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    Relationship of Early Maladaptive Schemas and Loneliness with University Orientation
    (2018) Yildiz, Aylin Demirli; V-3507-2017
    University education means that starting to a whole new phase in which students are expected to be oriented to many academic, social and personal changes. The aim of this study is to understand the variance of university orientation explained by early maladaptive schemas and loneliness. Institutional Integration Scale, UCLA Loneliness Scale and Young Schema Questionnaire-Short Form were used. A demographic information form was also distributed to the participants. In the research, hierarchical regression analysis was preferred since it enables controlling the development of regression process. In the first phase of the regression model, only loneliness, which had the highest correlation, was put into the equation. In the second stage, disconnection schema domain and impaired autonomy schema domain, which were showing a high correlation, were added to the equation with loneliness. In the last stage, three models were tested in the equation, including impaired limits schema domain, others oriented schema domain and high standards schema domain. When three regression models were compared, a significant difference could be seen between Model 1 and Model 2. However, the same significance could not be seen between Model 2 and Model 3. Whereas, impaired autonomy schema domain was found significant in Model 3, in which all variables were included in the equation (beta = -. 19). As a result, findings of the study suggested that more than one third of the university orientation variance was explained by loneliness, and disconnection schema domain as well as impaired autonomy schema domain within early childhood maladaptive schemas. Impaired limits schema domain, others oriented schema domain and high standards schema domain did not provide a significant contribution in predicting university orientation.
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    The Role of Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms and Post Migration Life Difficulties for Future Aspirations of Iraqi and Syrian Asylum Seekers
    (Başkent Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, 2024-07-12) Yildiz, Aylin Demirli; Strohmeier, Dagmar
    The majority of asylum seekers experience some kind of traumatic events before or during their flight and their challenging experiences do not end after resettlement. Still, they need to envision and build their future life in the host country. Moreover, asylum seekers' future aspirations need to be differentiated from the satisfaction of essential needs. We (1) measured future aspirations (FA); (2) explored whether FA and post-migration life difficulties (PMLD) differ between asylum seekers with high and low levels of post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS); and (3) examined whether PTSS, PMLD, gender, age, and length of stay are associated with different types of FA. In total, 139 Iraqi and Syrian asylum seekers (55 female, 83 male) aged 18 to 67 years (M = 34.03, SD = 10.35) participated. A four-factor structure of FA was confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Participants with high levels of post-traumatic stress symptoms reported higher levels of PMLD and lower levels of FA related to their home country. FA related to the host country and FA related to occupation were predicted by lower levels of post-traumatic stress symptoms, while future aspirations related to the home country were predicted by higher levels of PMLD. Results indicate that asylum seekers who experienced more traumatic events before they migrated are more reluctant to return to these places in the future. Treating the psychological impairments of this highly vulnerable group and relaxing the manifold structural barriers are crucial to foster their construction of a future life.