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Perceived social support as predictors of adolescents’ career exploration

The aim of this study was to examine whether adolescents’ career exploration is predicted by perceived social support. Participants were 718 seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth grade students. In this research, simultaneous regression analysis assessed the contributions of perceived social support to the adolescent’s career exploration. Perceived family social support, perceived friends’ social support, and perceived significant other social support correlated significantly with the career exploration. The simultaneous regression analysis showed that perceived family social support, perceived friends’ social support, and perceived significant other social support were a significant predictor of career exploration.

A Study On The Psychometric Features Of The Turkish Version Of The Brief Sensation Seeking Scale (Bsss-8) For Young Adults And The Relation Between Sensation Seeking And Life Satisfaction

The purpose of this study is to adapt the sensation seeking scale for young adults into Turkish and to investigate if the life satisfaction of university students differ significantly in terms of sensation seeking. In addition, it was investigated whether the life satisfaction levels of university students differ significantly in terms of gender. The data for this research was collected from 570 university students. The original form of BSSS-8 consist of 8 items and 4 factors. The scale was subjected to CFA in order to determine the structural validity of its Turkish version and it was found that this version had a single factor structure. The results of the CFA suggested acceptable levels of fit indices (χ2/df = 4.46, RMSEA = .07, GFI =96, CFI = .94, IFI = .94, NFI = .93, AGFI = .93, and NNFI = .91). The reliability coefficient of the scale was found at a level of .79. Furthermore, corrected item total correlation were found to be in a range between .22 and .59. The results suggest that the single factor structure of the scale produces valid and reliable results. In addition, it was found that the life satisfaction levels of university students differ significantly in terms of sensation seeking level, but life satisfaction levels of university students do not differ significantly in terms of gender. The results showed that the life satisfaction levels of students with lower sensation seeking are higher than of students with higher sensation seeking.

Algılanan Ebeveyn İlişkisi Ölçeğinin Geliştirilmesi Ve Psikometrik Özelliklerinin İncelenmesi

INTRODUCTION The fact that a person chosen by an individual as a spouse shares similar characteristics with that individual’s parents may affect the marital relationship between two people. It is even possible for an individual to have the tendency to choose a spouse sharing similar characteristic with his/her parents when looking for a person sharing similar characteristics with himself/herself, or vice versa. On the other hand, he/she might choose an authoritarian spouse while he/she is also of an authoritarian character. According to Rushton and Nicholson (1988), advocates of Buss and Barnes (1986) who claimed that many spouses exhibit similar characteristics, the similarity between individuals and their parents is a result of genetic affinity as individuals strive for ensuring their genes to survive through passing them on. Bereczkei (2004) further explains that the spouse one chooses shows resemblance with each one of his/her parents. According to Davies and Cummings (1994) children in a family react to how their parents solve their relationship problems (conflicts) and take them as a model. Thus, emotions and thoughts of the children take form accordingly. Children will adopt the same pattern when their parents are able to solve their marital relationship problems successfully. This might indicate that an individual’s behavior in his/her marital relationship will depend on the behavior observed in their parents’ marital relationship. It is widely believed that marital satisfaction is in close relation with an individual’s positive perception of his/her parents’ marital relationship in order for an individual to feel psychologically good about himself/herself and for the members of a family to be happy. It was reported that men tend to prefer women who resemble their mothers while women tend to prefer people who resemble their fathers (Roithmayer, 2011). Therefore, the role parents play in a marital relationship should be taken into consideration. In this context, our perception of the relationship behavior of our parents plays an important role in our choice of spouse, our relationship behavior and the relationship continuity. Literature review revealed that there are no studies analyzing the relation between the perceived parental relationship and subjects such as choice of spouse, similarity theories, taking parents as a model and self-esteem.

Suppression effect of social awareness in the relationship between self-concealment and life satisfaction

Abstract The aim of the study was to investigate the suppression effect of social awareness in the self-concealment and adolescents’ life satisfaction relationship. Data were collected with the Satisfaction with Life Scale, Social Awareness Scale which is a sub-scale of The Tromso Social Intelligence Scale, and Self-concealment Scale, which were completed by 368 adolescents who age range is 12–16. Regression analysis demonstrated that social awareness has a suppression effect in the self-concealment and life satisfaction relationship. Results showed that self-concealment was negatively related to life satisfaction, but social awareness was positively related to both self-concealment and life satisfaction. The relationship between self-concealment and life satisfaction increases when social awareness was added to the regression analysis.

Kendini Gizleme ve Yaşam Doyumu Arasındaki İlişkide Heyecan Arayışının Aracılık ve Moderatör Rolü

The present research aimed to explore the mediating and moderating role of sensation seeking in the relation between self-concealment and life satisfactionin adolescents. Research datawere collected using the Turkish version of Self-concealment Scale, Brief Sensation Seeking Scale, and Satisfaction with Life Scale. These scales were completed by 403 adolescents aged 13–15 years. Results demonstrated that self-concealment had a negative relation with life satisfaction; whereas sensation seeking was positively related to life satisfaction. The result of the regression analysis demonstrated that the association between self-concealment and life satisfaction was suppressed by sensation seeking. Furthermore, the relationship between life satisfaction and self-concealment was moderated by sensation seeking. According to this result, life satisfaction is indirectly influenced by self-concealment via sensation seeking in adolescents.

Mediating and moderating role of academic self-efficacy in the relationship between student academic support and personal growth initiative

The primary goal of the current study was to investigate the mediating and moderating effects of the academic self-efficacy in the relationship between student academic support and personal growth initiative. The Turkish version of the Personal Growth Initiative Scale, the Student Academic Support Scale, and the Academic Self-efficacy Scale were administrated to a sample of 237 university students, between the ages of 18 and 23. The present study showed that academic self-efficacy and student academic support were positively related to personal growth initiative. Regression-based mediation analysis indicated that the effect of student academic support on personal growth initiative was mediated by academic self-efficacy. However, the effect of student academic support on personal growth initiative was not moderated by academic self-efficacy. These findings suggested that the student academic support was both direct and indirect effects on personal growth initiative.