Yücel, İlhami; Torun, Nida Bengisu

The main aim of this research is to examine the mediating role of work-family conflict and the moderating effect of affective commitment in the relationship of job stress and work alienation to work. For this purpose, surveys were applied to health workers in the field such as midwives, nurses, emergency medical technicians and doctors in public hospitals. The universe of the study was composed of 844 employees of a public hospital in Türkiye. Surveys were distributed to 680 employees selected through simple incidental sampling from the universe through human resources department representation, and 427 accurately filled surveys were returned. The analysis of the data obtained was carried out through SPSS 22 and Amos 22 programs. Analyses were conducted using PROCESS Macro, developed by Hayes (2013), to determine the conditionally indirect effects. The findings revealed that work-family conflict has a mediating role in the relationship between job stress and work alienation and that employees’ level of affective commitment has a moderating effect. Thanks to this study, it was concluded that there is a meaningful and positive relationship between work-family conflict and alienation from work and that affective commitment has a moderating effect in this relationship. In addition, employees with low affective commitment compared to employees with high affective commitment to the organization were found to be stronger in the positive relationship. Theoretical and application implications are discussed in relation to “social change theory” and “social gender roles theory”. As a result of the analysis, the majority of the participants were male (58.8%), married (57%), 28-40 age group (46.5%) and undergraduate (49.5%).

Demirtaş-Zorbaz, Selen; Akın Arıkan, Çiğdem; Şengül Avşar, Asiye; Keskinkılıç, Muhammed Enes; Şabanoğlu, Hatice; Gümüşboğa, İbrahim; Ongun, Mert; Telli, Esra

Prosocial behaviors, performed voluntarily by thinking of others, are crucial in maintaining relationships. Although prosocial behaviors are exhibited in every period of life, the frequency or form of these behaviors varies across life stages. Also, peer relationships have an increasing impact on behavior in adolescence and then young adulthood. Purpose of this study was to develop a scale to measure the prosocial behaviors of university students in peer relationships. The scale was applied to a total of 484 university students, 392 of whom were female and 91 of whom were male. The results of the exploratory factor analysis revealed that the scale consisted of 19 items and one factor. In the second stage of the study, confirmatory factor analysis was performed with the data collected from 494 university students, 390 female and 104 male, and the one-factor structure of the scale was confirmed (χ2/df = 3.05 (χ2 = 463.842, df = 152), RMSEA = .064 95% [.058–.071], SRMR = .032, CFI = .950, TLI = .943). Cronbach’s Alpha (.920) and McDonald’s Omega (.921) were calculated to test the reliability of the scale. These results suggest that Prosocial Behavior in Peer Relationships Scale provides valid and reliable measurements for assessing university students’ prosocial behaviors in peer relationships. © The Author(s) 2025. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).

Yildirim, Taskın; Caner-Yildirim, Sonay

The Covid-19 pandemic exposed individuals to intense restrictions and social isolation, as well as the possibility of deterioration of physical health. In the pandemic period, the Internet has become the principal avenue for social interaction, leisure related activities, and school-work pursuits for most people and consequently problematic Internet use (PIU) has increased dramatically in this period. Modeling of PIU among university students - considered one of the most negatively affected groups at this time - along with PIU subconstructs as well as indicators of psychological well-being - life satisfaction, loneliness, and hostility - will be valuable in directing future studies. This study examined the effects of the psychological well-being indicators of life satisfaction, loneliness, and hostility on PIU constructs; the preference for online social interaction, Internet use for mood regulation, and deficient self-regulation of Internet use during the Covid-19 pandemic social isolation period. Participants were 418 undergraduate students from a public university (130 male and 288 female). Results revealed that young adults with low life satisfaction have been more likely to problematically use the Internet to regulate their mood during the Covid-19 pandemic. Hostility and loneliness between which there is a moderately strong direct relationship, were similarly related to deficiently self-regulated Internet use. Moreover, individuals experiencing feelings of loneliness are more likely to use the Internet problematically for online social interaction purposes, while those experiencing feelings of hostility are more likely to use it problematically for mood regulation purposes. Given the significant relationships between indicators of psychological well-being and PIU, higher education institutions should take measures to prevent PIU behaviors in their students in case they face potential periods of social isolation.

Yücel, İlhami; Gomes, Daniel Roque; Ribeiro, Neuza; Özlok, Kasım Kağan

This study aims to examine the relationship between perceived ethnic discrimination by migrant workers (applicants for international protection) and continuance commitment, and to analyze whether this relationship is mediated by self-esteem. In addition, it aims to contribute to the literature on the organizational outcomes of perceived ethnic discrimination. This research was conducted through a questionnaire survey of 411 migrants who applied for international protection in Turkey. As a result of the study, perceived ethnic discrimination was found to be a predictor of continuance commitment and self-esteem. In addition, it was observed that self-esteem has a mediating role in the relationship between perceived ethnic discrimination and continuance commitment. The results offer important implications for organizations and organization managers on how migrant workers should be managed and which issues require specific attention. The application of the study on migrant workers and the examination of these variables provide important contributions and practical implications to the literature. In addition, this is a rare study that examines the mediator model with the variables specified in the model using social identity theory, which has not yet been widely covered in existing literature.

Çınar Özbay, Sevil; Kanbay, Yalçın; Firat, Meryem; Özbay, Özkan

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of “internet addiction level” on “aggression level” among teenagers and to examine the mediating role of “social anxiety level” on this effect. The study participants consisted of 958 students attending private teaching institutions for university preparation in Turkey. Data was collected from voluntary participants through data collection forms delivered to the management of these institutions. “Sociodemographic Characteristics Questionnaire Form”, “Young’s Internet Addiction Test”, “Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire” and “Social Anxiety Scale” were used as data collection tools. A regression analysis based on the bootstrap method was implemented to test whether “social anxiety level” had a mediating role on the influence of students’ “internet addiction level” on “aggression level”. According to the findings, it was determined that the indirect effect of “internet addiction” on “aggression” was significant, and therefore, “social anxiety level” mediated the relationship between “internet addiction” and “aggression".

Eşkisu, Mustafa; Boysan, Murat; Çam, Zekeriya

This study aimed to explore the heterogeneity in the symptoms of pathological Internet use. The predictive role of online cognitions and online dissociative experiences on pathological Internet use were investigated. Three hundred and ninety Turkish undergraduate students (261 females) participated in the study. Latent class analysis (LCA) was performed. Items responses on the 26-item Chen Internet Addiction Scale were subjected to LCA. The LCA identified three latent classes: (1) Normal Internet Users (n = 141, 36.15%), (2) Problematic Internet Users (n = 148, 37.95%), and (3) Pathological Internet Users (n = 101, 25.90%). The multinomial regression analysis showed that online cognitions, anxious arousal, and online dissociation were significantly associated with pathological Internet use. Our findings showed that the online dissociation as measured by the Van Online Dissociative Experiences Schedule and mental dissociation as indexed by the Dissociative Experiences Scale are qualitatively different constructs in relation to addictive behaviors on the net. Online dissociation and online cognitions seem to be crucial vulnerability factors for pathological Internet use.

Dane, Arif

In this study, we aimed to re-examine sex-related differences in mathematics anxiety and to investigate the effects of two different programs associated with mathematics education applied in Turkish universities on mathematics anxiety. Mathematics anxiety scores were assessed in 221 male and 142 female students, 238 in the education faculty and 125 in the science faculty. There were no sex-related mean differences for mathematics anxiety scores, and scores were not related to faculty program. The lower mean mathematics performance on the university entry examination of the students of science faculty may be associated with the mathematics anxiety.