Çelık, Oğuzhan; Nazli, Serap

This study examined the effectiveness of the Post-Divorce Adjustment Program (PDAP) on individuals' adaptation to divorce, life satisfaction, levels of depression, anxiety, and stress. The research employed a pre-test, post-test, follow-up, and control group quasi-experimental design. The research group consisted of 20 divorced individuals aged between 25 and 45. These individuals were divided into two groups: 10 in the experimental group and 10 in the control group. In the experimental group, participants received the PDAP individually, consisting of six sessions held once a week. This study utilized a mixed research approach employing a parallel embedded design, where qualitative data complement quantitative data. Therefore, in addition to quantitative data collection tools, semi-structured interview forms developed by the researchers were used to collect qualitative data. To determine the effectiveness of the PDAP in the experimental group, statistical analyses including the Mann-Whitney U Test and Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test were conducted. Furthermore, a clinical significance assessment was carried out to determine individual changes within the experimental group throughout the PDAP application. Qualitative data were summarized and interpreted using various analytical techniques, including structural, descriptive, and longitudinal analysis methods. Findings indicated that the PDAP significantly contributed to improving divorced individuals' adaptation to divorce and their overall life satisfaction, while concurrently reducing levels of depression, anxiety, and stress. Additionally, the qualitative analysis of data derived from semi-structured interviews revealed that the PDAP facilitated positive transformations in participants' lives. It was found that the individuals in the experimental group took the initial steps to reorganize their lives and began applying the skills acquired from the program to their daily lives. The findings were discussed within the context of relevant literature, and recommendations were presented.

Bulut, Meryem Berrin; Tunç, Abdullah

The mediating role of psychological symptoms in the relationship between fearful attachment and suicide probability was examined. The data were obtained from 192 medical school students. Adult Attachment Styles Scale, Suicide Probability Scale, and Symptom Check List 90R were used to collect the data. Correlation analysis was utilized to examine the relationships between variables, and the mediating role was determined using the bootstrapping method. Findings showed significant relationships between fearful attachment, psychological symptoms, and suicide probability. Moreover, the fearful attachment was associated with increased psychological symptoms and suicide probability. Psychological symptoms were associated with increased suicide probability. Furthermore, psychological symptoms mediated the relationship between fearful attachment and suicide probability. Psychological symptoms are critical in the relationship between fearful attachment and suicide probability. The current research adds to our knowledge of suicide probability by investigating fearful attachment and psychological symptoms. Besides, it underlies and contributes to the antecedents of suicide probability.

Yıldırım, Taşkın; Tan-Kurtay, Dilvin; Caner-Yıldırım, Sonay

The purpose of this study is to examine university students' cyber-victimization experience in terms of psychological symptoms and social media use. A cross-sectional and self-reported survey was conducted among a total of 1746 undergraduate students. Data were collected through the Revised Cyber Bullying Inventory-II, Brief Symptom Inventory, and the Media and Technology Usage and Attitudes Scale. Chi-square analysis revealed non-significant gender differences for the cyber-victimization experience. Mann-Whitney U test results showed that psychological symptom scores and social media usage scores of cyber victims are significantly higher than non-victims. Binary logistic regression analysis showed that an increase in general social media usage, social media friendship, online friendship, hostility, and paranoid ideation increases the probability of reporting cyber-victimization. The results were discussed, and suggestions were provided in the light of the literature.

Atalay, Meryem; Kagan, Mücahit

This study aims to investigate the effect of a psychoeducation program on the high school students' emotion regulation skills and their mindfulness levels. This experimental research study adopted a pre-test post-test research design with experimental and control groups. The study group of the research was composed of 30 students (15 in experimental group, 15 in the control group) studying in a high school in Erzincan in the second semester of the 2018-2019 academic year. While a 12-session psychoeducation program designed for the experimental group was applied in the study, any intervention was not conducted for the control group. The data were collected with the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (Gratz & Roemer, 2004), Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (Brown & Ryan, 2003), and the Psychoeducation Program Evaluation Form (Deniz, 2017). The data were analyzed with two-way analysis of variance. The findings showed that when examined the effects of the prepared psychoeducation program on the experimental groups, it was found that emotion regulation skills and mindfulness levels increased significantly, and these differences were also observed in the follow-up measurements.

Eskisu, Mustafa; Ağırkan, Murat; Çelik, Oğuzhan

This study aims to investigate multicultural personality traits and attitudes towards genderroles of psychological counselor candidates (PCC). A total of 234 (156 female, 67%) PCCs completedmeasures of Gender Roles Attitude Scale, Multicultural Personality Scale and the Personal Information.Correlation analysis, variance analysis, independent samples t-test, regression analysis and mediationanalysis were performed for data analyzing. This study showed that while attitudes towards genderroles of PCCs have a significantdifference in terms of gender, mother working status and place wheremost of life is passed, no significant difference was observed according to the grade level. Furthermore,multicultural personality traits were related to attitudes toward the gender roles. In addition, gender,cultural empathy, flexibility and social initiative multicultural personality traits explained about 31% ofthe variance in the attitudes towards gender roles of PCCs. Lastly, cultural empathy and flexibility had apartially mediating effect on the predictive role of gender.

Satici, Begum; Yilmaz, Muhammet Fatih

. Bu araştırmada problemli internet kullanımının aidiyet ile mental iyi oluş ilişkisinde aracı rolünün olup olmadığı incelenmiştir. Araştırmaya 373 (%57.4 kadın ve %42.6 erkek) üniversite öğrencisi katılmış ve veriler WarwickEdinburgh Mental İyi Oluş Ölçeği, Genel Aidiyet Ölçeği ve Young İnternet Bağımlılığı Testi Kısa Formu ile elde edilmiştir. Araştırmanın verileri yapısal eşitlik modellemesi ve bootstrapping ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırmanın sonuçlarına göre aidiyet mental iyi oluşu anlamlı yordamakta ve problemli internet kullanımı bu ilişkide aracılık yapmaktadır. Sonuç olarak bu araştırma; aidiyet ile üniversite öğrencilerinin mental iyi-oluşları arasındaki yola aracılık eden mekanizmaları tanımlamanın önemini vurgulamıştır.

Eşkisu, Mustafa; Ağırkan, Murat; Çelik, Oğuzhan

This study aims to investigate multicultural personality traits and attitudes towards gender roles of psychological counselor candidates (PCC). A total of 234 (156 female, 67%) PCCs completed measures of Gender Roles Attitude Scale, Multicultural Personality Scale and the Personal Information. Correlation analysis, variance analysis, independent samples t-test, regression analysis and mediation analysis were performed for data analyzing. This study showed that while attitudes towards gender roles of PCCs have a significantdifference in terms of gender, mother working status and place where most of life is passed, no significant difference was observed according to the grade level. Furthermore, multicultural personality traits were related to attitudes toward the gender roles. In addition, gender, cultural empathy, flexibility and social initiative multicultural personality traits explained about 31% of the variance in the attitudes towards gender roles of PCCs. Lastly, cultural empathy and flexibility had a partially mediating effect on the predictive role of gender.

Satıcı, Begüm; Yılmaz, M. Fatih

The present study examined whether problematic internet use mediate the links between belongingness and mental well-being. This study recruited 373 (57.4% female and 42.6% male) university students and the data collected via Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale, General Belongingness Scale, and Young's Internet Addiction Test-Short Form. The data were analyzed by structural equation modeling and bootstrapping. Results showed that belongingness significantly predicted mental well-being and this relation was mediated by problematic internet use. Consequently, results highlight the significance of identifying the mechanisms that mediate the path between belongingness and university students' mental well-being.

Satici, Seydi Ahmet; Çapan, Bahtiyar Eraslan; Kayiş, Ahmet Rıfat; Yilmaz, Muhammet Fatih

Bu araştırmanın amacı karanlık üçlü kişilik özellikleri ile dürtüsellik ve heyecan arama davranışları arasındaki ilişkilerin incelenmesidir. Araştırma 332 (198 kadın, 134 erkek) üniversite öğrencisinin katılımı ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırmanın verileri Karanlık Üçlü Ölçeği, Barratt Dürtüsellik Ölçeği ve Arnett Heyecan Arama Ölçeği aracılığıyla toplanmıştır. Araştırmada değişkenler arası ilişkiler Pearson Momentler Çarpımı Korelasyon Katsayıları aracılığıyla incelenirken karanlık üçlü kişilik özelliklerinin heyecan arama ve dürtüsellik üzerindeki yordayıcılığını belirlemek için çoklu regresyon analizi kullanılmıştır. Çoklu regresyon analizi sonucunda motor dürtüselliğin, psikopati ve narsisizm tarafından pozitif yönde anlamlı yordandığı bulunurken, makyevelizm tarafından anlamlı yordanmadığı bulunmuştur. Benzer şekilde dikkat dürtüselliğinin de psikopati ve narsisizm tarafından pozitif yönde anlamlı yordandığı bulunurken, makyevelizm tarafından anlamlı düzeyde yordanmadığı bulunmuştur. Heyecan aramayı ise yalnızca psikopatinin negatif yönde anlamlı düzeyde yordadığı bulunmuştur. Sonuç olarak karanlık üçlü kişilik özelliklerine yatkınlığı olan bireylerin dürtüsel ve kendilerinin zarar görebileceği davranışlarda bulunma konusunda risk taşıdıkları ifade edilebilir.