Seydi Ahmet Satici

• Professor
• Yıldız Technical University

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among social connectedness, loneliness, and subjective happiness. Three hundred and twenty-five [178 (55%) female, 147 (45%) male, M age =20.96±1.85] Turkish university students completed the Turkish version of the Social Connectedness Scale, Subjective Happiness Scale, and UCLA Loneliness...

The present study examined the mediating role of hope on the association between psychological vulnerability, resilience, and subjective well-being. Participants include 332 undergraduates (195 females and 137 males) from two universities in Turkey. Data were collected using the Psychological Vulnerability Scale, the Brief Resilience Scale, the Dis...

Within the rise of social networking sites, Facebook has gained a huge amount of popularity and Facebook has been matched with an expanding body of research. Nevertheless, research examining the complex relationships between Facebook addiction and well-being is still insufficient. Previous studies have focused on the direct relationships between Fa...

The world is currently experiencing a pandemic of an infectious disease called COVID-19 which has drawn global intensive attention. While global attention is largely focusing on the effects of the coronavirus on physical health, the impacts of the coronavirus on psychological health cannot be overlooked. Therefore, this study aims to adapt the Fear...

The novel coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has become globally widespread with millions of confirmed cases and many countries implementing various levels of quarantine. Therefore, it is important to investigate the psychological consequences of this process, given the unique situation that has been experienced globally. Therefore, the present s...

The relationships between body satisfaction, problematic smartphone use, sleep deprivation and psychological well-being have been examined with cross-sectional methods. However, the lack of any longitudinal study in which these variables were examined together made it necessary to conduct this study. In this study, we tested whether problematic sma...

Family relationships and family life are important protective factors for psychological health. Establishing healthy communication between members of a family is important for the happiness of individuals. There are several cross-sectional findings regarding family communication in the literature. A longitudinal design was used to examine the media...

Studies on marriage make important contributions to the psychosocial health of individuals. In recent years, there are cases where the marital relationship has been negatively affected due to the use of social media. In this context, the concept of digital stress emerges as a current problem. We have less information about the mechanisms underlying...

Large-scale events like natural disasters and epidemics can have significant impacts on individuals’ mental health worldwide. Thus, it is crucial to examine the psychological effects of such events on people. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between self-compassion, death distress, doomscrolling, and resilience, among individuals af...

Educational activities are significant in that they have an important place in the life of the individual and support mental health. In this study, the relationship between mindfulness and academic buoyancy and the mediating role of academic hope were examined in a longitudinal research study. Data were collected from 287 Turkish university student...

Background On February 6, 2023, a devastating earthquake disaster occurred in Türkiye, affecting millions. Mental health concerns were high due to people’s exposure to loss and possible earthquakes. In these times, variables that predict individuals’ mental health should be determined. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship betwe...

Behavioral niceness has an important place in maintaining interpersonal relationships. Scale studies are needed to determine the level of niceness that plays a role in individuals’ development of healthy daily interactions with other people. In this study, firstly, the psychometric properties of the Niceness Scale, which consists of six items, were...

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) may affect individuals' neurological and cognitive development and may cause some mental health challenges later in adulthood. Previous research show emotionally abused children may internalize self-critical tendencies, leading to an increased display of self-critical rumination. And one way to cope with self-cr...

On February 6, 2023, two major earthquakes with epicenters in southeastern Türkiye, measuring 7.7 and 7.6 magnitudes respectively, devastated widespread areas. Research suggests that survivors of natural disasters including earthquakes have increased trauma and anxiety responses. Due to the negative psychological effects of the earthquake, it is ne...

Individuals face both psychological and physical problems as they age. These psychological problems adversely affect the mental health of adult individuals. The purpose of this study is to test the serial mediating role of belongingness, hope, and harmony in life in the relationship between adult individuals' emotional intelligence and their level...

The purpose of this study is to examine whether mindful parenting mediates the relationship between self-compassion, dispositional mindfulness, and parenting stress. A total of 208 parents participated, with 156 being female and 52 being male. Participants completed the Self-Compassion Scale, the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS), the Parent...

The present study examined whether number sense was related to academic buoyancy and whether this relationship was mediated by mathematical metacognition awareness and mathematics anxiety. Data was gathered from 231 students in grade 7 and 8 middle schools through self-report measures of number sense, academic buoyancy, metacognition awareness, and...

Spiritual well-being enhances life quality, acts as a stress reliever, and mitigates unfavorable feelings. It helps individuals find meaning and purpose, increasing inner peace and happiness while improving stress management and overall well-being. This study examined whether positive childhood experiences are linked to spiritual well-being and if...

This study investigated self-criticism, anger rumination, and death distress in wellbeing after one of the most devastating natural disasters of this century. The study included 399 participants from 56 different cities across Türkiye. Participants were from 3 groups: those who themselves or one of their nuclear families are earthquake survivors (g...

Childhood psychological maltreatment has a significant impact on family-related factors and adult mental health, emphasizing the importance of investigating its effects and developing appropriate interventions. Loneliness is also an important factor that needs further exploration in relation to these variables. This study aims to gain a better unde...

Childhood psychological maltreatment is an essential concept that can have an impact on an individual’s physical and psychological health. The majority of studies on childhood psychological maltreatment used a cross-sectional design. The fact that this concept, which has a long-term effect on an individual’s life, has not been investigated in longi...

Numerous studies have been carried out globally related to COVID-19 since the onset of the pandemic, most of which were cross-sectional. Therefore, there is a need for longitudinal studies to fully understand the impact of COVID-19 on mental health. In the present longitudinal study, our aim was to examine whether psychological adjustment and fear...

Mathematics anxiety (MA) is a widely recognized phenomenon that refers to the negative thoughts, fears, and stress experienced by individuals when working with numbers. It has a severe impact on individuals ranging from elementary school students to college students across various countries. Despite several instruments available for measuring MA, t...

Considering that large‐scale events such as natural disasters, epidemics, and wars affect people all over the world through online news channels, it is inevitable to investigate the impact of following or avoiding negative news on well‐being. This study investigated the effect of doomscrolling on mental well‐being and the mediating role of mindfuln...

Background The WHO-5 Wellbeing Index is a widely used tool for assessing psychological well-being. Despite its global application, its adaptation and validation for the Azerbaijani population had not been previously explored. This study aims to fill this gap by adapting the WHO-5 Wellbeing Index for Azerbaijani adults and examining its relationship...

Happiness is a positive construct that includes individual, interrelated cognitive and emotional components and is the pursuit of human nature. In this study, serial multiple mediation analysis was performed to test the hypothetical model that addresses distress tolerance and difficulties in emotion regulation as serial mediators in the relationshi...

Spiritual well-being is a phenomenon that enhances the quality of life and acts as a protective factor against stress and negative emotions. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether childhood psychological maltreatment is related to spiritual well-being and whether intolerance of uncertainty and emotion regulation serially mediate this...

In this study, the multiple mediating roles of romantic relationship-oriented and partner-oriented obsessive-compulsive symptoms in the relationship between attitudes towards partner violence and relationship satisfaction were examined. The Attitudes Toward Violence in Intimate Relationships Scale, Relationship Satisfaction Scale, Partner-Obsessive...

Unexpected and unpredictable earthquakes may have a negative impact on people's mental health. The earthquake fear experienced by individuals causes psychological problems. This article is made up of three different studies that look at earthquake fear. The seven item Earthquake Fear Scale (EFS) was confirmed in Study I ( N = 407) utilising confirm...

The associations among the dispositional mindfulness, COVID-19 burnout, and life satisfaction has been examined in cross-sectional studies. However, the fact that these variables were not considered together in any longitudinal research created a gap in the literature. The present study used a longitudinal design to examine whether COVID-19 burnout...

Considering that individuals psychological adjustment is negatively affected after traumatic events such as earthquakes, it is important to examine the effect of the need for information about negative news on individuals mental well-being. The aim of this study is to examine the effect of psychological adjustment on mental well-being and to invest...

While the relationships between self-control, hope, and psychological adjustment have been examined in cross-sectional studies, the fact that these variables have not been considered together in any longitudinal research creates a gap in the literature. Therefore, our study aimed to investigate the longitudinal relationships between self-control, h...

Social connectedness, loneliness, and death anxiety are essential variables that affect our well-being. No specific study has explicitly examined how they influence each other and their impact on ontological well-being. Within the scope of the study, we aimed to investigate the mediating role of loneliness and death anxiety in the relationship betw...

Background: Psychological maltreatment may be one of the causes of adults' loneliness despite having a partner. There are some links between psychological maltreatment, self-criticism, relationship satisfaction, and loneliness in the literature. But the nature of these links requires further explanation. Objective: The present study examined the...

The fact that the relationships between psychological maltreatment, psychological adjustment, family communication and mental wellbeing have not been examined together in any longitudinal study has created a gap in the literature. In this study, a longitudinal design was used to examine whether psychological adjustment and family communication seri...

We examined fear of COVID-19 as a mediator of the relationship between emotion regulation (suppression, reappraisal) and subjective wellbeing. In this cross-sectional study, 1,014 Turkish individuals completed assessments of positive affect, negative affect, satisfaction with life, emotion regulation (suppression, reappraisal), and fear of COVID-19...

Doomscrolling is a fairly new concept in mental health research which has attracted significant attention in recent years. This paper consists of three separate studies examining doomscrolling. In Study I (N = 378), both 15-item and 4-item forms of Doomscrolling Scale (DS) were confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis. Item Response Analysis demon...

Hopelessness is an important vulnerability factor for depressive symptomology and suicidal ideations. It may also play an important role in the fear of coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). Therefore, the present study tested the mediating role of mindful awareness and humor (both identified as coping strategies for dealing with stressful situations) in the...

Self-compassion refers to being kind, understanding, and accepting toward oneself in times of failure, frustration, or negative feelings. Since self-compassion is related to both physical and psychological well-being, measuring and understanding self-compassion in different populations carries importance for their mental well-being and life satisfa...

Cross-sectional findings indicated the relationship between mindfulness, hope, and wellbeing. To address the limitations associated with cross-sectional designs, the present study sought to examine whether hope mediated the longitudinal relationship between mindfulness and subjective happiness during the pandemic. To examine these hypotheses, we us...

Psychological maltreatment, which is expressed as a universal problem, negatively affects individuals in all areas of life, from childhood to adulthood. At the same time, exposure of individuals to psychological maltreatment in the past negatively affects their present and future behavior. The present study seeks to examine the association among ps...

Little is known about the psychological consequences of the recently increased utilization of videoconferencing, which has enabled life to proceed as close to normal as possible during the COVID-19 pandemic. To understand the psychological consequences of this recent global lifestyle change in different populations, the psychometric validation of t...

Stay-at-home orders and quarantines have not only shifted traditional face-to-face learning to online learning, but have also led to greatly increased consumption of digital devices during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Thus, many students who were new to online learning were forced into a new environment. The purpose of this two-wave longitu...

The present study examined the mediating role of motivation in the association between autonomy support and children's school attachment. The study participants consisted of 437 primary school students (232 girls and 205 boys) selected from six schools in a province located in Turkey's southeast region. A hypothesized model was developed and tested...

The novel coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has become a major health problem worldwide. The impact of COVID-19 has also been associated with psychological and social problems. The main objective of the present study was to examine the associations between fear of COVID-19 and mental wellbeing, through a serial mediation analysis that included l...

Fear is an adaptive response that alerts individuals to the presence of a danger or threat. However, in the context of the current novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the fear experienced could be intense because the number of victims of the virus is continuously increasing globally and is inducing severe mental health concerns. The...

Psychology deals with not only mental disorders but also psychological strengths within individuals. Psychological strengths will play an important role in struggling with the global novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The present study tested a model concerning the relationship between resilience, hope, and subjective happiness using struc...

Background: The aim of this study is to examine psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the fear of missing out scale (FoMOs) on three different study groups. Method: We conducted the construct validity of the Turkish FoMOs with confirmatory factor analysis, measurement invariance (study I; n = 354), and concurrent validity (study II;...

Bu araştırmanın amacı utangaçlık ile akademik güdülenme arasındaki ilişkide okula bağlanmanın aracılık rolünü test etmektir. Araştırmaya 231 [121 (%52.4) kadın, 110 (%47.6) erkek] ortaokul öğrencisi katılmıştır. Araştırmada veriler “Utangaçlık Ölçeği, “Çocuk ve Ergenler için Okula Bağlanma Ölçeği” ve “Akademik Güdülenme Ölçeği” aracılığıyla toplanm...

Bu araştırmanın amacı affediciliğin mizah yoluyla başa çıkma ile mental iyi oluş arasındaki aracılık rolünü ince-lemektir. Araştırmaya 336 (202 kadın, 134 erkek) üniversite öğrencisi katılmıştır. Araştırmanın verileri iki aşamalı yapısal eşitlik modellemesi ve bootstrapping işlemi ile analiz edilmiştir. Araştırmanın sonuçları mizah yoluyla başa çık...

Bu araştırmanın amacı affediciliğin mizah yoluyla başa çıkma ile mental iyi oluş arasındaki aracılık rolünü incelemektir. Araştırmaya 336 (202 kadın, 134 erkek) üniversite öğrencisi katılmıştır. Araştırmanın verileri iki aşamalı yapısal eşitlik modellemesi ve bootstrapping işlemi ile analiz edilmiştir. Araştırmanın sonuçları mizah yoluyla başa çıkm...

The purpose of this study was to examine whether subjective vitality is a mediator between self-perception and school satisfaction among adolescents. Totally 351 (176 girls and 175 boys, mean age = 13.87±1.57) adolescents completed a self-report questionnaire including the Children’s Overall Satisfaction with Schooling Scale, the Subjective Vitalit...

Objective: In recent years, Machiavellianism, psychopathy and narcissism have been considered together as the dark sides of the personality. In this study, the purpose is to adapt the Dirty Dozen Scale to Turkish culture. Methods: Four steps have been conducted in this study. These studies are linguistic equivalence study, structure and concurrent...

The authors have investigated the mediational role of counsellor burnout and dispositional hope between mindful awareness and counsellor self-efficacy among 243 professional school counsellors from 72 cities out of 81 in Turkey. With structural equation modelling and a bootstrap method, the results have revealed that counsellor burnout and disposit...

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationships between gender, academic achievement, and satisfaction with degree program, and motivational patterns of undergraduates. The sample of the study consisted of 259 participants (141 females, 118 males) who were defined according to their motivational patterns as having either autonomous mo...

his article presents the adaptation and psychometric evaluation of the Turkish version of Harmony in Life Scale (Turkish-HiL). The present paper investigates (study 1; N 1 = 253) confirmatory factor analysis, measurement invariance; (study 2; N 2 = 231) concurrent validity; (study 3; N 3 = 260) convergent and known-group validities; (study 4; N t −...

This meta-analysis was conducted to examine gender differences in social connectedness. Systematic review and meta-analysis was reached 261 studies by literature search. With regards to inclusion criteria, 19 studies were included in the meta-analysis and 20 effect sizes were calculated from these studies (N = 15.171; 8.620 females and 6.551 males)...

The purpose of this study was to examine whether resilience and optimism are mediator between humor coping and flourishing among Turkish university students. Totally 351 (201 females and 150 males, mean age = 20.26±1.75) students completed a self-report questionnaire including the Humor Coping Scale, the Flourishing Scale, the Brief Resilience Scal...

The current study examined the mediating role of hopelessness on the relationship between psychological vulnerability and subjective happiness. It was anticipated that hopelessness may act as a mediator in the relationship between psychological vulnerability and subjective happiness. Two hundred sixty-nine (150 women and 119 men) university student...

The current study examined the relationship between big five personality traits and subjective vitality. Participant were 307 university students [180 (59%) female, 127 (41%) male, Mage = 21.24 years, SD = 1.21] who completed questionnaires package the Adjective Based Personality Scale and the Subjective Vitality Scale. A hierarchical regression an...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the reliability and validity of Turkish version of the General Belongingness Scale (GBS; Malone et al. in Personality and Individual Differences, 52(3):311-316, 2012). The adaptation process was carried out with four independent studies, examining the data from two Turkish universities. In study 1, lingu...

In this study whether academic self-efficacy of university students differ in terms of various socio-demographic features has been investigated. The study was conducted on 1679 students who were attending Anadolu University. In the study, the Academic Self-Efficacy Scale and Personal Information Form were used as data collection tools. In the analy...

The present study examined whether life satisfaction mediated social safeness and psychological vulnerability in Turkish youth. The participants included 261 university students who completed a questionnaire package that included the Turkish versions of the Social Safeness and Pleasure Scale, the Satisfaction with Life Scale, and the Psychological...

Problem Durumu Kişilik özellikleri ile ilgili çalışmalar uzun yıllardır psikoloji literatüründe oldukça dikkat çekmektedir. Son zamanlarda “Karanlık üçlü” olarak isimlendirilen narsizim, makyavelizm ve psikopati kişilik özellikleri yeni araştırmalara konu olmaktadır. Bu kişilik özellikleri psikoloji literatürüne yeni giren kavramlar olmamakla birl...

The aim of the present study is to examine the relationships between early life experiences and self-compassion. Sample of the study consists of 268 university students, in Turkey. Participants completed the Early Life Experiences Scale and the Self-compassion Scale. The relationships between early life experiences and self-compassion were examined...

Objective: Vengeance, which can be defined as taking revenge by displaying a desire or behavior of revenge for a pain of a harm on a person who has done the harm, is a primitive, destructive and illogical personality trait accompanying many of the personality traits. The aim of the study is to adapt the Vengeance Scale (VS) to Turkish, which was de...

Purpose: The aim of this study is to examine the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Anger Rumination Scale (ARS). Method: The first phase of this study was conducted with 405 students from Sakarya University and the second phase was conducted with 544 students from Anadolu University. In the first phase, language equivalance, ex...

This study examined the predictive roles of social competence and psychological vulnerability in Facebook addiction. The study was carried out with 248 (139 women, 109 men, M age = 21.5 years, SD = 2.04, and age range: 18-37) Turkish university students. Participants completed the Turkish version of the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale, the Psycholo...

The primary goal of the current study was to investigate the mediator and moderator effects of subjective happiness on the relationship between forgiveness and vengeance in Turkish university students. A questionnaire containing the Turkish version of Vengeance Scale, Subjective Happiness Scale, and Forgiveness Scale were completed by 298 universit...

In this study, the mediator and moderator effects of subjective vitality on the relationship between life satisfaction and subjective happiness were investigated. The participants were 378 university students who completed a questionnaire package that included the Subjective Vitality Scale, the Satisfaction with Life Scale, and the Subjective Happi...

This study examined the mediating role of gratitude on the relationship between forgiveness and vengeance. Participants were 331 university students (185 women, 146 men; ages 17 to 24 years), who completed a questionnaire package that includes the Vengeance Scale, the Trait Forgiveness Scale, and the Gratitude Questionnaire-Six Item Form. Hierarchi...

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between flourishing and self-compassion. Participants were 347 (194 female and 153 male) university students, between age range of 18-24, who completed a questionnaire package that included the Flourishing Scale and the Self-compassion Scale. The relationships between flourishing and self-c...

Background. Authenticity which is an old and important concept within humanistic theory and many kinds of psychotherapy, surprisingly little empirical research has focused on it (Sheldon, 2009). No previous investigation has examined the relationships between authenticity and social safeness. Purpose. The purpose of this research is to examine the...

This study examined the mediating effects of Facebook addiction on the relationship between subjective vitality and subjective happiness. 297 university students (157 women, 140 men; M age = 20.1 yr., SD = 1.3) were administered the Facebook Addiction Scale, the Subjective Vitality Scale, and the Subjective Happiness Scale. Hierarchical regression...

The aim of the present study is to examine the relationship between social self-efficacy and authenticity. The Perceived Social Self-efficacy Scale and the Authenticity Scale were administrated to a sample of 308 university students. The research data were analysed by correlation and linear regression analysis. Social self-efficacy is positively re...

Authenticity is associated with adaptive psychological characteristics and may be predictive of psychological vulnerability. The study was conducted with Turkish university students (N = 303; 158 women, 145 men; M age = 20.1 yr.). Participants completed the Turkish version of Authenticity Scale and the Psychological Vulnerability Scale. Psychologic...

The purpose of this research is to examine the relationships between social support and academic locus of control. Participants were 306 university students in mid-size state university, Turkey. The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support and Academic Locus of Control Scale were used as measures. The relationships between social support...

The purpose of this research is to examine validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Judgmental Self-doubt Scale (JSDS; Mirels, Greblo & Dean, 2002). The sample of this study consisted of 281 university students. The results of exploratory factor analysis demonstrated that the 19 items loaded on one factor. The amount of total variance...

This study aims to examine the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Self-rumination Scale (SRS; Elliott & Coker, 2008). The research was conducted on 287 university students. The results of exploratory factor analysis demonstrated that the 10 items loaded on one factor. The results of confirmatory factor analysis indicated that th...

The aim of this research is to adapt the Subjective Vitality Scale (Ryan & Frederick, 1997) to Turkish and to examine its psychometric properties. Participants were 332 university students from Sakarya University. The scale was translated into Turkish and back-translated into English. Results of exploratory factor analysis showed that the 7 items l...

Araştırmanın Amacı: Bu araştırmanın amacı Lyubomirsky ve Lepper (1999) tarafından geliştirilen Öznel Mutluluk Ölçeği’ni Türkçe’ye uyarlamak ve ölçeğin geçerlik ve güvenirlik analizlerini yapmaktır. Öznel Mutluluk Ölçeği’nin orijinal formu 4 maddeden ve 7’li Likert tipi bir derecelendirmeden oluşan bir ölçme aracıdır. Araştırmanın yöntemi: Araştırm...

This study investigated the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Relational-Interdependent Self-Construal Scale (RISCS; Cross, Bacon, & Morris, 2000). The participants of this study included 335 university students. Results of language equivalency showed that the correlation between Turkish and English forms was .96. Fit index val...