Semih Kaynak

• Doctor of Psychology
• PhD at Amasya University

The purpose of the study is to develop a scale to determine the school motivation levels of middle school students. With that aim, literature related with school motivation was viewed and behaviours, cognitions and affective variables which can be indicators of school motivation were determined by the researchers. Item pool was constructed by using...

The main purpose of this study is investigation of the validity and reliabiltiy of Adolescent–Parent Career Congruence Scale (Sawitri, Creed and Zimmer-Gembeck, 2012) on adolescent students in Turkey. Firstly, Turkish form of the scale was formed. The Turkish forms of the items were investigated by the experts from the departmants of psychological...

Ankara Kalkınma Ajansı mali desteği ve Aile ve Sosyal Politikalar Ankara İl Müdürlüğü ortaklığı ile Gazi Üniversitesi koordinatörlüğünde yürütülen Güvenli Bebekler Güvenli Yarınlar projesinde Ankara il sınırları içerisinde koruma altında bulunan 0-3 yaş arası bebeklerin bakımından sorumlu birincil kişilere ve evlat edinen/edinecek, koruyucu aile ol...

The purpose of the present study was to develop a multidimensional scale to measure adolescents’ perceived parental academic pressure. Based on the related literature, three dimensions were conceptualized including psychological pressure, restriction, and too high expectations. 33 items were generated based on these dimensions and the scale develop...

Although research has consistently highlighted the importance of school adjustment for high school students, validated tools for assessing this construct are currently lacking. To address this gap, our study aimed to develop and validate a scale to measure school adjustment among high school students. Employing a two‐stage approach, we first examin...

Bu çalışmanın temel amacı Litalien ve diğerleri (2015) tarafından Kanada kültüründe doktora öğrencilerinin doktora çalışmalarına yönelik motivasyon düzeylerini belirlemek üzere geliştirilen MPhD ölçeği’ni (scale of motivation for PhD studies) Türkçe’ye uyarlamaktır. Ayrıca, Diener ve diğerleri (1985) tarafından geliştirilen, Dağlı ve Baysal (2016)...

While it is well established that positive peer relationships lead to positive outcomes, little is known about the mediating role of school motivation on the association between perceived peer support and school achievement among middle grades students. Even less is known about the effect of gender on this mediation. The current study examined whet...

In this study, it was aimed at developing a scale to measure the cycling motivation sources of adults as physical health/exercise, social and emotional motivation based on goal setting theory. To ensure the validity and reliability of the scale the study included two separate study samples, the first of which consisted of 305 adults aging from 18 t...