22 research outputs found

    A qualitative study on loss of a spouse, coping strategies after loss and the future expectations among eldersYaşlılarda eş kaybı, kayıp sonrası başa çıkma stratejileri ve gelecek beklentileri üzerine nitel bir araştırma

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    With this study, it is aimed to present data about the important effects of losing a spouse among elders, especially to the related areas which provide services for elderly people such as healthcare, nursing and psychological counseling. Three sub-objectives were examined within the scope of the current study, namely, (1) emotional, cognitive, social and physical influences caused by the loss of a spouse in the elderly, (2) coping strategies used by the elders to cope with the loss of a spouse, and (3) the future expectations of elders after loss of a spouse.In the research, phenomenological approach is used from qualitative research methods. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with ten participants (5 males, 5 females) who were were 65 years old or older, have lost their spouses, and were not in the nursing home. The gathered data was analyzed with frequency and categorical analysis.The results of the analysis demonstrated that the loss of a spouse in the elderly can be classified in five main general area namely, “cognitive, emotional, social and physical effects of losing of a spouse”, “methods used to cope with loss of a spouse”, “future expectations of the elders”, “expressions related the loss of a spouse”, and “other expressions”. When the statements on the effects of the losing a spouse were examined, it was seen that “cognitive effects” were the most frequent, and “physical effects” were the least frequent subcategories. Besides, “lifestyle habits” were the most frequent and “receiving psychological support from an expert” was the least frequent subcategories of the second main general category which is called as the coping strategies after loss of a spouse among elders. Lastly, “expectations, plans and objectives” were the oftenest subcategory in the future expectations category of the current study.The findings of the study were discussed in comparison to the relevant information in the field of psychology, and suggestions were provided in the context of guidance and psychological counseling.Extended English summary is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file. ÖzetBu çalışma ile yaşlılık döneminde önemli etkileri olan eş kaybı hakkında özellikle yaşlılara sağlık, bakım, psikolojik danışma gibi hizmet veren ilgi gruplarına veri sunulması amaçlanmıştır. Çalışma kapsamında; (1) yaşlılarda eş kaybetmenin yarattığı duygusal, bilişsel, sosyal ve fiziksel etkilerin (2) yaşlıların eş kaybıyla baş etmede kullandıkları stratejilerin ve  (3) yaşlılarda eş kaybı sonrası geleceğe ilişkin beklentilerin neler olduğu alt amaç olarak incelenmiştir. Araştırmada nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden fenomenolojik yaklaşım kullanılmıştır. Belirlenen amaçlar doğrultusunda 65 yaş ve üzeri eşini kaybetmiş ve bakım evinde olmayan on katılımcı (5 erkek, 5 kadın) ile yarı yapılandırılmış görüşmeler gerçekleştirilmiştir. Görüşmelerde toplanan veriler frekans analizi ve kategorisel analiz yöntemleri kullanılarak incelenmiştir. Yapılan analizler sonucunda “yaşlılarda eş kaybetmenin bilişsel, sosyal, duygusal ve fiziksel etkileri”, “eş kaybıyla baş etmede kullanılan stratejiler”, “geleceğe ilişkin beklentiler”, “eş kaybına ilişkin söylemler” ve “diğer ifadeler” şeklinde sıralanan beş genel alan kategorisi oluşturulmuştur. Yaşlılarda eş kaybetmenin yarattığı etkilere ilişkin ifadeler incelendiğinde en sık “bilişsel etkilerden” en az ise, “fiziksel etkilerden” bahsedildiği görülmüştür. Bununla birlikte yaşlıların eş kaybı ve bu kaybın ortaya çıkardığı durumlarla baş etmede en sık “yaşam alışkanlıkları” en az da  “uzmandan destek alma” alt alanına ilişkin söylemleri olduğu belirlenmiştir. Yaşlıların geleceğe ilişkin beklentilerine yönelik söylemleri incelendiğinde en sık “beklentiler, planlar ve hedefler” alt alanına ilişkin ifadelerin yer aldığı görülmüştür. Çalışmanın bulguları alan yazındaki bilgilerle karşılaştırılarak tartışılmış, bulgular doğrultusunda psikolojik danışma ve rehberlik alanında yaşlılara verilecek hizmetler çerçevesinde öneriler sunulmuştur.

    DEVELOPING THE ONLINE PORNOGRAPHY ADDICTION SCALE AND EXAMINING ITS ASSOCIATIONS WITH PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS

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    This study aims to develop the Online Pornography Addiction Scale (OPAS) using the behavioral addiction model and to explore the relationships between the scale, demographic variables, psychosocial variables, and pornography viewing behaviors. Two studies were conducted, the first of which involved two phases. The findings from Study 1a and Study 1b reveal that the OPAS comprises 23 items organized into four sub-scales: Compulsiveness-Uncontrollability, Psychosocial Effects, Sexual Effects, and Tolerance-Withdrawal. Overall, the scale demonstrates consistency and reliability. The results of Study 2 indicate that the OPAS correlates with gender, access to professional support, levels of hopelessness, communication with partners, degree of religious affiliation, engagement with sexual videos, frequency of pornography consumption, time devoted to pornography viewing, longest duration without pornography, impact of pornography on sexual experiences, and influence of pornography on daily life. Communication with partners of the opposite sex, engagement with sexual videos, impact on daily life, and religious affiliation levels are also significant predictors of the OPAS score. These findings are discussed in relation to relevant literatur

    The Role of Contact in The Integration of Immigrant Students

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    Göçmen bireyler sosyal, ekonomik, politik ve psikolojik birçok problem yaşamaktadır. Bu problemlerin başında ise göçmenlerin göç ettikleri yerde yaşadıkları uyum problemleri gelmektedir. Göçmenlik olgusu kendi içinde birçok farklı göç türünü barındırmaktadır. Bu yüzden bu çalışmada göçmenlik olgusu, bir ülkeden veya bir yerden başka bir ülkeye veya aynı ülkenin içinde farklı bir yere daimi veya geçici göç etmeyi ifade edecek şekilde kullanılmıştır. Bu kapsamda, bu çalışmadagöçmen öğrenciler ile kast edilen mülteci/sığınmacı/ekonomik veya başka nedenlerden kaynaklı göç eden öğrencilerin tümü için kullanılmıştır. Bu anlamda bu çalışmanın amacı, göçmen öğrencilerin toplumsal uyumlarında temasın önemini ve göçmen çocuklarına yönelik önyargı ve ayrımcı tutumları düşürmede temasın etkisini inceleyen araştırmaları sistematik bir şekilde incelemektir. Çalışma kapsamında 2000 yılı sonrasında göçmen çocukların okula uyumlarına yönelik Web of Science ve DergiPark veri tabanlarında Türkçe ve İngilizce dilllerinde yayımlanmış araştırma makaleleri içerik analiziyle incelenmiştir. Çalışma bağlamında incelenen 47 makale sonucunda ‘doğrudan temas’ (olumlu ve olumsuz temaslar) ve ‘dolaylı temas’ (e-temas, yayılmacı temas, hayali temas, para-sosyal temsili temas ve kuşaklararası aktarımlı temas) türlerinde araştırmalara rastlanmıştır. Bu çalışmaların çoğunda gruplar arası temasın göçmen çocuklara yönelik önyargıyı, ayrımcı tutumları zayıflatma etkisine bakılmış ve temas türlerinin tümünün göçmen çocuklara yönelik olumsuz tutumları düşürdüğü ve göçmen çocukların uyumunu iyileştirmede önemli bir rolü olabileceği düşünülmüştür.Immigrants experience social, economic, political and psychological problems. One of the most fundamental of these problems is the integration problems they experience in the place where they migrated. In this study, the concept of immigration is used for all types of immigration which people immigrate or migrate or emigrate from their country or homeland to another country or somewhere else in their country for any reason. Therefore, immigration concept in this study contains refugee, assylum seeker, labor migration etc. In this context, this study aims to examine the importance of contact in the social integration of immigrant students and the effect of contact in reducing prejudice and discriminatory attitudes towards immigrant students. Within the scope of the study, research articles published in Turkish and English languages in Web of Science and DergiPark databases for the integration of immigrant children to school after the year 2000 were analyzed by content analysis. As a result of 47 articles examined in the context of the study, researches were found on the types of 'direct contact' (positive and negative contacts) and 'indirect contact' (e-contact, expansionist contact, imaginary contact, para-social contact, and intergenerational transmission contact). In most of these studies, the effect of intergroup contact on reducing prejudice and discriminatory attitudes towards immigrant students has been examined and it has been thought that all types of contact reduce negative attitudes towards immigrant students and may have an important role in improving the integration of immigrant students

    Aksan Temelli Sosyal Sınıflandırma ve Önyargı

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    Bu çalışma, sosyal psikoloji ve sosyoloji alanlarında dil tutumları konusunun bir bölümü olan aksan ve aksanlı bireylere yönelik yapılmış araştırmaları derlemektir. Bu çalışmalara bakıldığında, eğitim, medya ve diğer aygılarla merkezde kabul edilen bir aksanın standart aksan olarak kullanılması sonucunda bireylerin zihinleri oluşturulmuş olan o aksan endeksli diğer aksanları kategorilere ayırmasına sebebiyet verdiğidir. Özellikle de bir ülkede yaşayan azınlıkların ve o dili sonradan öğrenen yerli olmayanların kullandığı aksanların/ağızların/şivelerin önyargıya ve ayırımcılığa daha fazla maruz kaldıkları görülmüştür. Standart aksanı konuşamayanların iş görüşmeleri, mahkemelerde tanıklık etmeleri veya savunma yapmaları, polis sorgulamaları gibi birçok alanda daha dezavantajlı oldukları ortaya konmuştur.

    Identity development of Assyrian/Syriac youth: Narratives of becoming a self

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    This study aims to analyze the narrative identities of a group of Assyrian/Syriac youth, in particular, to investigate the role of their intergenerational narratives on their narrative identities. Accordingly, interviews were conducted with eight male Assyrian/Syriac young people and the families of four of them who lived in Mardin, Turkey. The narratives of each participant were examined through a holistic approach, analyzing their lives in the context of their personal and intergenerational narratives throughout their lifelines. In the analysis, the turning points of individuals are depicted on the figures, and three lifeline figures were mapped. Findings indicated that although the participants lived under similar living conditions and grew up in the same area, they each narrated their identities differently. For example, one participant described his identity as victimic, communion and burden, while another participant described his identity as agentic, communion, and benefit, and yet another narrated his identity as agentic, agency, and benefit. The individual analysis that emerged in the narratives of all participants was discussed in the context of the literature on identity and narrative identity

    Examining the Relationships between Quality of Life and Preventive Behaviours during COVID-19

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    anemonCOVID-19 pandemisini önlemek amacıyla önleyici tedbirlerin (sosyal mesafe, sokağa çıkmama, elleri yıkamak gibi hijyen kurallarına uyma) insanların yaşam kalitesini olumsuz yönde etkileyebileceği düşünülmektedir. Bu bağlamda, virüsün bulaşmasını önlemek amacıyla önleyici davranışlara uyma düzeyi ile insanların yaşam kalitesi arasındaki ilişkinin çeşitli demografik değişkenler açısından incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Araştırma, Mardin Artuklu Üniversitesi 11.04.2020 tarih ve 34233153-050.04.04 sayı kararı ile etik açıdan uygun bulunduktan sonra çalışmanın verileri toplanmaya başlanmıştır. Araştırma, Türkiye’nin yedi bölgesinden 18-64 yaş aralığında toplam 1308 katılımcıyla yürütülmüştür. Araştırma sonuçları, (a) katılımcıların önleyici davranışlara uyma düzeylerinin cinsiyet gibi bazı demografik değişkenlere göre farklılık gösterdiğini, (b) genel anlamda önleyici davranışlara uyma düzeyinin yüksek olduğunu, (c) yaşam kalitesinin coğrafi bölge, cinsiyet ve sosyoekonomik düzeye göre anlamlı düzeyde farklılaştığını, (d) yaşam kalitesi düzeyinin önleyici davranışlarla ilişkili olduğunu, ve (e) el yıkama ve sosyal ortamdan uzak durmanın yaşam kalitesini pozitif; evde kalma ve maske/eldiven kullanmanın ise yaşam kalitesini negatif yordadığını ortaya koymuştur. Elde edilen bu sonuçlar, COVID-19 pandemisi döneminde medikal sonuçlarla birlikte psikolojik, sosyal ve çevresel sonuçların da göz önünde bulundurulması gerektiğini işaret etmektedir.Preventive behaviors (such as keeping social distance, not going out, washing hands) to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic can have negative effects on people's quality of life. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the relationships among complying with preventive behaviors in order to prevent the spread of the virus and people’s quality of life in terms of various demographic variables. The research was approved by Mardin Artuklu University Ethical Commission (Date: 11.04.2020, Decision no. 34233153-050.04.04). Data were collected from 1308 people with an age range varying between 18-64 years from the seven geographic regions of Turkey. Findings revealed that (a) the levels of exhibiting preventive behaviors differ according to some demographic variables such as gender, (b), the level of exhibiting preventive behaviors is above the medium level, (c) the quality of life differs significantly according to the geographical region, gender and socioeconomic level, (d) the level of quality of life is related to preventive behaviors and differs according to demographic variables, and (e) preventive behaviors of hand washing and staying away from social environment predicts quality of life positively, while the preventive behaviors of staying at home and using masks/gloves predicts the quality of life negatively. The results indicate that the psychological, social and environmental consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic should be taken into account along with the medical consequences.97498

    Push-out or dropout?: A grounded theory on adolescents’ school detachment

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    The purpose of the present study is to develop a framework for explaining factors that contribute to leave education among adolescents. Because leaving compulsory education is more prevalent in the South-eastern region of Turkey, Nusaybin, a relatively large border town, is selected as a case for this study. Using a grounded theory methodology, the present study aimed to examine the process of push out through the experiences and perspectives of pushed-out adolescents and their teachers. There is limited research about school dropouts and pushouts in Turkey, with the present study we aim to contribute to the literature in this field. Participants of the study were 10 primary school teachers (ages ranging from 27 to 39) and 14 adolescents (ages ranging from 14 to 17) who are pushed out of school. Individual in-depth interviews were conducted to collect data and grounded theory approach was adopted to analyse data. In data analysis, interview transcripts were read and re-read to discover concepts, categories and their interrelationships. This process was accomplished through three stages of analysis, namely open coding, axial coding and selective coding. Results of the analysis revealed that both family and school play important roles in adolescents’ leaving school. First, factors in family life such as economic pressures, sexism, the educational background of families and language, and second, factors in school life such as the discipline practices of school, behavioural problems of students, the meaning of education and peer influence were among the main reasons of push out. Finally, according to the narratives of both the adolescents and teachers, family life was the core underlying factor leading to push out, because family factors directly influence the school life of adolescents

    Extended contact with Turks and Syrian refugees' intention to migrate: The mediating roles of ingroup and outgroup identification

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    Turkey hosts millions of Syrian refugees, while very little is known about the factors that relate to their voluntary intentions to return and migrate to Western countries. We proposed that extended contact with the host group members, the mere knowledge of ingroup members having positive interactions with others, can be associated with refugees’ intentions to return and migrate to Western countries. To investigate this idea, we examined associates of both positive and negative extended contact because negativity is also a part of intergroup interactions with a sample of Syrian adults (N = 358). We also examined mediating roles of ingroup identification (identification with Syrians) and identification with the host society (identification with Turks) for the associations between intergroup contact and intentions to migrate. Results revealed that positive and negative extended contact were associated, respectively, with reduced and greater return migration intentions via identification with the host society. Extended positive contact was related to reduced intentions to migrate to the West while negative contact did not have a significant association with the intention to migrate. Ingroup identification was solely associated with increased intentions to return. Intergroup contact and social identification processes maintain a potential to explain the underlying processes behind migration decisions among refugees
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