Ahmet Kara

• Assoc. Prof. Dr.
• Associate Professor at Kastamonu University

Bu çalışmanın amacı Kim (2019) tarafından geliştirilen Kariyer Esnekliği Envanterinin Türkçeye uyarlanmasını ve psikometrik özelliklerini incelemektir. Araştırmaya gönüllü 322 üniversite öğrencisi katılmıştır. Birinci düzeyde DFA bulgusunda KEE’nin uyum iyiliği değerlerinin kabul edilebilir düzeyde (χ2/df=3.35, GFI=.90, AGFI= .86 ve RMSEA= .08) old...

Bu araştırmanın amacı, çalışanlarda çalışma iradesi, insana yakışır iş, kariyer arzusu ve mental iyi oluş arasındaki ilişkileri çalışma psikoloji kuramına dayalı olarak path (yol) analiz yoluyla test etmektir. Araştırma grubunu 228 çalışan oluşturmaktadır. Verilerin toplanmasında Gelecekteki İnsana Yakışır İş Ölçeği, Warwick-Edinburgh Mental İyi Ol...

This longitudinal study aimed to test the mediating role of career adaptability in the relationship between optimism and subjective well-being. A total of 246 university students formed the final sample. The data were collected using the Optimism Scale, Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, Career Adaptability Scale, and Satisfaction with Life Sca...

This study aims to test the mediating roles of career adaptability and work-related basic need satisfaction in the relationship between employees' work volition and subjective well-being. For this purpose, causal design was used as a research model. The research group comprises 210 employees (130 female 61.9% and 80 male 38.1%) (mean age = 31.65, s...

This study examines the mediating role of attitudes toward digital technology in the relationship between communication and innovation skills and STEM career interest among Turkish secondary school students. The study used criterion sampling on a sample of 321 Turkish secondary school students [Ageranj = 10–16, AgeMean =12.11, AgeSd = 1.19] selecte...

Online learning environments have become increasingly prevalent in higher education, necessitating an understanding of factors influencing student engagement. This study examines the mediating role of self-regulated online learning in the relationship between five-factor personality traits and student engagement among university students. A sample...

This study aimed to explore the mediating role of body image in the association between The utilization of strategies aimed at enhancing subjective well-being, friendship qualities, and identity development. The participants consisted of 270 early adolescents, comprising 157 girls (58.15%) and 113 boys (41.85%). Data were collected using several sc...

This study aims to evaluate the mediating role of career futures in the relationship between prospective teachers' career adaptability and career calling. This aim was carried out according to the quantitative research patterns relational model. The sample of this study consists of 225 prospective teachers between 18 and 39 years of age ( = 21.49,...

Bu araştırmanın amacı, beliren yetişkinler için bir kariyer adanmışlık modeli önermek ve önerilen bu modeli iki aşamalı yapısal eşitlik modellemesiyle sınamaktır. Bu amaca dayalı olarak bu araştırma, korelasyonel desende tasarlanmıştır. Araştırmaya katılan 327 beliren yetişkinlerin 214'ü (65.4%) kadın ve 113'ü (34.6%) erkekten oluşmaktadır. Bu katı...

The general purpose of this research is to examine the mediating effect of STEM attitudes between STEM pedagogical content knowledge and STEM intra class practice self-efficacy. This research was conducted in a causal design. A total of 345 teacher candidates, 261 female (75.7%) and 84 male (24.3%), were included in the research. The data was colle...

Bu araştırmanın amacı üniversite öğrencileri üzerinde kariyer arzusu path (yol) modelini kariyer yapılandırma kuramındaki uyum modeli kapsamında test etmektir. Bu amaç doğrultusunda araştırma nedensel desende tasarlanmıştır. Araştırma grubunu 203 gönüllü üniversite öğrencisi [149’u kadın (%73.4); 54’ü erkek (%26.6)] oluşturmaktadır. Veriler “Bilişs...

Career stress includes negative career experiences such as encountering career barriers, career indecision. This research aims to analyse and evaluate the protective factors against the career stress of senior university students with mixed-method research. For this purpose, an embedded design was used. A total of 353 individuals [AgeMean =23.55, A...

The purpose of this research is to test the effectiveness of the program for dealing with negative perfectionism. For this purpose, a quasi-experimental design was chosen with pre- and post-test measurements in both experimental and control groups. In the quasi-experimental design, pre-test is applied to both experimental and control groups before...

The aim of this research is to test a structural model for married individuals. 215 Turkish married individuals [Age range = 24-56, Age Mean =35.24, Age Sd = 7.44] determined by using the maximum diversity sampling method, one of the purposeful sampling methods, participated in the research. Data were collected with Scale of Meaning of Marriage (SM...

This study aimed to put forward the mediating role of teacher self-efficacy in the relationship between students' perceptions of learning experience and teachers' perceptions of 21st century skills efficacy. Participants of the research consisted of two groups. First group is 262 teachers and the second group is 622 primary school students. Data we...

The aim of the current research is to present a case of a client experiencing fear of death based on five stages of online individual counseling. For this aim, this case was evaluated based on the individual counseling process defined by Hackney and Cormier (2008) as five stages. In this context, the 1st session was carried out as the phase of esta...

The aim of this research is to propose a structural equation model that empirically deals with the applicability of the career construction model in explaining the academic and life satisfaction of special education teacher candidates and tests this model. This research studying at a public university located in Turkey, 165 (71.1%) were female and...

Purpose: The main purpose of this study is to reveal the predictive role of cognitive control and flexibility on career adaptabilityof emerging adults and the relationships among the variables.Design/Methodology/Approach: A total of 318 emerging adults, 193 female (60.7%) and 125 male (39.3%) participated in thestudy. The age range of the participa...

The aim of this study is to assess the relationships between attachment styles of university students and their social support and career adaptability. For this purpose, nine models have been tested. Mediator roles of three different social support variables in the effect of three different attachment styles on three different career adaptability w...

The main purpose of the current study is to investigate the perceptions of individuals’ living in Turkey during the COVID-19 pandemic through metaphor analysis. The current study employed the descriptive phenomenological design, one of the qualitative research methods. A total of 210 individuals living in Turkey (114 females (68.6%) and 66 males (3...

This study aims to examine the mediating role of attention in the relationship between their social competence, aggression and early literacy by constructing a path model for children's early literacy. This research was designed in a causal pattern. The sample of this study consisted of 256 children attending preschool education. The data were coll...

The main aim of this research is; to propose and test a model of structural equality that examines career adaptability of psychological counselors, career calling and skills used in the fields of vocational identity experience for psychological counselors. This research was designed as a causal pattern. 231 volunteer psychological counselors partic...

The purpose of the current study is to investigate teachers’ career adaptability in relation to burnout and loneliness in work life. The current study was conducted on 76 male and 168 female teachers having been working at least for five years in the Ministry of National Education. The data of the study were collected by using “The Burnout Scale”,...

In this study; a structural model for the psychological well-being of teachers in the beginning epidemic of COVID-19 has been constructed and it is aimed to examine the mediating role of hope in the relationship between psychological resilience and psychological well-being. A total of 1059 teachers serving in Turkey, 729 female (%68.8) and 330 male...

The purpose of this study is to investigate the career adaptability of Turkish teachers working in special education schools in terms of psychological well-being and job satisfaction. The study group consist of 214 Turkish teachers working in the special education training in İstanbul. Personal Information Form, Career Adaptability Scale, Minnesota...

Background Although the importance of directing students to career options in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields at early ages has been emphasized in the literature, it has not been clearly stated just who will play a role in this process and what kind of consultancy process will be followed. It is of great importance f...

The purpose of the current study is the theoretical investigation of the concept of career adaptability. To this end, first research addressing career adaptability within the context of adaptive behaviours is discussed. Then, two-dimensional classification of career adaptability is presented. In addition, information is given about the research con...

The purpose of the current study is to determine the mediator role of emotional regulation strategies in the relationship between positive affect and negative affect experienced by individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 436 individuals witnessing and experiencing the process of the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey participated in the curre...

Empathy is a therapeutic condition, a part of the personality, and a skill. Also empathy plays a crucial role in career success and career development process. It is mostly known that empathy predicts the effectiveness of psychological counseling process. However, it is less known that its predictor role on counselors' career development. Using a s...

The aim of this study is to examine the efficiency of the psycho-education program, which was developed to increase the career adaptabilities of prospective psychological counsellors. The dependent variable of the study was the level of career adaptability. The study utilized both experimental and qualitative research methods. In this study, a pre-...

The aim of this study is to explore the experiences of mental health professionals in the therapeutic process by considering demographic variables and educational processes. For this purpose, a semi structured interview form including preliminary interview, rapport building, problem identification, goal setting, and intervention and termination ste...

Bu araştırmanın amacı, lise öğrencilerinde kariyer kararı yetkinlik beklentisini kişilik özellikleri ve benlik saygısı açısından incelemektir. Bu amaç doğrultusunda araştırmanın deseni ilişkisel desen olarak seçilmiştir. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu, yaşları 14 ile 17 arasında değişen (X ̅=15.02, Sd=.83) 221 lise öğrencisi oluşturmuştur.Veri toplam...

Bu çalışmanın amacı, yakın ilişki kuramlarını teorik çerçevede değerlendirmektedir. Yakın ilişki kuramları olarak “Shaver, Hazan ve Bradshaw’ın Bağlanma Kuramı, Lee’nin Aşk Stilleri Kuramı, Sternberg’ın Üçgen Aşk Kuramı, Stendhall’ın Tutkulu Aşk Kuramı, Moss ve Schwebel’ın Romantik Yakınlık Kuramı Levinger ve Snoek’un İlişki Düzeyleri Modeli, Evrim...

Bu araştırmanın amacı, psikolojik danışman adaylarının yaşam doyumları ile kariyer uyumlulukları arasındaki ilişkiyi ortaya koymaktadır. Bu amaç doğrultusunda bu araştırmada korelasyon desen tercih edilmiştir. Araştırmanın katılımcıları bir kamu üniversitesinde öğrenim gören toplam 181 psikolojik danışman adayından oluşmaktadır. Veri toplama aracı...

Bu araştırmanın amacı psikolojik danışma eğitimi bağlamında psikolojik danışma beceri eğitim programlarının incelenmesidir. Bu genel amaç kapsamında ilk önce psikolojik danışma becerilerinin tanımlamasına değinilmiştir. Sonra psikolojik danışma becerilerinin sınıflandırılması ele alınmıştır. Son olarak ise en sık kullanılan psikolojik danışma becer...

Bu araştırmanın amacı, ortaöğretim öğrencilerinin kariyer kararı yetkinlik beklentileri ve kariyer seçiminde aile etkileri ile kariyer karar verme güçlükleri arasındaki ilişkileri incelemektir. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu, Kütahya'nın Domaniç ilçesinde bulunan resmi bir ortaöğretim kurumundan uygun örnekleme yöntemi ile seçilen 228 ortaöğretim öğr...

The aim of this study is to investigate the meaning of the marriage concept for married, non-married, engaged and divorced participants through metaphor analysis. The answers to the following questions were sought in this research; 1. What are the metaphors about the meaning of marriage developed by married, non-married, engaged and divorced indivi...

Bu çalışmanın amacı ilkokul öğrencilerinin başarı algılarını ölçebilecek bir ölçek geliştirmek ve bu ölçeğin geçerlik ve güvenilirlik çalışmalarını incelemektir. Ölçek geliştirme sürecinde madde havuzunu oluşturmak amacıyla ilgili alanyazın ile yurt dışındaki benzer ölçme araçları taranmış, odak grup çalışması yapılmıştır. Madde havuzundaki maddele...

Bu araştırmanın amacı, okul psikolojik danışmanların doktora süreçlerine yönelik algılarını ve deneyimlerini keşfetmektedir. Bu amaç doğrultusunda nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden yorumlamacı fenomenoloji araştırma deseni kullanılmıştır. Araştırma, dokuz katılımcı ile yürütülmüştür. Veri toplamı aracı olarak yarı-yapılandırılmış görüşme formu kullanı...

In this review, supervision models used in the psychological counseling process are examined. In the literature, supervision models are classified under three headings; psychotherapy based supervision models, developmental supervision models, and social-role models. Psychotherapy-based supervision models are divided into three subgroups. These are,...

z. Bu çalışmanın amacı, kariyer uyumluluğunun açıklamasında amaçlar için mücadele etme ve öznel iyi oluşun rolünü incelemektir. Bu çalışma korelasyonel desende yürütülmüştür. Bu çalışmaya İç Anadolu bölgesinin bir kamu üniversitesinde bankacılık ve finans bölümünde öğrenim gören 17-27 yaşları arasındaki 47 kadın (%26.6) ve 130 erkek (%73.4) olmak ü...

The aim of this research is to examine the positive body image in depth, based on the perceptions of emerging adulthood In this research, it was conducted in an descriptive phenomenological pattern as it was aimed to examine how emerging adulthood understand and perceive the positive body image concept. Eight consenting emerging adulthood attending...

The aim of this study is to explain the concept of maladaptive interpersonal dependency, the effects of this concept on psychological health and its reasons, to analyze the relationship between maladaptive interpersonal dependency and attachment theory, and to analyze all these variables on a case report. The variables mentioned are presented in he...

The aim of this study is to develop The Scale of the Meaning of Marriage (SMM) to determine the meanings attributed to the concept of marriage. In the first stage, a total of 110 individuals who are married, single, divorced, and engaged were directed the question “What does marriage mean for you?” and the written answers were analyzed to the relat...

Bu çalışmanın amacı, öğretmen adaylarının kariyer uyumluluklarını, kariyer arzusu ve kariyer uyum yetenekleri çerçevesinde ele alan bir yapısal eşitlik modeli önerip ve bu modeli test etmektir. Bu çalışma öğretmen adaylarının kariyer uyumlulukları üzerinde kariyer arzusunun ve kariyer uyum yeteneklerinin yordama güçlerinin araştırıldığı nedensel ka...

Bu çalışmanın amacı, pozitif psikoterapi denge modeli bağlamında Dengeli Yaşam ve Dengeli Yaşam Temel Becerileri Ölçeklerini geliştirmek ve aralarındaki ilişkiyi yapısal bir modelle test etmektir. Çalışma grubunu Eskişehir’de bir kamu üniversitesinde öğrenim gören 190 kadın (% 75.7), 61 erkek (%24.3) olmak üzere 251 üniversite öğrencisi oluşturmakt...

One of the important concepts dealt with in career studies is career adaptability. Teacher candidates have many individual and environmental factors that affect their career adaptability. One of these factors may be the perceived control. In this study, it was aimed to examine the career adaptability of the teacher candidates continuing their educa...

The present study examined married, non married and divorced participants’ metaphors about the meaning of marriage. According to the findings, the sample group produced 99 different valid metaphors in total of 110. These metaphors were grouped under 11 different conceptual categories considering their common traits. The results indicated that the p...

ÖZET 1. Giriş Kariyer kararı yetkinlik beklentisi, bireyin kendini doğru bir şekilde değerlendirebilme, mesleklerle ilgili bilgi toplama, amaç belirleme, kariyer planı yapma ve problem çözme gibi bazı kariyer görevlerini yerine getirebileceğine inanma düzeyi olarak tanımlanmaktadır (Işık, 2010). Alanyazında kariyer karar verme yetkinlik beklentisin...

Bu çalışmanın amacı psikolojik danışma yapan profesyonellerin, psikolojik danışma mesleğine ilişkin demografik değişkenler ve eğitim süreçleri dikkate alınarak, psikolojik danışma deneyimlerini keşfetmektir.

Bu çalışmanın amacı bireylerin evlilik kavramına yüklediği anlamları belirlemek amacıyla Evliliğe Yüklenen Anlam Ölçeği’nin geliştirilmesidir. İlk aşamada evli, bekâr, boşanmış ve nişanlı/sözlü olan toplam 110 bireye “Sizin için evlilik ne anlam ifade ediyor?” sorusu yöneltilmiş ve cevaplar yazılı olarak toplanmıştır. Elde edilen nitel veriler araş...

The aim of this study is to investigate the pre-service teachers' career adaptability with career decision making self-efficacy and career barriers. The study group of this study constitutes a total of 220 pre-service teachers who are studying at a public university in Turkey. The data were collected with Career Adaptability Scale, Career Decision...

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between body image, psychological symptom levels and interpersonal styles in college students. Two models have been tested for this purpose. In one of the models, the mediating effect of interpersonal style on the relationship between body image and psychological symptom levels;...

The aim of the study is to compare teachers and pre-service teachers in terms of personality traits and career adaptability. The relationships between personality traits and career adaptability are also investigated. A total of 176 pre-service teachers took part in the study, including 90 men and 76 women, and a total of 204 teachers took part in t...

This study aims to investigate the relationships between perceived parenting, parental attachment styles and psychological symptoms among Turkish university students and it also aims to find out which perceived parenting and parental attachment styles predict psychological symptoms which were measured. This study is a quantitative research and uses...

Amaç: Bu araştırmanın amacı, rehberlik ve psikolojik danışmanlık lisans programı 1.sınıf öğrencileri için hazırlanan kariyer uyumluluğu programının, öğrencilerin kariyer uyumlulukları üzerindeki etkililiğini belirlemektir. Yöntem: Bu araştırmada, öntest-sontest deney ve kontrol gruplu yarı deneysel desen seçilmiştir. Araştırmanın bağımlı değişkeni...

Romantik iliskileri beliren yetiskinler icin kimlik gelistirmenin onemli bir ogesidir. Beliren yetiskinler ask alaninda denemelerde bulunarak kimliklerini kesfederler. Kimlik kesfi icin romantik iliskiler icerisinde yer almak onlar icin bir gelisim gorevidir. Bu gelisim gorevini yerine getirmeyi engelleyen bireysel ve cevresel faktorler vardir. Uta...

Body image can be defined as a multidimensional structure which includes both pozitive and negative features related to its cognitive, affective and behavioral components. Body image consists of not only individual’s appearance but also his multidimesionally embodied psychological experiences. Body image means more than just one expression and he s...