How Do Early Maladaptive Schemas and Family Functions Predict Dyadic Marital Adjustment? A Test on Turkish Married Individuals.

The aim of this study is to determine the predictive strength of early maladaptive schema domains and family functions in explaining dyadic marital adjustment by testing a hypothetical structural model. While the dependent variable was dyadic marital adjustment, the independent variables were early maladaptive schema domains, and the mediator variable was family functions. The study group consisted of 201 Turkish married individuals.

Development of the Children's Body Satisfaction Scale: Its psychometric characteristics for children.

Aim: Body satisfaction is a key factor in children's healthy eating and self-perception. This study aims to develop The Children's Body Satisfaction Scale to measure body image satisfaction in children, which consists of three sub-dimensions ('acceptance of physical appearance', 'weight satisfaction' and 'flexibility in the importance attached to the ideal').

Methods: The study was conducted with 473 primary school students in Ankara in 2021.

The Effects of the Positive Psychology-Based Online Group Counselling Program on Mothers Having Children with Intellectual Disabilities.

The purpose of the current study is to examine the effects of the Positive Psychology-Based Online Group Counselling Program (PPBOGCP) on the psychological well-being, self-compassion and hope levels of the mothers having children with intellectual disabilities. The current study is a mixed-design research having quantitative and qualitative dimensions. The quantitative dimension of the study was designed in a quasi-experimental design based on the experimental, placebo and control group pre-test, post-test and follow-up test model.

Metaphors about violence by preservice teachers.

Violence consists of a pattern of coercive behaviors used by a competent adult or adolescent to establish and maintain power and control over another competent adult or adolescent. These behaviors, which can occur alone or in combination, sporadically or continually, include physical violence, psychological abuse, talking, and nonconsensual sexual behavior. Research indicates that different types of violence are used as a means of enforcing discipline in the family and the school context.

An investigation of concepts and words used by Turkish children and teenagers to define their perceptions regarding events involving emotional situations.

The present study aimed to determine the concepts and words children and teenagers use to define their perceptions of events that involve emotions. It attempted to identify words that children and teenagers use to express emotions and the differences between children and teenagers in this regard. The study focused on 214 children and adolescents, including 124 students from four primary schools in Eskisehir, Turkey (59 girls and 65 boys) and 90 students from one secondary school and two high schools (39 girls and 51 boys).

An investigation on nursing, midwifery and health care students' learning motivation in Turkey.

The aim was to determine differences between the dimensions of motivational learning and sociodemographic characteristics of nursing, midwifery and health care students. For the purpose of collecting data on learning-oriented motivations, occupational learning motivation scale (OLMS) was used. The OLMS was designed to assess the constructs of extrinsic, intrinsic and negative factors for learning, cognitive and lifelong learning goals.