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Objectives: The purpose of the study is to determine the depressive tendency levels and related factors of the first year medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic.Methods: A total of 1311 students from 94 faculty of medicine participated in this study.The survey was prepared on Google Forms and was shared with students via social media.The questionnaire consisted of demographic information, questions about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic process on the education of the participants, and the Beck Depression Inventory.Results: 64.8% of the students participated in the research were female and 35.2% were male. It was observed that 97% of the students increased their use of technology during the pandemic. Moderately severe depression was detected in 43.3% of the students, and severe depression in 16.6%. 87.2% of those with a tendency to severe depression did not receive psychological support during the pandemic.Despite this, it is seen that the frequency of receiving psychological support is higher in those with moderate and severe depression tendencies.This difference was found to be statistically significant.Conclusion: It should be expected that a significant portion of the students are prone to depression and the fact that most of them do not receive psychological support will create negative results in the short and long term.In special cases such as pandemics, it is necessary to strengthen the activities that will support the social life of young adults in order to protect their mental health., Amaç: Çalışmanın amacı, tıp fakültesi 1.sınıf öğrencilerinin COVID-19 pandemisindeki depresif eğilim düzeylerini ve ilişkili faktörleri tespit etmektir. Yöntem: Araştırmaya 94 tıp fakültesinden toplam 1311 öğrenci katıldı. Öğrencilere ulaşmak için Google Forms üzerinden hazırlanan anket formu sosyal medya araçları üzerinden paylaşıldı. Anket formu demografik bilgiler, COVID-19 pandemisi sürecinin katılımcıların eğitimlerine etkisiyle ilgili sorular ve Beck Depresyon Ölçeği’nden oluşmaktaydı. Bulgular: Araştırmaya katılan öğrencilerin %64.8’i kadın, %35.2’si erkekti. Öğrencilerin %97’sinin pandemi sırasında teknoloji kullanımının arttığı görülmüştür. Öğrencilerin %43.3’ünde orta şiddetli, %16.6’sında şiddetli düzeyde depresyon eğilimi tespit edilmiştir. Şiddetli depresyon eğilimi gösterenlerin %87.2’si pandemi döneminde psikolojik destek almamıştır. Buna rağmen orta ve şiddetli derecede depresyon eğilimi olanların psikolojik destek alma sıklığının daha fazla olduğu görülmektedir. Bu fark istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bulunmuştur. Sonuç: Öğrencilerin önemli bir bölümünün depresyona eğilimli olmaları ve büyük bir kısmının psikolojik destek almıyor olmasının kısa ve uzun vadede olumsuz sonuçlar yaratması beklenmelidir. Pandemi gibi özel durumlarda genç erişkinlerin ruhsal sağlıklarının korunması amacıyla sosyal yaşamlarını destekleyecek faaliyetlerin güçlendirilmesi gereklidir.

Die Studie widmet sich der Forschungsfrage, wie Selbstwirksamkeit mit Future Anxiety und Climate Anxiety zusammenhängt. Hierzu füllen Probanden in einer Online-Befragung je einen Fragebogen pro Konzept aus. Mit den Ergebnissen werden drei Korrelationsanalysen gerechnet. Hintergrund: Die große Bedrohung der Zukunft unserer Zeit ist Klimawandel. Die bereits spürbaren Folgen der fortschreitenden Klimakatastrophe ziehen auch die psychische Gesundheit in Mitleidenschaft (Ellis & Albrecht, 2017; Helm et al., 2018; Willox et al., 2013). Climate Anxiety beschreibt den konstanten emotionalen Zustand angesichts des Klimawandels (Clayton, 2020; Pikhala, 2020) und setzt sich aus Angst vor den Konsequenzen, Unsicherheit vor der Zukunft und Trauer um die Umwelt zusammen (Clayton, 2020). Besonders die junge Generation wird von den Folgen betroffen sein (Helden et al., 2021), weshalb Climate Anxiety in der westlichen Welt unter jungen Menschen auch höher ist als unter älteren (Clayton & Karazsia, 2020; Searle & Goa, 2009; Hickman et al., 2021). Um neben der klimabezogenen Angst die Angst vor der Zukunft im Allgemeinen herbeizuziehen, wird das Konzept der Future Anxiety (Zaleski, 1996) verwendet. Diese meint die Sorge vor unliebsamen Änderungen in der Zukunft. Sie ist abhängig von der kognitiven Bewertung der Zukunft und somit so konstant wie andere kognitive Denkmuster (Kaya et al., 2016), außerdem korreliert sie mit Trait Anxiety (Searle & Gow, 2009). Kompetenzerwartung ist neben Konsequenzerwartung ein Teil des Konzepts der Selbstwirksamkeit (Bandura, 1977) und beschreibt die Überzeugung, dass man ein bestimmtes Verhalten, das zur Erreichung eines gewünschten Ziels führt, unter bestimmten Bedingungen erfolgreich ausführen kann (Bandura, 1977; Jerusalem & Schwarzer, 2002; Egger, 2020). Trotz geringfügiger konzeptueller Differenzen korreliert sie in diversen Anwendungsfeldern positiv mit Optimismus (Egger, 2011; Magaletta & Oliver, 1999) und internaler Kontrolle (Ajzen, 2002; Roddenberry & Renk, 2010), und negativ mit Angst (Al-Ruwaili, 2018); Roick & Ringeisen, 2017; Takaki 2003 (noch kein Zugriff); Hoffart 1995; Kent & Gibbons, 1987; Onyeizugbo, 2010) und Depressivität (Muris, 2002; Kavanagh, 1992 (noch kein Zugriff); Ehrenberg et al., 1991). Bisher gibt es nur wenig Literatur zum Zusammenhang von zukunfts- oder klimabezogener Angst und Selbstwirksamkeit. Bandura überlegt jedoch bereits in seiner Konzeption von Anxiety, Bedrohung sei abhängig davon, als wie gut man seine Fähigkeiten des Umgangs mit potenziellen Bedrohungen einschätzt: Je mehr man glaubt, dass man potenzielle Bedrohungen kontrollieren kann und adaptiv ist, desto weniger reagiert man ängstlich (Bandura, 1988). Außerdem gilt Selbstwirksamkeit auch als Maß der Überzeugung der eigenen Fähigkeiten, was die Bewältigung von neuen oder herausfordernden Situationen betrifft, und beeinflusst somit Stressresistenz und Anpassungsvermögen (Schwarzer; Jerusalem, 1995; Karademas, 2004). Diese Überlegungen suggerieren, dass je höher ein Mensch seine Fähigkeiten zur erfolgreichen Ausführung erforderlichen Verhaltens zur Anpassung einschätzt, desto geringer das Gefühl der Unsicherheit und Bedrohung und somit seine Angst vor der Zukunft und den Folgen des Klimawandels sein sollte. Obwohl dieser Zusammenhang zwischen Selbstwirksamkeit und Climate- bzw. Future Anxiety in den jeweiligen Konzeptualisierungen vermutet wird, gibt es bislang nur wenig empirische Forschung: Im Kontext von Ausbildung zu Krankenschwestern fand sich eine umgekehrte Korrelation zwischen Selbstwirksamkeit und Future Anxiety ¬(Rabei et al., 2020) und Innocenti et al. fanden in zwei Studien Befunde, die den vermuteten negativen Zusammenhang zwischen Selbstwirksamkeit und Climate Anxiety zeigen konnten (Innocenti et al., 2021; Innocenti et al., 2023). Um diesem Defizit entgegenzuwirken, prüft diese Studie die Hypothese, dass Selbstwirksamkeit mit Climate- als auch mit Future Anxiety negativ korreliert.

Background: On 4 August 2020, an explosion shook Beirut, killing more than 200 people and leaving thousands injured or homeless. Aims: This study examined mental health of university students through a cross-sectional online survey between December 2020 and January 2021. Methods: The questionnaire consisted of the WHO-5, sense of coherence (SoC), future anxiety, self-developed subjective symptoms of mental strain (SSMS), and items assessing proximity to explosion, extent of injury and house damage. Gender, study level and social status were used as sociodemographic characteristics. Results: Of 1042 participants, 30.8% were at 0–7 km from explosion; 38.1% reported physical injuries; and 12.4% saw their home damaged. Two third (60.3%) reported ≥3 SSMS, and 73.4% reported low well-being. Students with low well-being were more often female and master students (p < 0.001). Females were more often affected by ≥3 SSMS (p < 0.001). Regression analysis with low well-being as dependent variable revealed significant associations with study level (OR: 2.30–2.94), future anxiety (OR: 2.72–4.34) and SoC (OR: 1.81–5.61). For ≥3 SSMS, females (OR: 3.09), moderate/very close distance (OR: 2.13–4.98), injury/death of family member or friend (OR: 2.07–2.06), house damage (OR: 1.72) future anxiety (OR: 1.97–3.11) and SoC (1.79–2.88) were significant predictors. Discussion: Preventive mental health strategies that strengthen SoC and outlook on future could protect against SSMS and low well-being following major trauma.

BackgroundThe paper focuses on the problems of temporal functioning of obese individuals and of individuals prepared for bariatric treatment. The experience of time heavily weighs on many areas of human functioning, everyday activity, planning and achieving goals, engaging in pro-health behaviours, and in consequence on the quality of life and on physical health. Contingent on numerous factors, obesity may be related to focusing on particular aspects of time perspective. The aim of the study was to determine the specificity of particular temporal dispo-sitions in individuals prepared for bariatric surgery, and thus to devise suitable post-op psychological interven-tions.Participants and procedureThe study sample comprised 28 individuals (60.7% women, mean age M = 43.82 years, SD = 10.01, mean BMI M = 44.83 kg/m2, SD = 6.51) awaiting bariatric surgery. The data were collected individually with the following pen-and-paper questionnaires: the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory, the Dark Future Scale, and the Polish adaptation of Snyder’s Adult Hope Scale, which is named the Hope for Success Questionnaire.ResultsThe results showed the prevalence of present hedonistic time perspective in the obese. With regard to future anxiety or the hope for success, no significant deviations from the general population were observed.ConclusionsThe results indicate that this group is in need of temporal psychotherapy aimed at balancing the time perspec-tive. The results may also be interpreted through the lens of contextual determinants connected with task orien-tation preceding the surgery.

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought many disruptions to individuals’ everyday lives and caused wide-ranging, drastic effects on their well-being, mental health, and physical health. This study sought to validate the Dark Future Scale (DFS) and examine its reliability and validity in Turkish. The present study also examined the relationship between fear of COVID-19, dark future anxiety, and resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey. Four hundred and eighty-nine Turkish athletes (mean age = 23.08 ± 6.64) completed measures on fear, anxiety, resilience, and demographic information. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses revealed that the DFS had a one-factor solution with good reliability. Fear of COVID-19 significantly predicted resilience and future anxiety. Furthermore, resilience significantly predicted anxiety and mediated the effect of fear of COVID-19 on future anxiety. The findings have important implications for improving mental health and developing the resiliency of athletes during public health crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

The purpose of this study was to investigate teacher candidates’ problems and psychological symptoms. The study also aimed at examining psychological symptoms in terms of problem area, gender and department variables. Participants consisted of 77 (63%) female and 44(36%) male sophomore students attending faculty of education. The sample composed of 55 (45%) guidance and psychological counseling students, 43 (35%) elementary school teacher students, and 23 (%19) computer and technology education students. Symptom Check List (SCL-90), demographic form and a short problem screening survey were used in data collection. Data were analaysized with SPSS 22 package program. The results revealed that, teacher candidates’ scores in SCL 90’s subscales changed between 1.56 (obsessive compulsive) and (psychoticism). Additionally, teacher candidates most frequently experienced anxiety about the upcoming KPSS exam and future anxiety. Finally, psychological symptoms did not changed according to the gender, problem area, and departments variables. The findings were disused with in light of current and previous literature. ​Extended English summary is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file. Özet Bu çalışmanın amacı öğretmen adaylarının problem alanlarını tespit etmek ve öğretmen adaylarının yaşadığı psikolojik belirtilerin problem alanı, cinsiyet ve bölüm değişkenine göre farklılık gösterip göstermediğini incelemektir. Katılımcıların 77(%63.6)’sini kadınlar 44(%36.4)’ünü erkekler oluşturmaktadır. Örneklem grubunun 55(%45.5)’i Rehberlik ve Psikolojik Danışmanlık Bölümünde, 43(%35.5)’ü Sınıf Öğretmenliği Bölümünde ve 23(%19)’ü Bilgisayar ve Öğrenim Teknolojileri Eğitimi Bölümünde öğrenim görmektedir. Araştırmada ölçeme aracı olarak Belirti Tarama Listesi(SCL-90) ve Bilgi Formu kullanılmıştır. Elde edilen veriler SPSS 22.0 paket programında değerlendirilmiştir. Elde edilen bulgular şu şekildedir; öğretmen adaylarının Belirti Tarama Listesinin(SCL-90) alt boyutlarından aldığı puanlar 1,56(OKB) ile .79(Psikotizm) arasında değişmektedir. Bunun yanında öğretmen adaylarının yaşadığı problem alanlarından KPSS kaygısının ve gelecek kaygısının frekansları diğer alanların frekanslarından daha yüksektir. Son olarak psikolojik belirtilerin; cinsiyet, problem alanı ve bölüm değişkenine göre farklılık göstermediği görülmüştür. Elde edilen bulgular alan yazın ışığında tartışılmıştır.

Background Anxiety becomes a mental health problem that students experience most frequently. One of the anxiety disorders in students is future anxiety. A high level of unemployment becomes the most significant stressor of this anxiety. In 2019, the department of communication became the department with the highest unemployment rate in the world. The students at Communication and Islamic Broadcasting Department feel this phenomenon and find difficulties in finding a job. This condition triggers the students’ concerns about the future. In this case, future anxiety can be influenced by one of the protective factors, namely resilience. This study aims to identify the correlation between resilience and future anxiety of the Communication and Islamic Broadcasting Department's students. Design and Methods This study was conducted by employing a cross-sectional design and involving students at the Communication and Islamic Broadcasting Department (n=238) of Universitas Ibn Khaldun, Bogor. This study used the Connor- Davidson Resilience Scale 10 questionnaire to measure the resilience and Future Anxiety Scale to measure future anxiety. Meanwhile, the bivariate analysis between resilience and future anxiety was conducted by employing the Pearson productmoment correlation. Results This reveals a negative correlation between resilience and future anxiety (-0.379) with a moderate correlation. Conclusions This study recommends several efforts to increase resilience for stress management, possibly guided by nurses. Moreover, higher education institutions can facilitate students by providing counseling and training in time management, enhancing adaptive coping, and developing the alumni association as media of future planning discussion for students.

This study was designed to investigate the roles information and communications technology (ICT) played during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, we focused on the relationships between ICT use and perceived importance of social connectedness and future anxiety, while considering relevant personality and psychosocial factors. A U.S. sample of 394 adults answered questions about ICT use, pandemic-related reactions and actions, demographics, and psychosocial factors via an online survey. Using logistic regression, findings indicated that personality (extraversion and conscientiousness) and psychosocial (need to belong and perceived attachment to phone) factors, types of ICT as news source, and gender were associated with perceived importance of social connectedness. Neuroticism, time spent on ICT for social purposes, and perceived threat of COVID-19 were associated with future anxiety. In addition, using Mann–Whitney U test, people who rated higher on importance of social connectedness had higher ICT use, both in terms of types and time spent on ICT. Overall, results are consistent with the idea that technology is a coping tool during the pandemic and balanced use can lead to feelings of social connectedness and less future anxiety. Therefore, it is important for authorities to align their messaging and outreach with people’s psychosocial, personality, and health considerations through ICT channels while empowering ICT users to be responsible for their interactions with the technology.

This study examined differences in future anxiety (FA) among mothers and fathers of children with and without developmental disabilities (DD), and it also analyzed differences in FA within the group of parents of children with DD taking into consideration parent-related factors and child-related factors. A group of 167 parents of children with DD were compared to a group of 103 parents of children with typical development. The group with DD included children with autism spectrum disorders, sensory disorders, and intellectual disability. Parents completed the Future Anxiety Scale-FAS1. Mothers of children with DD had a higher general level of FA than fathers of children with and without DD. Mothers of children with DD reported higher anxiety about their future health and the meaning of their future life than fathers of children with DD. For parents of children with DD, those with lower education, male children, and older children reported higher FA. The group at risk of highest general FA are mothers of children with DD, especially those without a professional career. Similarly, parents of teenagers and/or sons with DD are at increased risk of FA.

The COVID-19 pandemic has potentially a serious impact on many people's mental well-being. This study analyses the influence of the perceived threat of COVID-19 on subjective mental well-being with an online survey (n = 711). Findings confirmed the hypothesized model that provides a process explanation for this effect through the mediating influence of the activation of future anxiety. In addition, results confirmed that this influence via future anxiety is moderated by resilience, a personality trait that enables individuals to cope better with stressful or traumatic events. Individuals with higher levels of resilience compared to those with lower levels registered a lower impact of perceived Covid threat on future anxiety and, in turn, on subjective well-being. This study contributes theoretically to a better understanding of the factors that determine the impact of traumatic events such as a pandemic on people's mental health. The implications of this study indicate interventions that may be carried out to minimize the pandemic's negative psychological consequences., Highlights • Perceived threat of COVID-19 has a negative impact on subjective mental-wellbeing. • Future anxiety mediates the influence of Covid threat on mental well-being. • Resilience moderates negatively the effect of Covid threat via future anxiety. • Resilient individuals are less susceptible to Covid's mental health impact.

Bu araştırmayla, Fen Bilgisi ve Sınıf öğretmen adaylarının öğretmenlik mesleğine yönelik kaygı düzeylerinin çeşitli sosyodemografik değişkenler (cinsiyet, yaş aralığı, bölümü tercih etme sırası, sınıf düzeyi, mezun oldukları lise türü, ailelerinin bulunduğu yerleşim yeri, anne-baba öğrenim durumları, ailelerinin aylık gelir düzeyleri ve öğretmenlik mesleğini tercih etme sebebi) açısından incelenmesi ve bu iki bölümün öğrencilerinin mesleki kaygı düzeylerinin bölümler arası karşılaştırılması amaçlanmaktadır. Yöntem olarak genel tarama modeli kullanılan bu araştırmaya, 2017-2018 eğitim-öğretim yılının bahar döneminde (II. yarıyıl) Akdeniz Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Fen Bilgisi Öğretmenliği ve Sınıf Öğretmenliği bölümünde öğrenim görmekte olan tüm sınıf düzeylerinden (1. 2. 3. ve 4. sınıf) tesadüfi örnekleme yoluyla seçilen 351 öğretmen adayı katılmıştır. Araştırmaya katılan öğretmen adaylarına; araştırmacı tarafından hazırlanan ve 12 maddeden oluşan Kişisel Bilgi Formu ile Köklükaya ve Yıldırım (2016) tarafından geliştirilen ve 35 maddeden oluşan, beşli likert tipi Öğretmenlik Mesleğine Yönelik Kaygı Ölçeği uygulanmıştır. Uygulama sonunda elde edilen verilerin normal dağılım koşulunu sağladıkları tespit edilmiş ve istatistik analiz programları yardımıyla ilgili parametrik testler uygulanmıştır. Araştırma sonunda elde edilen bulgulardan, Fen Bilgisi Öğretmenliği bölümü öğrencilerinin genel kaygı durumlarının ve alt boyutlarının (görev merkezli kaygı ve kişi merkezli kaygı), Sınıf Öğretmenliği bölümü öğrencilerinden anlamlı biçimde yüksek olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Fen Bilgisi Öğretmenliği bölümü öğrencilerinin kişi merkezli kaygılarının orta düzeyde, görev merkezli kaygılarının ve genel kaygılarının düşük düzeyde olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Sınıf Öğretmenliği bölümü öğrencilerinin ise kişi merkezli kaygı, görev merkezli kaygı ve genel kaygılarının düşük düzeyde olduğu görülmüştür. Ayrıca öğretmen adaylarının öğretmenlik mesleğine yönelik kaygıları ile bazı sosyodemografik değişkenler arasında anlamlı düzeyde farklılıklar saptanmıştır. 18-20 yaş aralığındaki öğrencilerin görev merkezli kaygıları ve genel kaygılarının, 21 yaş ve üzeri öğrencilerden anlamlı biçimde yüksek olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Bununla birlikte; mesleki kaygı ile cinsiyet, sınıf düzeyi, bölümü tercih etme sırası ve öğretmenlik mesleğini seçme sebebi değişkenleri arasında bir bölüme ait öğrencilerde anlamlı farklılık bulunurken diğer bölüme ait öğrencilerde anlamlı farklılık bulunamamıştır. Bunların dışında; mesleki kaygı ile GANO, mezun olunan lise türü, ailelerinin bulunduğu yerleşim yeri, ailelerinin aylık gelir düzeyleri, anne ve baba öğrenim durumları arasında anlamlı bir farklılık bulunamamıştır. This research aims to compare between departments and to examine the level of anxiety towards teaching profession of science and classroom teachers in terms of various sociodemographic versions (gender,age range,choice order of department, classroom degree, kind of high school they graduated, the place where their family lives, educational status of parents, monthly income level of the family and the reason of choosing the teaching profession). 351 teacher candidates from all grades (1., 2., 3., 4th classes) who have been studying in the department of science and classroom teaching profession at Akdeniz University Faculty of Education during the spring term (second semester) of 2017-2018 academic year has been participated with simple random sampling method to this research which has been used general surveillance model as method. Personal Information Form which is prepared by researcher, consist of 12 substances and Anxiety Scale of Teaching Profession improved by Köklükaya and Yıldırım (2016), contained 35 substances, fivefold likert scale has been applied to teacher candidates who attend to this research. Data which is obtained as a result of applied scales has been determined to supply normal dispersion condition and has been applied parametric tests which are about to statistical analysis programmes. Findings which are obtained as a result of this research show meaningfully that students who study in department of Science Teaching Profession have more general anxiety status and it's inferior dimensions (task centered anxiety and self centered anxiety) than Classroom Teaching Profession students. It has been predicted that Science Teaching students have average level of self centered anxiety, low level of task centered anxiety and low level of general anxiety. On the other hand, it has been seen that Classroom Teaching Profession students have low level of task centered anxiety, self centered anxiety and general anxiety. Also meaningful differences have been found between teacher candidates' anxiety towards teaching profession and some sociodemographic differences. It has been reached that students who are at the 18-20 age range have more task centered anxiety and general anxiety than 21 years and older students. In addition to this, while it has been found meaningful differences between professional anxiety and gender, level of class, choice order of department and the reason of choosing department factors in one department's students; it has not been found meaningful differences in the other department's students. Beside of these, it has not been found meaningful differences between professional anxiety and GANO, kind of high school they graduated, the place where their family lives, monthly income level of the family, educational status of parents. 103