"My body is a cage": A qualitative investigation into the self-discrepancy experiences of young women with metastatic cancer.

Objectives: The current study investigated self-discrepancy experiences of young women with metastatic cancer.

Methods: Semistructured interviews were conducted. Data were analyzed through interpretative phenomenological analysis.

Validity and Reliability Study of Turkish Forms of the Quality of Relationships Inventory-Bereavement Version and the Bereavement Guilt Scale.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the Turkish forms (TR) of the Quality of Relationships Inventory-Bereavement Version (QRI-B) and the Bereavement Guilt Scale (BGS).

Method: The sample consisted of 447 bereaved adults who lost a loved one due to death at least 6 months ago and within the past 5 years. Participants completed the QRI-B, BGS, Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Prolonged Grief Inventory (PG-13), The Grief and Meaning Reconstruction Inventory (GMRI), Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSS) ve Life Satisfaction Scale (LSS).

Examining the Basic Assumption of Psychoanalytic Theory Regarding Normal and Abnormal Grief: Roles of Unfinished Businesses and Bereavement Related Guilt.

To date, several theoretical models have been proposed to explain how the expected and natural grief processes turns into psychiatric disorders. Nevertheless, there is a paucity of empirical research examining the basic assumption of psychoanalytic theory regarding pre-death conflict and bereavement related guilt. Accordingly, the current study aimed to investigate the mediator role of bereavement related guilt in the relationship between the pre-death conflict and maladaptive grief process.

Examination of the Psychometric Properties of Marwit-Meuser Caregiver Grief Inventory-Short Form.

Objective: Alzheimer caregiving literature usually focuses on caregiver outcomes like burden, depression and anxiety from a stress-coping paradigm. Yet, this approach has been criticized as it doesn't capture pre-death grief symptoms emerged in response to the unique pathology of the disease. The aim of this study is to investigate the reliability and validity criteria of the Turkish version of the Marwit-Meuser Caregiver Grief Inventory-Short Form (MMCGI-SF) developed to evaluate predeath grief reactions of adult offspring caring for a parent with AD.

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.