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    Adaptation of the fear of COVİD-19 scale: Its association with psychological distress and life satisfaction in Turkey
    (Springer, 2020) Satıcı, Begüm; Gocet Tekin, Emine; Deniz, Mehmet Engin; Satıcı, Seydi Ahmet
    The world is currently experiencing a pandemic of an infectious disease called COVID19 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 of COVID-19 Scale into Turkish and investigate the relationships between fear of COVID19, psychological distress, and life satisfaction. Data were collected by convenience sampling method, which allowed us to reach total 1304 participants, aged between 18 and 64 years, from 75 cities in Turkey. In the adaptation process of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale, confirmatory factor analysis, Item Response Theory, convergent validity, and reliability (Cronbach’s ?, McDonald’s ?, Guttmann’s ?6, and composite reliability) analyses were performed. Additionally, the mediating role of psychological distress on the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and life satisfaction was tested. The unidimensionality of the 7-item scale was confirmed on a Turkish sample. Item Response Theory revealed that all items were coherent and fit with the model. The results indicated that the Turkish version of the scale had satisfactory reliability coefficients. The fear of COVID-19 was found to be associated with psychological distress and life satisfaction. Results indicated that the Turkish version of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale had strong psychometric properties. This scale will allow mental health professionals to do research on the psychological impacts of COVID-19 in Turkey.
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    Adolescents' self-perception and school satisfaction: assessing the mediating role of subjective vitality
    (Turkish Education Association, 2019) Satıcı, Seydi Ahmet; Deniz, Mehmet Engin
    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 Vitality Scale, and the Social Comparison Scale. The data were analyzed with using the structural equation modeling and bootstrapping method. Structural equation modeling showed that self-perception had an indirect effect on school satisfaction, fully mediated by subjective vitality. The results of the bootstrapping procedure indicated that the indirect effect of subjective vitality on the relationship between self-perception and school satisfaction was significant. The possible explanations, the research implication, limitations, and future directions are discussed.
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    Association between social connectedness and well-being: A study of the mediating role of psychological vulnerability
    (Turkish Psychological Counseling and Guidance Association, 2021) Yelpaze, İsmail; Deniz, Mehmet Engin; Satıcı, Begüm
    The researcher in this study examined psychological vulnerability as a mediator between social connectedness and well-being among university students in Turkey. Two hundred sixty-one students (138 females and 123 males, mean age = 20.95 ± 1.49) completed self-report questionnaires including the Social Connectedness Scale, the Subjective Vitality Scale, the Subjective Happiness Scale, the Flourishing Scale, and the Psychological Vulnerability Scale. The researcher explored a theoretical-conceptual model and tested it using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and bootstrapping. SEM results showed that social connectedness had a direct effect on well-being, partially mediated by psychological vulnerability. The results indicated an indirect yet significant effect of psychological vulnerability on the relationship between social connectedness and well-being. Theoretical implications and research limitations were discussed.
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    External shame, loneliness, psychological distress, and well-being: insights from the Turkish adaptation of the Other as Shamer Scale-2
    (Termedia Publishing House Ltd, 2020) Satıcı, Begüm; Deniz, Mehmet Engin
    BACKGROUND In this paper, we examine the Other as Shamer Scale-2 (OAS-2), a unidimensional and brief scale to directly assess external shame. In three studies with three independent samples of a Turkish university, we present evidence for OAS-2 validity with respect to well-being outcomes (subjective happiness, flourishing, and subjective well-being) and psychological distress outcomes (depression, anxiety, stress, and loneliness) through direct comparisons with existing measures. PARTICIPANTS AND PROCEDURE In Study 1 (N= 311), confirmatory factor analyses. measurement invariance across gender, and Item Response Theory (IRT) were examined. In Study 2 (N= 380), criterion-related validities of the OAS-2 were analyzed. In Study 3 (N = 252), incremental validity was examined using PROCESS. Also, internal consistency, composite reliability, and temporal reliability (n = 89) of the OAS-2 were investigated. RESULTS In Study 1, confirmatory factor analyses supported the unidimensionality of the measure. The results provide support for measurement invariance across gender. All item scores fit the IRT model and were fit with ordered, progressing hierarchies in their step difficulties. In Study 2, criterion-related validity for the OAS-2 was demonstrated through positive correlations with loneliness. and negative correlations with subjective happiness and flourishing. In Study 3, findings indicated the mediation impact of external shame on well-being via psychological distress. The OAS-2 showed satisfactory reliability coefficients. CONCLUSIONS Overall, the OAS-2 proved to be a valuable and reliable tool, which presents a short form to measure external shame. In addition, it was observed that the OAS-2 was related to both well-being and psychological distress.
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    Fear of COVID-19, loneliness, smartphone addiction, and mental wellbeing among the Turkish general population: a serial mediation model
    (Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2021) Kayıs, A. Rıfat; Satıcı, Begüm; Deniz, Mehmet Engin; Satıcı, Seydi Ahmet; Griffiths, Mark D.
    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 loneliness and smartphone addiction. Utilising convenience sampling from 73 of 81 cities in Turkey via the web-based survey the present study comprised 773 participants (556 females and 217 males; aged between 18 and 66 years) were collected. Self-report data were collected including psychometric measures assessing fear of COVID-19, loneliness, smartphone addiction, and mental wellbeing. Fear of COVID-19 was found to have both a direct and indirect effect on mental wellbeing. In addition, results supported a serial mediation model where fear of COVID-19 was found to influence mental wellbeing via loneliness and smartphone addiction in a sequential manner. The findings suggest that higher fear of COVID-19 is associated with lower mental wellbeing by negatively affecting individuals' emotion and behaviour.
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    Modeling emotion regulation and subjective happiness: smartphone addiction as a mediator
    (Turkish Green Crescent Society, 2020) Satıcı, Begüm; Deniz, Mehmet Engin
    This study aimed to investigate the mediational role of smartphone addiction in the relationship between emotion regulation and subjective happiness. Participants were 320 university student volunteers (167 women and 153 men) from two state universities in Turkey. They completed a self-report questionnaire about emotion regulation, smartphone addiction, and subjective happiness. Structural equation modeling (SEM) and bootstrapping were applied to test the mediational role of smartphone addiction in the relationship between emotion regulation and subjective happiness. The results indicated that reappraisal predicted lower smartphone addiction scores and higher subjective happiness scores. On the contrary, suppression predicted higher smartphone addiction scores and lower subjective happiness scores. In addition, smartphone addiction proved to be a partial mediator between emotion regulation strategies and subjective happiness. Therefore, the results of this study support the evidence for the impact of emotion regulation on subjective happiness through smartphone addiction.
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    The relationships between big five personality traits and subjective vitality
    (Univ Murcia, 2017) Deniz, Mehmet Engin; Satıcı, Seydi Ahmet
    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, M-age = 21.24 years, SD = 1.21] who completed questionnaires package the Adjective Based Personality Scale and the Subjective Vitality Scale. A hierarchical regression analyses was used with big five personality traits to explain variance in subjective vitality. The results showed that extraversion, agreeableness, and openness were significant positive predictors and neuroticism was significant negative predictor of subjective vitality which accounted for 31% of the total variance. Consciousness did not significant predictor of subjective vitality. The significance and limitations of the results are discussed.
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    Zoom fatigue, psychological distress, life satisfaction, and academic well-being
    (Mary Ann Liebert Inc., 2022) Deniz, Mehmet Engin; Satıcı, Seydi Ahmet; Doenyas, Ceymi; Griffiths, Mark D.
    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 the Zoom Exhaustion and Fatigue Scale (ZEFS) and the relationship of this construct with academic well-being, mental well-being, and life satisfaction are presented. In a sample of 470 Turkish university students (57 percent female, Mage = 20.26 – 2.18, ranging between 18 and 33 years), first-order and second-order confirmatory factor analyses confirmed the construct validity of the scale, and the item response theory results yielded appropriate item difficulty and discrimination. ZEFS scores were significantly and positively associated with anxiety, depression, and stress, and negatively associated with life satisfaction and academic well-being, supporting the scale’s concurrent validity. Incremental validity was shown with mediational models demonstrating significant and separate indirect effects of Zoom exhaustion and fatigue on life satisfaction and academic well-being, both mediated by psychological distress. The results suggest ZEFS to be a valid and reliable tool to evaluate the psychological consequences of videoconferencing, which has globally increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, in non-Western samples. By showing the relationships of Zoom exhaustion and fatigue with psychological distress, life satisfaction, and academic well-being, the present study highlights potential avenues to be addressed to protect the mental well-being of all individuals who have integrated videoconferencing as part of their daily lives.