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- MakaleYayıncıda açık erişim2026Scopus SJRQ2Life satisfaction and problematic online gaming among young adults: the mediating roles of depression, anxiety, and stress
Bekir, Seyhan; Yayla, İbrahim Erdoğan; Makas, Samet; Manci, Egemen; Yildirim, Murat
Objective: Problematic online gaming has emerged as a growing concern among young adults, often linked to reduced well-being and increased mental health problems. This study aimed to investigate whether depression, anxiety, and stress mediate the relationship between life satisfaction and problematic online gaming among young adults. Method: A total of 336 Turkish students participated in this cross-sectional study by completing self-reported measures of life satisfaction, depression, anxiety, stress, and problematic online gaming via an online survey. Results: Results indicate that lower life satisfaction related to higher levels of stress and depression, which in turn increase problematic online gaming behaviors. In contrast, anxiety did not have a significant mediating role, since its confidence interval included zero. Conclusions: In conclusion, both direct and indirect associations were found between lower life satisfaction and problematic online gaming, through stress and depression. Anxiety was not found to have a significant mediating effect in this relationship. These findings suggest that interventions aimed at enhancing life satisfaction and reducing psychological suffering could help to prevent such behavior.
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İncele - MakaleAçık Erişim2026Scopus SJRQ2The mediating role of social support in the relationship between social isolation and life satisfaction in families with and without children with special needs
Yayla, İbrahim Erdoğan; Turhan, Fatma Seher; Dombak, Kübra; Makas, Samet; İskender, Murat; Çelik, Eyüp
Objectives: The present study aims to examine the relationships between social isolation, social support, and life satisfaction in parents with and without children with special needs. Methods: The data for this study were obtained from 422 parents with children. Of the participants, 266 (63.0%) were mothers, and 156 (37.0%) were fathers, with an average age of 39.43 (SD = 7.62; range = 22–65). Convenience sampling was used in this study. When examining the marital status distribution, 386 participants (91.5%) were married, and 36 (8.5%) were single. Furthermore, 203 parents (48.1%) stated that they had a child with special needs, while 219 (51.9%) stated that they did not have a child with special needs. Results: The correlation analysis revealed that all variables are related to each other. Furthermore, structural equation modeling results showed that social support plays a mediating role in the relationship between social isolation and life satisfaction. Conclusions: This research evaluates parents with and without disabled children in terms of social isolation, social support, and life satisfaction, and indicates that social support is significantly more important for parents with disabled children compared to those without.
- MakaleAçık Erişim2025The interplay between university students' needs, maturity levels (personal, familial, and social), and life satisfaction
Akyüz, Ahmet Mutlu; Durmus, Ibrahim
It is essential for young Turkish individuals (university students) to rapidly develop their skills and abilities to take on leadership roles in society. To become well-equipped individuals who contribute to societal welfare and development, these young adults must undergo a healthy adolescent maturity process. Therefore, providing a supportive environment for Turkish adolescents during their maturation is crucial. This study investigates how fulfilling all hierarchical needs (PSN, LBN, ESAN) affects Turkish adolescents' life satisfaction (LS) and their personal (PM), familial (FM), and social (SM) maturity levels. The study sample consists of 397 Turkish university students. The proposed research model was tested using PLS-SEM analysis. The findings indicate that fulfilling all hierarchical needs positively affects life satisfaction. Additionally, life satisfaction serves as a mediator between the fulfillment of hierarchical needs and maturity levels. However, the most fundamental physical and security needs are not adequately met, hindering personal maturity. Furthermore, love and belonging needs and esteem and self-actualization needs positively impact all maturity levels.
- MakaleAçık Erişim2025Scopus SJRQ1Difficulties in Emotion Regulation as a Mediator and Gender as a Moderator in the Relationship Between Problematic Digital Gaming and Life Satisfaction Among Adolescents
Yayla, İbrahim Erdoğan; Dombak, Kübra; Diril, Sena; Düşünceli, Betül; Çelik, Eyüp; Yildirim, Murat
Background: Problematic digital gaming has emerged as a significant behavioral concern among adolescents, with potential implications for well-being. Understanding the mechanisms through which problematic digital gaming affects life satisfaction and how these mechanisms may differ by gender is important for targeted interventions. Aims: This study aimed to investigate the mediating role of difficulties in emotion regulation and the moderating role of gender in the relationship between problematic digital gaming and life satisfaction among adolescents. Method: The sample consisted of 458 Turkish adolescents (232 females, 50.7%) aged between 14 and 18 years (M = 16.27). Participants completed the Game Addiction Scale for Adolescents—Short Form, the Life Satisfaction Scale, and the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale—8. Results: Problematic digital gaming was found to have a significant negative association with life satisfaction. Difficulties in emotion regulation significantly mediated the relationship between problematic digital gaming and life satisfaction. Furthermore, gender moderated this mediation effect, with difficulties in emotion regulation being more pronounced among males than females. Conclusions: The findings highlight the importance of emotional regulation in understanding the negative impact of problematic digital gaming on adolescents’ life satisfaction, particularly among males. These results suggest the need for gender-sensitive approaches in interventions aimed at improving emotion regulation skills and reducing problematic gaming behavior.
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İncele - Yüksek Lisans TeziAçık Erişim2021Ergenlerin olumsuz otomatik düşüncelerinin, yaşam doyumlarına etkisinin incelenmesi
Emine Ecem Cansever
Bireyler gündelik yaşam içerisinde ebeveyn ve arkadaşları ile çeşitli sebeplerden dolayı kişilerarası sıkıntılar yaşayabilmekte ve ortaya çıkan çatışma durumlarından olumsuz etkilenebilmektedirler. Bireylerin yaşam doyumu düzeyleri ise ortalama bir değere sahiptir. Diğer bir ifadeyle bireylerin sahip oldukları hayattan ötürü memnuniyetsizlik duymadıkları fakat bu hayatın tam anlamıyla istedikleri hayat olmadığı düşüncesi hâkimdir. Bu araştırma ergenlerin olumsuz otomatik düşüncelerinin yaşam doyumlarına etkisini incelemek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Araştırma betimsel nitelikte ilişkisel tarama desenidir. Araştırmanın örneklemi Güneydoğu Anadolu Bölgesinde bir ilde ki lise okullarından rastgele seçilen 1066 kız, 661 erkek toplam 1727 katılımcıdan oluşmaktadır. Araştırmada veri toplama aracı olarak Kişisel Bilgiler Formu, Çok boyutlu Öğrenci Yaşam Doyumu ve Olumsuz Otomatik Düşünceler Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Elde edilen veriler bağımlı ve bağımsız değişkenler dikkate alınarak, bilgisayar ortamında SPSS 22. 0 (Statistical package for the Social Sciences) paket programı kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Araştırmada yaş, cinsiyet, gelir, medeni durum, eğitim, kişisel özellikler, din, sosyal etkileşim ve sosyal destek gibi etkenlerin yaşam doyumu ile ilgili olduğu saptanmıştır. Bu etkenler ergeni yaşam kalitesi, mutluluk moral değişikliği açısından etkilemektedir. Otomatik düşünceler ile cinsiyet, okul türü, başarı, arkadaş, güven ve aile içi şiddet değişkenleri açısından anlamlı farklılık görülürken; sınıf düzeyi, kardeş sayısı, anne/baba eğitim düzeyi, birliktelik ve gelir düzeyi değişkeni açısından anlamlı bir farklılık göstermediği tespit edilmiştir.
- MakaleYalnız künye2021Scopus SJRQ1Students’ Well-Being and Academic Achievement: A Meta-Analysis Study
Kaya, Metin; Erdem, Cahit
A considerable amount of literature has been published on students’ well-being, but empirical research has yielded ambiguous results regarding the relationship between well-being and academic achievement. Meta-analysis studies on this issue are scarce, and the available studies focus on a single domain of well-being. Meta-analyses investigating students’ general well-being and academic achievement are needed. To this end, we carried out a meta-analysis study on the association between students’ general well-being and academic achievement based on data from correlational studies involving 54,426 participants in 81 independent samples. We report a significant and positive but small effect size based on this dataset. The effect sizes differ significantly in terms of the moderator variables of publication year, age, school level, and publication type, while the correlation is robust across well-being domains, academic areas, scale types, and development levels of countries. Results are discussed and implications are suggested in line with the literature.
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