Insomnia Severity Predicts Psychiatric Symptoms: A Cross-Sectional Study Investigating the Partial Mediations of Worry and Rumination.

Objective: Insomnia as a disorder on its own or as a symptom of other mental disorders can lead to significant distress and lower quality of life. By exacerbating negative affect and emotion dysregulation, poor sleep and insomnia can contribute to the initiation and maintenance of mental disorders. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the relationship between insomnia severity and overall psychiatric symptoms (anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, somatization, phobic anxiety, hostility, interpersonal sensitivity, paranoid ideation, and psychoticism), and the mediational roles of worry and rumination in this relationship.

The psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Pre-sleep Arousal Scale.

Purpose: The aim of the present study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Pre-sleep Arousal Scale (PSAS), which measures pre-sleep arousal, a significant predictor of insomnia symptoms.

Methods: 651 participants were recruited via social media and the Internet. Confirmatory factor analysis was conducted in the total sample (65.

Turkish Adaptation Study of the Perceived Devaluation Discrimination Scale.

Objective: The aim of this study is to adapt Perceived Devaluation- Discrimination (PDD) scale for Turkish language and culture.

Method: Participants from clinical and community populations were included in the study. The community sample consisted of 145 healthy individuals from the general community and the clinical sample consisted of 85 individuals with chronic psychiatric disorders.

Turkish Adaptation Study of the Perceived Devaluation Discrimination Scale.

Objective: The aim of this study is to adapt Perceived Devaluation- Discrimination (PDD) scale for Turkish language and culture.

Method: Participants from clinical and community populations were included in the study. The community sample consisted of 145 healthy individuals from the general community and the clinical sample consisted of 85 individuals with chronic psychiatric disorders.

Can conscious guilt feelings incite nocebo pain?

Objectives: Psychodynamically, chronic pain problems with no organic cause have been conceptualized as a punishment through physical pain for guilt feelings. This study aimed to investigate the effects of conscious guilt feelings on nocebo pain responses and whether the resultant nocebo pain would affect conscious guilt feelings in the form of expiation through the pain.

Methods: An experiment was conducted with 100 participants.

Turkish Muslim Healers: A Qualitative Investigation of Hocas and Their Methods.

A vast majority of Turkish individuals are Muslim, and several Turkish individuals refer to traditional healers to get help for medical and psychological problems. The purpose of the present study was to investigate Turkish traditional healing methods and to delineate the kinds of presenting problems that the clients bring to healers, methods used by the healers, the healing process, and the effect of healing on the clients. For this purpose, 11 participants were interviewed.