Determining Maslach Burnout Inventory usability of parents of autistic spectrum disorder children

Objective: The purpose of this study is to examine the usefulness of the Maslach Burnout Inventory in determining the burnout of parents with autism spectrum disorders in their children. Methods: Data were collected from 236 participants in order to reveal the psychometric properties of the inventory. Confirmatory factor analysis was performed on the asymptotic covariance matrix to obtain evidence of the construct validity of the data, and the Satorra-Bentler chi(2) statistic was used for model adaptation. Cronbach's alpha internal consistency coefficients were calculated to obtain evidence of reliability. Results: When the evidence of reliability and validity obtained were evaluated together, it was found that the scale factor met the good measure of burnout and that the factor design of Maslach Burnout Inventory was confirmed. Discussion: With these features, the scale can be used to determine the burnout of parents with autism spectrum disorder in their children

Parental Attitude Perception in Adolescents by Gender

AbstractTogether with the family structure and dynamics, the attitudes exhibited towards the child plays a large part in the child's personality development. The sample of the study conducted to investigate the adolescent's perception of parental attitudes by gender and age variables is composed of 180 students between 15-25 year-of-age attending highs schools and universities in Istanbul in the academic year of 2010-2011. The “Parental Attitudes Scale” developed by Kuzgun and Eldeleklioğlu has been used in the research. According to the research results; the males perceive their mothers as more authoritarian and protective, while the females perceive their fathers as more democratic and protective compared to males. Together with the increasing age, the adolescents perceive their mothers as more democratic, and fathers as more authoritarian. The results acquired in the study will be used within the scope of the project called “Constructive Communication with Adolescents – Parent Training Model”

Toxicological evaluation of two children diagnosed as Munchausen syndrome by proxy

Turkmen Z, Ziyalar N, Tari I, Mercan S, Kayiran SM, Sener D, Cengiz S, Akcakaya N. Toxicological evaluation of two children diagnosed as Munchausen syndrome by proxy. Turk J Pediatr 2012; 54: 283-286

Relationship between REM sleep behavior disorder and depression and anxiety and night eating syndrome

The purpose of this study is to reveal the risk of depression and anxiety disorders and night eating syndrome in individuals with REM sleep behavior disorder and to determine the relationship between them. Intermittent awakening from sleep to sleep or accompanied by physical movements that could injure itself is defined as REM sleep behavior disorder. Ethical committee approval of the study taken from T.R. Istanbul Arel University. The sample of the study was analyzed by 47 people from T.R. Ministry of Health Sureyyapasa Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Training and Research Hospital, 39 people from T.R. Ministry of Health Sultan Abdul Hamid Khan Training and Research Hospital, 28 people from the T.R. Ministry of Health, Okmeydani Training and Research Hospital were included in the study. Total of 108 data randomly selected were included in the study as control group. It can be said that the REM sleep behavior disorder was low (13-0=13/3=4,33; 0-4,33: low; 4,34-8,66: intermediate; 8,67-13,00: high). There was a positive and significant relationship between REM sleep behavior disorder scores and anxiety (r = .43; p <.05) and depression (r = .56; p <.05) scores. The participants with high REM sleep behavior disorders have high anxiety and depression symptoms