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Family Interventions on Protection of Children from Domestic Violence

Violence is the biggest obstacle for living as a respectable, dignity, equal and free individual and for self-actualization of a child. Children learn to show aggression when, how and against whom. Knowledge is transmitted from parents to children as well as children learn it from peer groups and the mass media. It has become a cycle of violence in this way. In studies on this issue, it was determined that interventions for families (counseling and therapy interventions, crisis and outreach interventions, parenting interventions, and multicomponent interventions) provide developments in behavior problems in children, the level of information related security, anger and violence, selfesteem, conflict management, the psychological distress in families, empathy in parent-child interactions, parenting skills and psychological functioning.

Relationship Between Caregiving Burden and Anger Level in Primary Caregivers of Individuals With Chronic Mental Illness

OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was answer to the question: to what extent are the anger of the caregivers of patients diagnosed with schizophrenia and their perceived level of burden are related? METHOD: The study is a descriptive and correlational study. The information form prepared by the researchers which questions the socio‐demographic information of the individuals along with the “Caregiving Burden Inventory” which examines the burden of the caregiver as well as “Trait Anger and Anger Expression Style Scale (TAAES)” which determines the anger levels of the caregivers were used. RESULTS: The caregiving burdens of the caregivers according to the score averages were determined as 11.88 ± 9.78 for time and dependency burden, 11.93 ± 8.46 for developmental burden, 8.47 ± 6.63 for physical burden, 5.61 ± 5.26 for social burden, 6.29 ± 5.25 for emotional burden and the total burden score was determined as 44.19 ± 26.75. According to the trait anger and anger expression style scale score averages; trait anger was determined as 15.12 ± 5.95, anger expression as 9.70 ± 3.43, anger‐in as 15.22 ± 4.02, anger control as 28.05 ± 5.57 and anger total score average as 68.11 ± 9.97. CONCLUSION: According to the results obtained from this study, caregivers of schizophrenia patients experience developmental, physical, social and emotional burdens in addition to trait anger. The caregivers of schizophrenia patients need knowledge and support in order to control the burden and the anger they experience during the caregiving process. HIGHLIGHTSIt found that caregiving burden and anger are correlated.Individuals who provide care to schizophrenic patients experience continuous anger in addition to their developmental, physical, social and emotional burden.It was determined that caregivers who were single, male, had been providing care for 1–5 years and literate had higher levels of continuous anger.

The Relationship Between the Burden of Caregiving and Loneliness in Primary Caregivers of Patıents with Schizophrenia

Objective: This study aims to determine the relationship between the burden of caregiving, and loneliness in primary caregivers of patients with schizophrenia. Method: The study was conducted at the Community Mental Health Center of a university hospital. The sample of the study was found to be 58 primary caregivers. The data were collected using an introductory information form that was prepared by the researchers to inquire about socio-demographic characteristics. The Zarit Caregiver Burden Scale and UCLA Loneliness Scale. Results and Discussion: Participants’ burden of care and loneliness scores are higher than average. Due to the burden of care, women, marriages, literate and mothers have formed a risk group? There is a weak correlation between the burden of care and loneliness in the direction of the results obtained from study, and the burden of the caregivers has reached the result that they feel more alone. Conclusion: There is a weak correlation between the burden of care and loneliness in the direction of the results obtained without the work, and the burden of the caregivers has reached the result that they feel more alone.

The effect of reminiscence therapy on cognitive functions, depression, and quality of life in Alzheimer patients: Randomized controlled trial.

Alzheimer is a disease leading to various neuropsychiatric behavioral disorders, and the most common symptom observed during the prognosis of Alzheimers disease is dysmnesia. The aim of the present study is to investigate the effect of reminiscence therapy on cognitive functions, depression, and quality of life in Alzheimers patients.

Factors Affecting Adolescent Mental Health

This study was conducted to evaluate mental health status of secondary school students. The study sample consisted of 176 senior high school students attending a secondary school. Socio-demographic information form and the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) have been used to collect data. Chi square test has been used for evaluating the relationship between socio demographic characteristics and GHQ-12. The average age of the adolescents participating in the study is 16.34 ± 1.34, 45.9% is female, 52.1% is not working mother, 48.7% is working father, 47.9% is mother and 38.0% is high school and higher. It was determined that 39.8% of the students lived in the core family. As a result of the General Health Questionnaire of the adolescents, it was seen that 41.47% of the adolescents scored below 2.58. 52% scored 2 or more, and the group was risky for mental health.

The Effects of Anger Management Education on Adolescents' Manner of Displaying Anger and Self-Esteem: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Highlight:A significant increase was found in the self‐esteem factor.Anger management education provided to the adolescents, scores related to anger‐related symptoms, situations causing anger, anger‐related ideas declinedAnger management education provided to the adolescents, scores related to interpersonal reactions toward anger, and subdimensions of anger‐related behaviors positively declined.

THE EFFECT OF “PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PROGRAM” ON THE DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS AND QUALITY OF LIFE

Objectives:Physical activity might have positive influences on diminishing anxiety, stress and depression; sustaining mental health and providing liveliness. This study is conducted in order to evaluate the influence of ?Physical Activity Program? applied on elders in nursing home on the depressive symptoms and quality of life. Methods of research:This study is designed in experimental manner with pretest posttest design. The population of the study is determined according to the inclusion exclusion criteria and it includes 80 individuals aged over 65 (40 experimental group and 40 control group) who live in nursing home belonging to Metropolitan Municipality. Prepared in compliance with the literature, the ?Physical Activity Program? comprises of 10 minutes of warm up, 20 minutes of rhythmic exercise, 10 minutes of cool down and 30 minutes of free walking and it is applied under the supervision of the researchers four times a week for ten weeks in total. As pretest posttest design, the data is collected with socio-demographic features information form, Beck depression scale and SF 36 quality of life scale. For the evaluation of the data, Wilcoxon signed rank test, Mann Whitney U and Oneway ANOWA tests are utilized. Results: While it is detected that the score averages of the depression scale of the individuals in the experimental group of the research before the Physical Activity Program decreases by the end of the program (p

The Effect of 10 Week Exercise Program on the Depression Level of the Adolescents

Introduction And Objective: Depression is the most common disease of our century which is a very serious individual and social mental disease due to its recurrence and chronicity rate, significant suicidal risk and its creating failure. The influences of exercise has been examined in several studies. This research is conducted in order to examine the influence of exercise on the depression level of adolescents. Method: This is a control group study with a pretest posttest design in which the adolescents perform regular exercises. The study is conducted with 40 high school senior students - 20 initiative and 20 control group subjects - who are studying in a high school in Antalya city. The initiative group is taken into a weekly ?5 day 50 minute? exercise program for 10 weeks. Beck depression scale is applied on the participants before ( week 0) and after (at the end of week 10) the exercise program. For the evaluation of the data, chi square, Mann Whitney U and Wilcoxon tests are utilized. Findings: The age average of the participant students is 17.04±1.17; also it is detected that 57% of them are female students and 24.2% of them are slightly overweight. While the depression level score average of the initiative group before the exercise program is 22.12±3.42, this score decreases to 15.32±2.47 after the program and this difference is found to be statistically significant (p 0.05).Conclusion: According to the results obtained, it is seen that the 10 week exercise program which is applied on the initiative group is influential on decreasing the depression level score averages of the adolescents. These findings might be a base for encouraging the students towards regular exercise to be able to have a better mental health.