Narcissism on interpersonal circumplex model: Reactions to imaginary abandonment and rejection.

Aim: Narcissism is a direct result of the lack of self-expression. Thus, this trait is enshrined in cycles of strategies to protect self-worth in interpersonal relationships. The aim of the present study was to understand in what way narcissistic individuals understand their interactions with themselves and others.

Effects of Age, Gender and Education on Phonemic and Semantic Verbal Fluency.

Objective: The aim of this study was to obtain normative data for Verbal Fluency Test and investigate the effects of age, gender, and education on verbal fluency in native Turkish-speaking individuals.

Method: A pilot study was conducted to determine 3 letters with differing levels of difficulty for completing the phonemic fluency task. First names and animals were chosen for the semantic fluency task, and an alternating semantic task (first name-animal) was also used.

The cognitive aspect of formal thought disorder and its relationship with global social functioning and the quality of life in schizophrenia.

Purpose: It was expected that using a comprehensive scale like the Thought and Language Disorder Scale (TALD) for measurement of FTD would enable assessing its heterogeneity and its associations with cognitive impairment and functionality. This study has aimed to analyze the relationship between formal thought disorder (FTD) and cognitive functions, functionality, and quality of life in schizophrenia.

Methods: This cross-sectional exploratory study included 46 clinical participants meeting the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia and 35 healthy individuals as the control groups.

[The Standardization of the Pathological Narcissism Inventory inthe Turkish Language and Testing Its Validity and Reliability].

Objective: Despite its importance as a psychological construct, narcissism have been inconsistently defined and measured across studies. Overly narrow construct definition of pathological narcissism and insufficient measurement lead Pincus et al. (2009) to develop Pathological Narcissism Inventory (PNI).

Adaptation of the Modified Mini-Mental State Examination (3MS) and Determination of Its Normative Values in Turkey.

Background/aims: This study aimed to adapt the Modified Mini-Mental State Examination (3MS) and determine its normative values in Turkey.

Methods: After translation and cultural adaptation processes, a population-based study was conducted between February and June 2016 in Ankara with individuals over the age of 55 years. Subjects with a previous diagnosis of dementia along with neuropsychiatric disorders that might affect cognition were excluded.

Examination of formal thought disorder and its clinical correlates with the Turkish Version of the Thought and Language Disorder Scale (TALD-TR) in schizophrenia.

Background: Formal thought disorder (FTD) is considered to be a fundamental feature of schizophrenia. This study aims to analyze psychometric properties of the Turkish version of "Thought and Language Disorder Scale (TALD)" and investigate the relationship between FTD and various clinical characteristics in patients with schizophrenia.

Methods: TALD was adapted into Turkish and applied to a total of 149 participants of which 114 had DSM-5 psychiatric diagnoses (schizophrenia N = 70, mania N = 20, depression N = 24) and 35 were healthy controls.

[A Population-Based Study for the Standardization of the Turkish Version of the Modified Mini Mental State Examination (3MS) and Assessment of Certain Environmental Risk Factors for Dementia: Methodology and Sample Characteristics].

Objective: Objective assessment of the cognitive status and activities of daily living are required for the diagnosis of neurocognitive disorders. No cognitive screening test with normative values exist in Turkey. This study aims to standardize a widely applicable cognitive screening test, determine the activities of daily living in a population-based sample as well as identifying certain individual and environmental risk factors for cognitive disorders.

[Reliability and Validity Indicators of Berkeley Expressivity Questionnaire in the Context of Culture and Gender].

Purpose: The Berkeley Expressivity Questionaire (BEQ) was a scale, developed by Gross and John (1995) to measure emotion expression. The purpose of the present study was to investigate reliability and validity indicators of the BEQ in our culture.

Method: The sample composed of 213 (115 women) people whose average of age 35.

Workplace Violence in the Health Sector in Turkey: A National Study.

Violence in the workplace is an increasing occupational health concern worldwide. Health care workers are at high risk of assault. To develop, monitor, and manage prevention policies, baseline data should be available.

Autonomous-related self, eating attitude and body satisfaction in young females.

Purpose: This research aimed to investigate the relationship between the self, eating attitudes, and body satisfaction within the framework of the autonomous-related self model, in which the healthy functioning self is described as "autonomous" and "related."

Methods: Female university students (n = 314) with a mean age of 19 (SD = 1.18) were included in the research.