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Bu çalışmanın amacı korunma altında olan ve ailesi ile yaşayan ergenlerin olumlu sosyal davranışlarını ve davranış problemlerini yordayan faktörleri (örn., akran ilişkileri, algıladıkları sosyal destek mekanizmaları ve bilişsel duygu düzenleme becerileri) incelemektir. Araştırmanın örneklemini Diyarbakır Aile ve Sosyal Politikalar İl Müdürlüğü tarafından korunma altına alınmış yaşları 10 ile 17 yıl arasında değişen 79 (% 57 erkek) ergen ve ailesi ile yaşayan aynı yaş grubunda 95 (% 44.2 erkek) ergen oluşturmaktadır. İki grubun değişkenler açısından karşılaştırıldığı analiz sonuçları korunma altında olan ergenlerin diğerlerine kıyasla hem sosyal destek sistemlerinin hem de duygularını düzenleme becerilerinin daha zayıf olduğunu göstermiştir. İkinci olarak, ergenlerin olumlu sosyal davranışlarını ve davranış problemlerini yordayan değişkenleri belirlemek amacıyla korunma altında olan ve ailesi ile yaşayan ergenlere ayrı ayrı hiyerarşik regresyon analizi uygulanmıştır. Bulgulara göre korunma altındaki ergenlerin olumlu sosyal davranışlarını arkadaşlarından algıladıkları sosyal destek ve olumlu bilişsel duygu düzenleme stratejileri yordamaktadır. Korunma altındaki ergenlerin davranış problemlerini ise arkadaştan algılanan sosyal destek, olumlu bilişsel duygu düzenleme stratejileri ve olumsuz bilişsel duygu düzenleme stratejileri istatistiksel olarak anlamlı şekilde yordamaktadır. Öte yandan ailesi ile yaşayan ergenlerin olumlu sosyal davranışlarını olumlu ve olumsuz bilişsel duygu düzenleme stratejileri yordamaktadır. Yine ailesi ile yaşayan ergenlerin davranış problemlerini arkadaştan algılanan sosyal destek ve olumsuz bilişsel duygu düzenleme stratejileri anlamlı şekilde yordamaktadır.

Mechanisms by which the relations between different parenting behaviors and children’s prosocial and problem behaviors occur are the focus of the current study. Supportive and nonsupportive emotion socialization practices of mothers were considered as potential mediators. Further, the moderator role of gender was explored. Participants were 228 mothers of 6‐ to 11‐year‐old children living in Ankara, Turkey. Scales assessing parenting behaviors (specifically, positive parenting and inconsistent discipline), maternal reactions to children’s negative emotions, and prosocial and problem behaviors of children were completed by the mothers. The results revealed that supportive emotion socialization practices fully mediated the relation between positive parenting behaviors and both boys’ and girls’ prosocial behaviors. In contrast, nonsupportive emotion socialization practices partially mediated the relation between inconsistent parenting behaviors and problem behaviors, but only for girls. Findings indicated that girls were more vulnerable to their mothers’ inconsistent behaviors possibly because mother–daughter dyads are more likely to use emotion‐related language and to discuss emotions than mother–son dyads from a very early age.

The aim of the present study was to explore the psychometric properties of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) among Turkish adolescents. A total of 595 high school students (300 females and 295 males) whose ages ranged between 14 and 17 years participated in the study, and were administered the DERS, the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), and the Childhood Depression Inventory (CDI). Confirmatory factor analyses supported the six-factor structure of the DERS among adolescents. In addition, results indicated sound internal consistency as well as concurrent validity. It is concluded that the DERS is a valid age-appropriate measure for investigating emotion regulation difficulties in adolescents.

The aim of this study was to explore the mediating role of early maladaptive schemas (EMSs) in the relationship between perceived maternal rejection during childhood and current psychological problems, such as anxiety and depression, in Turkish university students. EMSs were categorized according to 3 schema domains; impaired limits-exaggerated standards, disconnection-rejection, and impaired autonomy-other directedness. The study included 266 undergraduate university students (188 female and 78 male) aged 18-27 years. All the participants were administered the Young Schema Questionnaire-Short Form 3 (YSQ-SF3), Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-T), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and Parental Acceptance-Rejection Questionnaire (Adult PARQ: Mother). Disconnection-rejection schema domain mediated the relationship between perceived maternal rejection during childhood and anxiety, but not depression. Furthermore, impaired autonomy-other directedness schema domain mediated the relationship between perceived maternal rejection, and both anxiety and depression. The present findings facilitate greater understanding of the possible mechanisms by which perceived maternal rejection during childhood might affect adult psychology. Furthermore, representations of the self that are internalized during childhood are centrally connected to psychological adjustment later in life; therefore, an understanding of these internalized representations may be important for developing targeted interventions and prevention strategies for those that have experienced maternal rejection.