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Alexithymia levels in patients with unipolar and bipolar depression and the effect of alexithymia on both severity of depression symptoms and quality of life
(Cumhuriyet Univ Tip Fak Psikiyatri Anabilim Dali, 2016) Karayagiz, Saban; Basturk, Mustafa
Objective: Aims of this study are to compare the alexithymia scores of patients with unipolar depression (UD), bipolar affective disorder depressive episode (BAD-D) and healthy controls, to explore the effects of alexithymia scores on both severity of depression symptoms and quality of life. Methods: Case group of the study is consisted of one hundred and eighteen UD diagnosed, forty eight BAD-depression diagnosed patients, based on DSM-IV-TR criteria. Control group of the study is consisted of ninety six people who had no history of psychiatric disease. Overall, 262 people had involved in the study. Sociodemographic and Clinical Data Form, Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRDS), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) and SF-36 Quality of Life Scale are used for acquiring information of the patients. Results: Mean of age, gender, marital status, place for living, level of income of UD, BAD-D and control groups were similar. Statistically significant differences were observed in between UD, BAD-D and control groups, in terms of HRDS, TAS-20 and SF-36 scores. Mean group scores of UD and BAD-D group were higher than controls, in terms of all scales. However, mean points of UD and BAD-D groups were similar in terms of four scales. Patients with UD and BAD-D had positive relationship with TAS-20, BRDS and BDI; negative relationship between SF-36, significantly. In conclusion, it is found that alexithymia scores of UD and BAD-D groups were higher; quality of life scores were lower than controls. It is also observed that patients with higher alexithymia scores have more severe depressive symptoms and having a less sense of quality of life. Although our findings indicate that presense of alexithymia is important in depressive disorders, however no difference were found between alexithymia scores in patients with UD and BAD-D. Discussion: Alexithymia scores of all groups had positively related with depression, negatively related with quality of life. Our findings showed that, alexithymia is an important factor to the diagnosis of depressive disorders, however alexithymia is not a marker to make differential diagnosis of BAD-D and UD.
Clinical Case Study on Transsexual Identity to Lesbian Sexual Orientation Transition and the Future of the Lesbian Relationship
(Duzce Univ, Fac Medicine, 2019) Tas, Ertugrul; Batik, Meryem Vural; Ozturk, Onur
In this study, a case was analyzed that allows to question gender identity, sexual orientation and sexuality. Sexual orientation and gender identity were dealt with during the therapy session with the client who applied to the clinic due to relational and sexual problems with her virgin lesbian partner and identified herself as a lesbian. The client understood the discrepancy of her gender identity and gender identity was restructured. Accordingly, the relationship psychically defined as a lesbian relationship has become psychically transsexual (heterosexual) and has led to the question of the future of the lesbian relationship. In this case analysis, sexual position taking, gender identity, sexual orientation and sexual behavior were examined through lesbian and transsexual relations.
An Experimental Approach to Word Order in Turkish Sign Language
(Ahmet Yesevi Univ, 2020) Arik, Engin
The present study offers an experimental linguistic perspective to investigate word order in sign languages, focusing particularly on word order in Turkish Sign Language (Turk Isaret Dili-TID), one of the oldest, yet relatively understudied, sign languages. Two experiments were conducted to investigate TID signers' acceptability judgments of various orders of linguistic forms in a sentence. Experiment 1 consisted of 26 intransitive sentences with a 2x2 (SV vs. VS; Human vs. Animal) within-subjects design whereas Experiment 2 consisted of 28 transitive sentences with a 3x2 (Subject order: First vs. Middle vs. Last; Object order: Object-before-Verb vs. Object-after-Verb) within-subjects design. Both experiments asked native TID signers (n=8 and n=6, respectively) to rate sentences using 5-point Likert scales. Results from Experiment 1 showed that there was a significant main effect of Sign Order, indicating that participants gave significantly higher ratings to SV order over VS order. There was no main effect of Subject Type but an interaction between Sign Order and Subject Type. Results from Experiment 2 showed a significant main effect of object-verb order indicating that participants' ratings for the Object-before-Verb order were significantly higher than those for the Verb-before-Object order. In Experiment 2, there was no significant main effect of subject order or interaction. These findings suggested that TID has a preference for SV and OV over other possible orders.
Management of Women with Vaginismus-related Infertility Through Assisted Reproductive Techniques
(Galenos Publ House, 2021) Yurci, Arzu; Karayagiz, Saban
Objective: To investigate reproductive outcomes of patients with infertility due to severe vaginismus undergoing in vitro fertilisation and embryo transfer (IVF-ET). Methods: Twenty-nine patients were selected among patients who presented with complaints of vaginismus-related infertility. The diagnosis and severity of vaginismus were assessed according to the Lamont-Pacik system. Five women with milder forms of vaginismus were treated with other options. Of the remaining 24 patients with severe vaginismus, 20 had Lamont grade 3 and four with Lamont grade 4. Likewise, 24 patients who were diagnosed with unexplained infertility were selected as the control group. Results: Of the 24 patients, 15 had first attempt, 8 had second and 1 had fourth attempt. Folliculometry was performed with abdominal ultrasonography in 21 women with normal body mass index. Folliculometry and endometrial evaluation were performed in three overweight cases with transvaginal ultrasonography under sedation. Single ET was performed in 27 cycles, and two ETs were performed in the others. Beta human chorionic gonadotropin positivity was detected in 20 of the 39 cycles. Similarly, in 20 patients, while clinical pregnancy was detected (20 of 39 cycles, 51.2%), the number of cycles with term and live births were 16 (16 of 39 cycles, 41.0%). While clinical pregnancy was detected in 25 of 35 cycles in the control group (71.4%), live birth was achieved in 22 cycles (62.8%). Compared with the vaginismus group, clinical pregnancy rate (20 vs 25, p<0.09) and live birth rate (LBR) (16 vs 22, p<0.06) were comparable. Conclusion: Both clinical pregnancy and LBRs of women with infertility due to severe vaginismus undergoing IVF-ET are similar to women with unexplained infertility.
The Meanings of the Concepts of Creativity and Being Creative in Everyday Language
(Istanbul Univ, Fac Letters, Dept Psychology, 2020) Arik, Engin; Arik, Beril T.
Creative and creativity as abstract concepts are hard to define and they have different meanings in scientific studies and everyday language. This study investigated the meanings of the Turkish terms yaratici (creative) and yaraticilik (creativity) in everyday language by using the data from social media. The study aims to reveal the meanings of the terms creative and creativity by using Big Data methods, corpus linguistic approaches, and prototype theories. The Turkish data were collected from Twitter between February 2018 and March 2019 using Rich Site Summary (RSS) and Application Programming Interface (API) without duplicates, retweets, or replies. In this way, 40,382 tweets containing yaratici and 13,007 tweets containing yaraticilik were obtained. The yaratici data consisted of 124,028 types and 828,661 tokens whereas the yaraticilik data consisted of 57,448 types and 268,886 tokens. With the help of Antconc and Lancbox software and statistical analyses such as frequency, log frequency, MI, DeltaP and G, the results showed that the meanings of yaratici and yaraticilik in everday Turkish and in dictionaries and scientific texts did not overlap. For example, the words such as intelligence, thinking, thoughts, and imagination could all be seen in the dictionaries and significantly in the data. But the word kreatif, which is used in the dictionary entries for yaratici, was not significantly used in the data. Instead, #creativity was used significantly frequently for yaraticilik in the data. Moreover, phrases such as using various solutions and divergent thinking could be both seen in the scientific definitions and significantly frequently in the data. But phrases such as solving problems and motivation, which are used in the scientific definitions, were used rarely in the data. Therefore, when updated, the dictionaries shoud benefit from the uses of these terms in everyday life, the scientific texts should underline to what extent the definitions differ from everyday language, and research should be conducted by taking into account these differences.
Exploring the attention process differentiation of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptomatic adults using artificial intelligence on electroencephalography (EEG) signals
(Tubitak Scientific & Technological Research Council Turkey, 2021) Guney, Gokhan; Kisacik, Esra; Kalaycioglu, Canan; Saygili, Gorkem
Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) onset in childhood and its symptoms can last up till adulthood. Recently, electroencephalography (EEG) has emerged as a tool to investigate the neurophysiological connection of ADHD and the brain. In this study, we investigated the differentiation of attention process of healthy subjects with or without ADHD symptoms under visual continuous performance test (VCPT). In our experiments, artificial neural network (ANN) algorithm achieved 98.4% classification accuracy with 0.98 sensitivity when P2 event related potential (ERP) was used. Additionally, our experimental results showed that fronto-central channels were the most contributing. Overall, we conclude that the attention process of adults with or without ADHD symptoms become a key feature to separate individuals especially in fronto-central regions under VCPT condition. In addition, using P2 ERP component under VCPT task can be a highly accurate approach to investigate EEG signal differentiation on ADHD-symptomatic adults.
Predictive Processes in Audio-Visual Perception: A View From Social Robotics
(Sage Publications Ltd, 2021) Sarigul, Busra; Urgen, Burcu A.
English in Turkey: A sociolinguistic profile
(Wiley, 2020) Arik, Beril T.
It has been repeatedly noted in the literature that most world Englishes research focuses on Outer Circle countries, while studies on Expanding Circle countries, especially those in South America, Europe, and the Middle East, have been few and far between. Therefore, the main objective of this paper is to provide a sociolinguistic profile of English in Turkey, thereby contributing to the growing literature on Expanding Circle countries. In this sociolinguistic profile, following a brief description of the country, I present the users and uses of English in the Turkish context, as well as discuss the attitudes of Turkish language learners towards English.
An Investigation of Moral Foundations Theory in Turkey Using Different Measures
(Springer, 2019) Yalcindag, Bilge; Ozkan, Turker; Cesur, Sevim; Yilmaz, Onurcan; Tepe, Beyza; Piyale, Zeynep Ecem; Biten, Ali Furkan
Claims of universality for Moral Foundations Theory (MFT) require extensive cross-cultural validation. The present study aims to (1) develop Turkish versions of three instruments used to research MFT (MFQ, MFQL, MSQ); (2) assess the psychometric properties of the Turkish instruments; (3) test the assumptions of the theory against findings from the instruments in Turkish culture. Three independently translated versions of the MFQ were administered to three samples totaling 1432 respondents. Results were consistent across samples. Internal reliability was satisfactory. CFA indicated a best fit for a 5-factor solution despite low fit indices and high error coefficients. EFA yielded a 3-factor solution, which did not replicate the 2-factor individualizing and binding factors found in U.S. samples. CFA and EFA with the MSQ produced 2-factor solutions which also did not align with the individualizing-binding dichotomy. Meaningful relations between the moral foundations and scores on political orientation and religiosity supported the validity of the measures in Turkish culture.
Examining children's questions and parents' responses about COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey
(Springer, 2024) Unlutabak, Burcu; Velioglu, Ilayda
COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on both adults' and children's everyday lives. Conversations about biological processes such as viruses, illness, and health have started to occur more frequently in daily interactions. Although there are many guidelines for parents about how to talk to their children about the coronavirus, only a few studies have examined what children are curious about the coronavirus and how they make sense of the changes in their everyday lives. This study addresses this need by examining children's questions and parents' responses about the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Turkish sociocultural context. Using an online survey, we asked 184 parents of 3- to 12-year-olds to report their children's questions about coronavirus and their answers to these questions. We analyzed children's questions and parents' responses using qualitative and quantitative analyses (Menendez et al., 2021). Children's questions were mainly about the nature of the virus (34%), followed by lifestyle changes (20%). Older children were more likely to ask about school/work and less likely to ask about lifestyle changes than younger children. Parents responded to children's questions by providing realistic explanations (48%) and reassurance (20%). Only 18% of children's questions were explanation-seeking why and how questions. Parents were more likely to provide explanations if children's questions were explanation-seeking. Family activities such as playing games and cooking were the most common coping strategies reported by parents (69.2%). The findings have important implications for children's learning about the coronavirus and how adults can support children's learning and help them develop coping strategies in different sociocultural contexts.
Probable role of listening therapy in the management of ADHD symptoms: Three case studies
(Springer, 2021) Dursun, Pınar; Fidan, Uğur; Karayağız, Şaban
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a common disorder that affects individuals throughout life, although generally diagnosed during the school years. Multimodal perspectives are recommended during treatment. A variety of non-pharmacological interventions, including psychoeducational approaches, are widely available particularly for clients who refuse to use or are resistant to medication, although the real effect sizes remain uncertain. The effect of music therapy as a complement to ADHD treatment has emerged especially in the last 20 years with neuroimaging studies. Recent research has indicated that music experience influences reward, emotion, motivation and pleasure, stress and the immune system, and social relationships, as well as cognitive skills. Listening to filtered music also influences auditory functions. Sound or listening therapy originated from the Tomatis audio-psycho-phonological (APP) method aims to train the vestibular system auditory functions that are assumed to be connected with both top-down (higher brain structures) and bottom-up (peripheral to central) brain functioning and the peripheral nervous system. In this case report, we discuss the probable impact of listening or sound therapy in the management of ADHD symptoms, particularly in terms of sustained attention, reaction time, and inhibitory control (impulsivity/hyperactivity) measured by a distracted continuous performance test (CPT) and learning and behavioral problems assessed by rating scales. Three adolescents (aged 14, 15, and 17 years) in Turkey with ADHD-combined presentation diagnosed by a psychiatrist were given 30 sessions (totaling 60 h) of the sound program with an auditory stimulation device developed by an APP method. The participants were assessed before and after the program and their scores compared using the CPT (MOXO d-CPT), Conners Rating Scales for Parents (CPRS) and Teachers (CTRS), and Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS) based on the ages of the participants, in addition to the listening checklist. Although the differences in the scores did not represent any statistical significance, the findings could still be noteworthy indicators of future prospective studies for the exact role of these non-pharmacological supportive interventions.
Parental input during book reading and toddlers' elicited and spontaneous communicative interactions
(Elsevier Science Inc, 2022) Unlutabak, Burcu; Aktan-Erciyes, Asli; Yilmaz, Duygu; Kandemir, Songuel; Goksun, Tilbe
This study examined the relation between characteristics of parental input, particularly focusing on questions and pointing gestures directed to toddlers during book reading, and toddlers' elicited and spontaneous communicative interactions. A total of 30 Turkish speaking parents and their toddlers (18 girls, Mage = 18.79 SDage = 1.55) were observed during shared book reading. The communicative interactions were coded for parents' questions and pointing, and toddlers' elicited and spontaneous speech and pointing. The results showed that parents' label questions with pointing were positively associated with toddlers' elicited speech. Similarly, parents' label questions without pointing, and parents' description questions with pointing were positively associated with toddlers' elicited pointing. These findings highlight the importance of parental questions accompanied by pointing when eliciting toddler communicative interactions both in the form of speech and pointing, and provides insight for how to best communicate with toddlers during such interactions.
Bereaved Parents' Change in Mental Health during a Dyadic Diary
(Taylor & Francis Inc, 2024) Buyukcan-Tetik, Asuman; Topal, Mustafa Anil; Deryalar, Belgin; Ergun, Turan Deniz; Aydin, Eda Nur; Aykutoglu, Bulent
Recent years have seen a shift in the number of bereavement studies examining daily grief processes, but our knowledge is still limited due to the lack of dyadic research. In this paper, we explored the change in mental health in the course of a seven-day dyadic diary with bereaved couples who lost their child during pregnancy, labor, or afterward. We conducted dyadic latent growth curve analyses. In the bereaved parents who experienced a pregnancy loss, we found reduced grief (for both partners) and anxiety symptoms (only for women) and no changes in depression symptoms or personal strength levels across the diary days. In the bereaved parents who lost their child during labor or afterward, both partners' grief and depression symptoms and women's anxiety symptoms stayed stable, men's anxiety symptoms decreased, but women experienced a decline in their personal strength. Overall, negative aspects of mental health showed no sign of a dyadic diary's harm to the bereaved parents and even pointed to increased mental health in some respects during the study. However, a feeling of reduced capacity to deal with difficulties during the diary was also observed in women. Our findings indicated that both negative and positive aspects of mental health should be considered to evaluate the impact of diary studies on the participants.
Prejudice in Turkey and Belgium: The cross-cultural comparison of correlations of right-wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation with sexism, homophobia, and racism
(Wiley, 2021) Cetiner, Seyda Dilsat; Van Assche, Jasper
Using data from Turkey and Belgium, this study investigated the relationships of right-wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation with ambivalent sexism, homophobia, and subtle racism. First, we predicted that men are more prejudiced than women. This hypothesis was confirmed in the Turkish but not in the Belgian sample. Second, Muslims were higher in authoritarianism and homophobia than people belonging to other (or no) religious groups. Third, Muslims also showed more hostile sexism toward both men and women. Fourth, negative associations of education with authoritarianism, sexism, and homophobia were expected and found. Fifth, in both countries, authoritarianism was positively related to homophobia and sexism, and social dominance orientation was positively associated with racism. Finally, groups comparing both samples, we found that Turks' authoritarianism and prejudice was higher than Belgians'. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.
Longitudinal associations between basic psychological needs, psychological health and sleep quality
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2024) Aykutoglu, Bulent
Longitudinal associations between basic need frustration, marital risk and spousal disagreement
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2024) Aykutoglu, Bulent
Does the Appearance of an Agent Affect How We Perceive his/her Voice? Audio-visual Predictive Processes in Human-robot Interaction
(Assoc Computing Machinery, 2020) Sarigul, Busra; Saltik, Imge; Hokelek, Batuhan; Urgen, Burcu A.
Robots increasingly become part of our lives. How we perceive and predict their behavior has been an important issue in HRI. To address this issue, we adapted a well-established prediction paradigm from cognitive science for HRI. Participants listened a greeting phrase that sounds either human-like or robotic. They indicated whether the voice belongs to a human or a robot as fast as possible with a key press. Each voice was preceded with a human or robot image (a human-like robot or a mechanical robot) to cue the participant about the upcoming voice. The image was either congruent or incongruent with the sound stimulus. Our findings show that people reacted faster to robotic sounds in congruent trials than incongruent trials, suggesting the role of predictive processes in robot perception. In sum, our study provides insights about how robots should be designed, and suggests that designing robots that do not violate our expectations may result in a more efficient interaction between humans and robots.
Determination of difference between freshman and senior-level of psychology students in terms of the eating attitudes and psychological symptoms
(Mattioli 1885, 2020) Karayagiz, Saban
Aim: Eating disorder (ED) is a deviation in eating habits that are based on insufficient or overeating and mental influences, causing serious problems such as anxiety. In recent years, some physical appearances have become more prominent in social settings such as TV and social media. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impacts of appearance with body dissatisfaction, perfectionism levels, and psychological symptoms of the university students on the eating attitude enrolled at the department of psychology. Particularly, it focused on whether any changes in the attitudes towards eating habits could change after psychology education in college. Method: Data was collected from the psychology students at their freshman in 2015 and senior years in 2019 by utilizing a longitudinal study methodology. Data collection tools contained Positive and Negative Perfectionism Scale (PNPS), Social Appearance Anxiety Scale (SAAS), Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), and the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT). Study Group: A total of 53 college students were included in the study. Most of them (N=40, 75.6%) were female and few (N=13, 24.5%) were male. The average ages of the students were found 20.6(2015 sd parameter 1.8, 2019 sd parameter 1.7) years old during the data collection process. Results and Discussion: The findings showed that male students achieved lower scores than females in terms of eating habits (EAT) and psychological symptoms (BSI), and higher on appearance anxiety levels (SAAS) based on the results of the pretest and posttest sessions.
Analysis of Relationships among the Subjective Well-Being, Life Satisfaction and Job Anxiety for the Undergraduate Psychology Students
(Mattioli 1885, 2020) Karayagiz, Saban
Objective This study was designed to explore job anxiety, life satisfaction, and subjective levels of well-being for the undergraduate students enrolled in the department of psychology at a university. Materials and Methods: Four data collection tools were implemented in addition to the sociodemographic data form when collecting data. The data collection instruments included Job Anxiety Questionnaire (JAQJ, Subjective Well-Being Scale (SWS), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BM), and Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), respectively. Study Group: A total of 153 undergraduate students enrolled in the department of psychology at a private university in Kayseri, Turkey. 50 of them were freshman and 103 were senior students. Most participants (62%) consisting of the female. Findings and Discussion: The findings revealed that senior students had a moderate negative correlation between life satisfaction and job anxiety as well as anxiety levels. Furthermore, the subjective well-being of the participants was observed to positively affect their job anxiety levels through the last grade, on the other hand, a significant decrease appeared in the anxiety levels. Results and Suggestions: The rapid rise of subjective well-being levels for the senior year psychology students might be due to the training offered in their major. Besides, it was not surprising that seniors had higher levels of job anxiety near the graduation and anxiety levels decreased because of their training, education, and experiences accomplished in this context.
The Different Aspects of English Language Teaching and Learning: A Scientometric Analysis
(Phcog Net, 2021) Arik, Engin; Arik, Beril Tezeller
We analyzed publications in English as a Foreign Language (EFL), English as a Second Language (ESL), Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL), Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL), and Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) between 1900 and 2016 as indexed by Web of Science. We found that there were 1,839, 2,143, 44, 46, and 414 publications, respectively. Moreover, language and English were the common words in almost all the EFL, ESL, and TESOL abstracts. EFL and ESL shared study and students, while learning and learners appeared in almost all the EFL abstracts and teachers appeared in almost all the TESOL abstracts. Topics such as motivation, self-efficacy, and anxiety were significantly more frequently examined in EFL than in ESL but not in TESOL. Research related to non-English-speaking countries such as Taiwan, Iran, China, and Turkey were significantly more frequently considered in EFL than in ESL but not in TESOL. However, research on diverse populations within the same country such as immigrants, kindergarten, children, and adults was significantly more frequently conducted in ESL than in EFL.

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