valid and reliable scale with sufficient psychometric properties to evaluate the family cohesion, family adaptability, family communication, family satisfaction, and the family functioning as a whole in Turkish culture

The role of fulfillment level of basic needs in predicting level of subjective well being in university students

Bu çalışmanın amacı, üniversite öğrencilerinde temel ihtiyaçların karşılanma düzeyinin, öznel iyi oluş düzeyini yordamadaki rolünü incelemektir. Araştırma örneklemi, Pamukkale Üniversitesi' nin farklı fakültelerinde öğrenim gören 627 öğrenciden (350 kız, 277 erkek) oluşmaktadır. Araştırma kapsamında öğrencilerin öznel iyi oluş düzeylerini ölçmek için Yaşam Doyumu Ölçeği ve Pozitif Negatif Duygu Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Öğrencilerin temel ihtiyaçlar doyumuna ilişkin algıları ise, araştırmacı tarafından geliştirilen Üniversite Öğrencileri Temel İhtiyaçlar Ölçeği aracılığıyla ölçülmüştür. Verilerin analizinde, verilerin türüne göre, korelasyon (r), t testi, tek yönlü varyans analizi (ANOVA) yapılmış; F değerlerinin anlamlı olması durumunda farkın hangi gruplardan kaynaklandığını bulmak için Tukey testi uygulanmıştır. Bunun yanı sıra, temel ihtiyaçların karşılanma düzeyinin, öğrencilerin öznel iyi oluş düzeyi üzerindeki yordama gücü için regresyon analizi kullanılmıştır. Sonuçlar, üniversite öğrencilerinde temel ihtiyaçların karşılanma düzeyine ilişkin 7' li dereceleme ölçeği aracılığıyla elde edilen puanların, tüm ihtiyaç boyutları için nötr noktanın (4 puan düzeyi) üstünde olduğunu göstermektedir. Buna ek olarak, öğrencilerin temel ihtiyaçlar doyumuna ilişkin algılarının cinsiyete, sınıf düzeyine, barınma durumuna, yerleşim birimine, ailenin gelir düzeyine, algılanan ekonomik doyuma ve eğitim programına ilişkin yapılan seçimin niteliğine göre anlamlı şekilde farklılaştığı görülmektedir. Sonuçlar ayrıca, öğrencilerin temel ihtiyaçlara ilişkin algıladıkları doyumun, tüm ihtiyaç boyutlarında öznel iyi oluşu anlamlı olarak yordadığını göstermektedir. Bunun yanı sıra, özgürlük ve eğlence ihtiyaçlarının üniversite öğrencilerinin öznel iyi oluş düzeyinin daha güçlü yordayıcıları oldukları görülmektedir. Anahtar Kelimeler: Öznel İyi Oluş, Temel İhtiyaçlar, Seçim Kuramı, Üniversite ÖğrencileriThe aim of this study is to examine the role of fulfillment level of university students? basic needs in predicting the level of their subjective well being. The participants were 627 students (350 female and 277 male) attending different faculties of Pamukkale University. In this study, subjective well being was measured with Life Satisfaction Scale and Positive Negative Affect Scale. Students? perceptions about basic needs satisfaction were measured with University Students Basic Needs Scale which was developed by the researcher. For data analysis depending upon the variety of data gathered, (t) and (r) correlation tests, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Tukey test were performed. Regression analysis was used to explore the effects of fulfillment level of basic needs on students? subjective well being. Results show that, scores about university students? fulfillment level of basic needs, which were measured with 7-point rating scale, are above the neutral point (4 point) for all dimensions of basic needs. Additionally, students? perceptions about basic needs satisfaction significantly differentiated according to the variables of gender, grade level, accommodation, settlement, level of family income, perceptive economic satisfaction, and quality of choice about educational department. Results also show that, students? basic needs satisfaction is predicting subjective well being significantly for all dimensions of basic needs. Besides, freedom and fun needs are seen as stronger predictors of subjective well being in university students than the other basic needs. Key Words: Subjective Well Being, Basic Needs, Choice Theory, University Student

Üniversite öğrencilerinin çocukluklarına dönük olarak algıladıkları ebeveyn kabul-reddi ile yetişkinlikteki psikolojik uyumları arasındaki ilişki

Bu araştırmanın amacı; üniversite öğrencilerinin çocukluklarına dönük olarak algıladıkları ebeveyn kabul-reddi ile yetişkinlikteki psikolojik uyumları arasındaki ilişkide ruminasyon, affetme ve algılanan sosyal desteğin aracı rolünü açıklamaya yönelik bir model geliştirmek ve geliştirilen yapısal model üzerinde cinsiyetin farklılaştırıcı rolünü incelemektir. Araştırma örneklemi Pamukkale Üniversitesi'nin dört farklı fakültesinde öğrenim gören 588 (% 51.7 kız, % 48.3 erkek) üniversite öğrencisinden oluşmaktadır. Araştırmada veri toplama araçları olarak; Ebeveyn Kabul- Reddi Ölçeği, Kişilik Değerlendirme Ölçeği, Ruminasyon Ölçeği, Heartland Affetme Ölçeği ve Çok Boyutlu Algılanan Sosyal Destek Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Yapısal eşitlik modeli çerçevesinde ulaşılan bulgular; üniversite öğrencilerinin çocukluklarına dönük olarak algıladıkları ebeveyn kabul-reddi ile yetişkinlikteki psikolojik uyumları arasındaki ilişkide ruminasyon, affetme ve algılanan sosyal desteğin tam aracılık rolü üstlendiğini göstermiştir. Cinsiyetin farklılaştırıcı rolüne ilişkin yürütülen çoklu grup analizinde ulaşılan bulgular da ruminasyon, affetme ve algılanan sosyal destek değişkenlerine ilişkin aracılık modelinin hem kız hem de erkek örneklemleri açısından doğrulandığını göstermiştir. Çalışma kapsamında ulaşılan bulgular alanyazın çerçevesinde tartışılmış ve gelecekteki çalışmalara yönelik bazı önerilerde bulunulmuştur.The purpose of this study was to develop a structural equation model that examining the mediating roles of rumination, forgiveness and perceived social support in the relationship between university students’ retrospectively perceptions of parental acceptance-rejection about childhood and their psychological adjustments in adulthood, and also to examine the moderating role of gender on the developed structural equation model. The sample of this study was composed of 588 (51.7 % female, 48.3 % male) university students attending four different faculties of Pamukkale University. Parental Acceptance-Rejection Questionnaire, Personality Assessment Questionnaire, Ruminative Response Scale, Heartland Forgiveness Scale and The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support were used in data collection. The structural equation model results indicated that rumination, forgiveness and perceived social support variables full mediated the relationship between the perceived parental acceptancerejection and psychological adjustment. Multi-group analyses about the moderation role of gender on the structural equation model also showed that the mediating roles of rumination, forgiveness and perceived social support were verified at both woman and man samples. The results were discussed in the light of relevant literature and some suggestions were submitted for the following studies

Relational violence, social support, self-esteem, depression and anxiety: A moderated mediation model

Objectives The current study aimed to explore whether relational violence victimization predicts depression and anxiety through self-esteem and whether this indirect effect is moderated by social support. Methods A sample of 1993 high school students completed self-report measures of relational violence victimization, selfesteem, social support, symptoms of depression and anxiety. We conducted a moderated mediation model analysis in order to detect whether there is an indirect effect from relation violence victimization on depression and anxiety through selfesteem, and this indirect effect is dependent on the moderation of social support. Results Results indicated that relational violence and social support have a direct and interactive effect on self-esteem. Selfesteem mediates the relationships between relational violence, depression, and anxiety. Furthermore, the findings suggest that the indirect effect of relational violence on depression and anxiety through self-esteem may vary depending on the level of social support. Conclusions The current findings highlighted the protective role of social support for adolescents’ well-being

An emotion focused approach in predicting teacher burnout and job satisfaction

This study aimed to find out the correlations between in-service teachers’ emotional, burnout and job satisfaction in Turkey. To this end, the Teacher Emotion Inventory (TEI), Job Satisfaction Questionnaire and Maslach Burnout Inventory were administered to 564 in-service teachers in a wide range of disciplines. According to confirmatory factor analysis, the five-factor model of TEI was successfully confirmed within the current study. In addition, joy and love dimensions exhibited positive correlations with job satisfaction. The love and fear dimensions significantly predicted job satisfaction with a medium effect. Love, sadness, and fear dimensions significantly predicted teachers’ burnout with a medium effect. © 2020 Elsevier Lt

When Is EEG Indicated in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder?

The authors investigated the parameters for predicting epileptiform abnormalities in a group of children diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The sample consisted of 148 subjects aged between 6 and 13 (8.76 +/- 1.26; 25.7% female) years. Subtypes of ADHD and comorbid psychiatric disorders were defined according to DSM-IV criteria. The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised was applied to all patients. Most of the subjects (89.2%) had wakefulness and sleep electroencephalography examinations lasting about one hour. The authors found out that the coexistence of speech sound disorder (odds ratio [OR] 3.90, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.61-9.48) and higher Digit Span test performance (OR 1.24, 95% CI: 1.06-1.44) predicted the presence of accompanying epileptiform abnormalities. The prevalence of epileptiform abnormalities was 26.4%, and they were frequently localized in the frontal (41%) and centrotemporal (28.2%) regions. Higher percentage of speech sound disorder co-occurrence (64%) in subjects with rolandic spikes suggests that epileptiform abnormalities associated with ADHD can be determined genetically at least in some cases. Pathophysiology of epileptiform abnormalities in ADHD might have complex genetic and maturational background