Ertuğrul Şahin

Ertuğrul Şahin
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Amasya University · Department of Guidance and Counselling

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Introduction
I am working in Department of Guidance and Psychological Counseling of Amasya University in the Central Black Sea region of Turkey. My research interests are REBT, self-concept, research methods, and multivariate data analysis. ''Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to understanding our potential. '' Winston Churchill

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The aim of this study was to examine the relationships between three factors—depression, anxiety, and stress—with general self-efficacy and forgiveness of the self, others, and situations. A convenience sample of 542 students (335 females, 207 males) was recruited from a university in the Central Black Sea Region of Turkey. Participants responded t...
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The Devaluation–Discrimination Scale (DDS) is among the most frequently used stigma scales for measuring the perception of social stigma related to mental illness. The DDS is also frequently employed to test predictions of modified labeling theory and is modified to use for specific disorders, such as depression, substance abuse, and alcohol use di...
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The aim of this study was to examine the severity of the symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress in a nationally representative sample of secondary boarding school counselors and their association with sociodemographics, school counselor self-efficacy, self-esteem, happiness, and stressful life events. Participants consisted of 181 (52.5% women...
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The purpose of this study is to examine the connection between relationship-specific irrational beliefs and relationship satisfaction in individuals in an intimate heterosexual relationship. A convenience sample of 294 Turkish participants (136 married and 158 dating) currently involved in a close romantic relationship completed the Personal Inform...
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The purpose of this study was to examine the association between behavioral emotion regulation strategies and symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress among Turkish university students. Participants consisted of 633 students continuing their university education in two different universities in Türkiye. Participants completed a data collection t...
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Cancer is a deadly disease that affects millions of people worldwide and is a source of great difficulty, stress, and trauma not only for patients but also for their caregivers. The physical and emotional suffering that patients experience by patients can lead their caregivers to cope with constant anxiety, sadness, and uncertainty. Moreover, durin...
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Although the presence of mental health stigma associated with seeking help has been demonstrated in many parts of the world, this work has largely been from an independent perspective (i.e., “I will be perceived as crazy”) rather than from an interdependent perspective (i.e., “My family will be viewed negatively”). Interdependent stigma of seeking...
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Couple burnout has been linked to several negative consequences for both individuals and couples. Identifying the factors that predict couple burnout is essential for developing effective interventions to prevent or lessen its detrimental impact on marital relationships. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate sociodemographic fact...
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Bu araştırmanın amacı üniversite öğrencilerinde cinsiyet, yaş, duygu düzenleme güçlükleri ve belirsizliğe tahammülsüzlüğün psikolojik sağlamlığı yordayıcı rolünü incelemektir. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu, farklı fakültelerde öğrenim gören 419 üniversite öğrencisi oluşturmuştur. Araştırmaya katılan öğrencilerin yaşları 18 ila 28 arasında değişmekte...
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Sağlıklı romantik ilişkiler, bireylerin bağlanma ve duygusal ihtiyaçlarını karşılamalarına, kendilerini keşfetmelerine ve kendilerini güvende hissetmelerine, yeni sosyal bağlar kurmalarına, stresli durumlarla daha sağlıklı bir biçimde başa çıkabilmelerine katkı sağlamakta, bireylerin fiziksel sağlıklarını olumlu şekilde etkilemekte ve yaşam kalites...
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The purpose of this study was to examine the mediating role of marital conflict in the relationship between mindfulness and marital satisfaction in married individuals. Participants consists of 281 (239 female, 42 male) married individuals aged between 22 and 66. Participants completed a questionnaire including Mindfulness Scale, Marital Conflict S...
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Bu çalışmanın amacı, üniversite öğrencilerinde psikolojik kırılganlık, öz şefkat ve cinsiyetin psikolojik iyi oluş ile ilişkisini incelemektir. Araştırmanın katılımcılarını Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesine bağlı farklı fakültelerde öğrenim görmekte olan ve uygun örnekleme yöntemiyle seçilen 430 (Ort. = 22.02, Ss. = 2.20) üniversite öğrencisi oluşturmuş...
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The aim of this research is to examine the relationship between gender, childhood traumas, meaning in life, self-compassion and resilience in adults. Participants consisted of 266 adults living in different cities of Turkey. The ages of the adults participating in this study ranged from 18-60, with an average age of 25.81 years. Participants answer...
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Bu araştırmada yetişkin bireylerde cinsiyet, yaş, çalışma durumu, algılanan sağlık düzeyi, algılanan mutluluk düzeyi, öz güven değerlendirmeleri, stresli yaşam olayları ve yalnızlığın psikolojik sağlamlığı yordayıcı rolü incelenmiştir. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu yaşları 18 ile 39 (Ort. = 24.89, Ss. = 5.06) arasında değişen ve uygun örnekleme yolu...
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The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between irrational beliefs about romantic relationships, cognitive flexibility and relationship satisfaction in individuals who are in a romantic relationship. A convenience sample of 296 single participants who are currently involved in a romantic relationship completed a questionnaire consistin...
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This cross-sectional study examined correlates of self-esteem, happiness, and body image in Turkish secondary school students. A convenience sample of 377 secondary school students completed measures related to self-esteem, happiness, and body image. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and multivariate analysis of variance. The results...
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Bu çalışmada ergenler için bir benlik algısı ölçeği geliştirilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Bu amaç doğrultusunda beş farklı araştırmayla ölçeğin kapsam geçerliliği, yapı geçerliliği, iç tutarlılığı, test-tekrar test güvenir-liliği gerçekleştirilmiştir. Gerçekleştirilen kapsam geçerliliği çalışması sonucunda 96 maddelik bir taslak form oluşturulmuştur. Bu ta...
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Introduction Stigmatization of people with substance use problems have been reported to be high among young adults in Western countries. It is not clear if this finding could be replicated among emerging adults in non-Western countries. Thus, the aim of this study was to firstly explore stigmatizing attitudes of undergraduate students in Turkey tow...
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The Barriers to Seeking Psychological Help Scale (BSPHS) was originally developed to measure factors that kept college students from seeking mental health assistance. However, the underutilization of mental health services among adults is also common, and understanding the factors that inhibit adults from seeking help for mental health issues is ne...
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Bu kesitsel araştırmanın amacı üniversite öğrencilerinde saygınlığını yitirme kaygısının cinsiyet, psikolojik yardım alma deneyimi ve cinsiyet rolleriyle ilişkisini incelemektedir. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu, Orta Karadeniz Bölgesi'ndeki bir üniversitenin farklı fakülte ve bölümlerine devam etmekte olan 266 (141 kadın, 125 erkek) katılımcı oluştu...
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ÖZ Bu kesitsel araştırmanın amacı, üniversite öğrencilerinde kendini saklamanın, cinsiyet, daha önce psikolojik yardım alma deneyimi, benlik saygısı ve saygınlığını yitirme kaygısıyla ilişkisini incelemektir. Bu amaç doğrultusunda Orta Karadeniz Bölgesindeki bir üniversitenin farklı fakültelerine devam etmekte olan ve uygun örnekleme yoluyla seçile...
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The aim of the current study was to examine the prevalence and socio-demographic correlates of hopelessness among Turkish elderly people. A convenience sample of 100 elderly people (51 women, 49 men) living in a city in the central Black Sea region of Turkey completed the Beck Hopelessness Scale and a data collection instrument to identify their so...
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Although a number of studies have attempted to determine the antecedents, correlates, and consequences of students' academic performance, there are few studies in the literature that examine the correlates of academic achievement for physical education and sports undergraduate students. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship betw...
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Research has consistently shown that barriers to seeking psychological help are multidimensional and negatively associated with formal help-seeking. However, studies examining the negative effects of barriers to seeking psychological help among diverse samples are scarce. Thus, the purpose of this study is to examine the negative effects of barrier...
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Using a quasi-experimental design with pre-test and post-test control groups, 93 eighth grade students were randomly assigned either to the experimental or to the control group and responded to the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale two weeks before and after the intervention. While the students in the experimental group were instructed in quality books f...
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The aim of this study was to develop a scale to determine the barriers affecting undergraduate students seeking psychological help. In line with this purpose, the validity and reliability of the scale were examined in five different samples. Exploratory factor analysis results suggested that the scale consists of five dimensions, labeled as fear of...
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The aim of this study was to explore the effect of metacognitive strategy in improving reading comprehension skills through children's literature of literary quality. A quasi-experimental study was carried out in a private secondary school in a city located Middle Black Sea region of Turkey. Two classes were randomly chosen as the study group, and...
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The purpose of this study was to develop a checklist whose validity has been tested in assessing children's books. Participants consisted of university students who had taken a course in children's literature. They were selected through convenience sampling and randomly assigned into experimental and control groups. Participants in the experimental...
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The aim of this cross-sectional study is investigate to what extent acquainted prospective Turkish teachers are with qualified works of children's literature. A convenience sample of 146 university students studying at the Turkish teaching department at a university in the Central Black Sea Region completed a questionnaire to determine the qualifie...
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THE RELATIONSHIP OF BENEVOLENT AND HOSTILE SEXISM IN ADULT WOMEN WITH ATTITUDES TOWARDS GENDER ROLES AND DIFFERENT SEX ROLES ABSTRACT Although gender and attitudes towards women is an important subject studied by different fields of psychology, there are a finite number of studies on women in Turkey. The aim of this study is to examine the relati...
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Atasözleri ve deyimler, baskın kültürün bilinçaltını ve toplumsal cinsiyetçi anlayışın küçük bir evrenini sunduğu için, bu kalıplaşmış söz öbekleri yetişkin ve çocuğun benlik değerini, cinsel kimliğini ve toplumsal rollerini etkileyebilir. Bu araştırmanın amacı, Türkçe atasözleri ve deyimlerde toplumsal cinsiyet anlayışının nasıl olduğunu ortaya ko...
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The purpose of this study was to examine the association between attachment styles and stigma in adults. Participants were 361 adults (186 females and 175 males) aged between 18 and 69 (M=31.77, SD=9.45). Participants completed the measurement instruments for determining their stigmatizing tendencies and attachment styles. Study results showed that...
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Culture plays an important role in the achievement goal orientations of students, which may vary as they progress through their lifespan. However, research examining achievement goal orientations in the Turkish cultural context is scarce. Based on contextual and developmental theories, the aim of this study was to examine sex and age differences in...
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Although the Social Appearance Anxiety Scale (SAAS) is most often validated with the use of confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) on undergraduate students, exploratory factor analysis and multiple factor retention decision criteria necessitate the analysis of underlying factor structure to prevent over and under factoring as well as to reveal converg...
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Previous empathy studies in Turkey mostly focused on specific samples, such as preschool, secondary school students, or medical staff, but less is known about religious high school students. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to examine the empathic tendency levels of Imam and Preacher Training High School students with respect to gender, gr...
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In a previous study published in Elementary Education Online, Doğan(2011) examined the psychometric properties of the social appearance anxiety scale in an adolescent sample after his first adaptation study on undergraduate students in Turkey (Doğan, 2010). He recommended that researchers do further research to investigate the relationships between...
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This study examined the effects of gender, age, grade level, and the educational level of the mother and father on social appearance anxiety in Turkish adolescents. This was a cross- sectional study in which a simple random sampling method was used. Participants were 2,219 adolescents (1089 boys, 1130 girls) with a mean age of 12.76 years old (SD=...
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Although the literature on self-esteem has a long and prolific history in Turkey regarding which demographics may influence the self-esteem of adolescents. The research findings are intricate and undermine the need of further research in Turkey. This cross-sectional study re-examined the effects of age, grade level and education level of a mother a...

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Question
Does anyone have a Mplus input to test bifactor model of configural, metric, scalar invariance of DASS-21 or other scales? When I tested I reached different degrees of freedom in weak invariance model. or Anyone know where I do mistake for example
DATA:
FILE IS İNVARYANS.DAT;
VARIABLE:
NAMES ARE CIN V1 V2-V42;
USEVARIABLES ARE CIN V3 V10 V17 V26 V31 V38 V42
V2 V4 V20 V25 V28 V40 V41 V6 V8 V12 V18 V22 V35 V39;
CATEGORICAL ARE V3 V10 V17 V26 V31 V38 V42
V2 V4 V20 V25 V28 V40 V41 V6 V8 V12 V18 V22 V35 V39;
GROUPING IS CIN (1=E 2= H);
ANALYSIS:
ESTIMATOR IS WLSMV;
ITERATIONS = 1000000;
CONVERGENCE = 0.00005;
PARAMETERIZATION = THETA;
MODEL:
F1 BY V3* V10 V17 V26 V31 V38 V42 (L1-L7);
F1@1;
F2 BY V2* V4 V20 V25 V28 V40 V41(L8-L14);
F2@1;
F3 BY V6* V8 V12 V18 V22 V35 V39 (L15-L21);
F3@1;
F4 BY V3* (M1)
V10 (M2)
V17 (M3)
V26 (M4)
V31 (M5)
V38 (M6)
V42 (M7)
V2 (M8)
V4 (M9)
V20 (M10)
V25 (M11)
V28 (M12)
V40 (M13)
V41 (M14)
V6 (M15)
V8 (M16)
V12 (M17)
V18 (M18)
V22 (M19)
V35 (M20)
V39 (M21);
F4@1;
F1 WITH F2@0;
F1 WITH F3@0;
F1 WITH F4@0;
F2 WITH F3@0;
F2 WITH F4@0;
F3 WITH F4@0;
V3@1;
V10@1;
V17@1;
V26@1;
V31@1;
V38@1;
V42@1;
V2@1;
V4@1;
V20@1;
V25@1;
V28@1;
V40@1;
V41@1;
V6@1;
V8@1;
V12@1;
V18@1;
V22@1;
V35@1;
V39@1;
[F1@0];
[F2@0];
[F3@0];
[F4@0];
[V3$1*];
[V3$2*];
[V3$3*];
[V10$1*];
[V10$2*];
[V10$3*];
[V17$1*];
[V17$2*];
[V17$3*];
[V26$1*];
[V26$2*];
[V26$3*];
[V31$1*];
[V31$2*];
[V31$3*];
[V38$1*];
[V38$2*];
[V38$3*];
[V42$1*];
[V42$2*];
[V42$3*];
[V2$1*];
[V2$2*];
[V2$3*];
[V4$1*];
[V4$2*];
[V4$3*];
[V20$1*];
[V20$2*];
[V20$3*];
[V25$1*];
[V25$2*];
[V25$3*];
[V28$1*];
[V28$2*];
[V28$3*];
[V40$1*];
[V40$2*];
[V40$3*];
[V41$1*];
[V41$2*];
[V41$3*];
[V6$1*];
[V6$2*];
[V6$3*];
[V8$1*];
[V8$2*];
[V8$3*];
[V12$1*];
[V12$2*];
[V12$3*];
[V18$1*];
[V18$2*];
[V18$3*];
[V22$1*];
[V22$2*];
[V22$3*];
[V35$1*];
[V35$2*];
[V35$3*];
[V39$1*];
[V39$2*];
[V39$3*];
MODEL H:
F1 BY V3* V10 V17 V26 V31 V38 V42 (L1-L7);
F1@1;
F2 BY V2* V4 V20 V25 V28 V40 V41(L8-L14);
F2@1;
F3 BY V6* V8 V12 V18 V22 V35 V39 (L15-L21);
F3@1;
F4 BY V3* (M1)
V10 (M2)
V17 (M3)
V26 (M4)
V31 (M5)
V38 (M6)
V42 (M7)
V2 (M8)
V4 (M9)
V20 (M10)
V25 (M11)
V28 (M12)
V40 (M13)
V41 (M14)
V6 (M15)
V8 (M16)
V12 (M17)
V18 (M18)
V22 (M19)
V35 (M20)
V39 (M21);
V3@1;
V10@1;
V17@1;
V26@1;
V31@1;
V38@1;
V42@1;
V2@1;
V4@1;
V20@1;
V25@1;
V28@1;
V40@1;
V41@1;
V6@1;
V8@1;
V12@1;
V18@1;
V22@1;
V35@1;
V39@1;
F1 WITH F2@0;
F1 WITH F3@0;
F1 WITH F4@0;
F2 WITH F3@0;
F2 WITH F4@0;
F3 WITH F4@0;
[F1@0];
[F2@0];
[F3@0];
[F4@0];
[V3$1*];
[V3$2*];
[V3$3*];
[V10$1*];
[V10$2*];
[V10$3*];
[V17$1*];
[V17$2*];
[V17$3*];
[V26$1*];
[V26$2*];
[V26$3*];
[V31$1*];
[V31$2*];
[V31$3*];
[V38$1*];
[V38$2*];
[V38$3*];
[V42$1*];
[V42$2*];
[V42$3*];
[V2$1*];
[V2$2*];
[V2$3*];
[V4$1*];
[V4$2*];
[V4$3*];
[V20$1*];
[V20$2*];
[V20$3*];
[V25$1*];
[V25$2*];
[V25$3*];
[V28$1*];
[V28$2*];
[V28$3*];
[V40$1*];
[V40$2*];
[V40$3*];
[V41$1*];
[V41$2*];
[V41$3*];
[V6$1*];
[V6$2*];
[V6$3*];
[V8$1*];
[V8$2*];
[V8$3*];
[V12$1*];
[V12$2*];
[V12$3*];
[V18$1*];
[V18$2*];
[V18$3*];
[V22$1*];
[V22$2*];
[V22$3*];
[V35$1*];
[V35$2*];
[V35$3*];
[V39$1*];
[V39$2*];
[V39$3*];
OUTPUT:
SAMPSTAT STANDARDIZED RESIDUAL MODINDICES (10);

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