Kurum Bakımındaki Ergenlerin Olumlu Sosyal ve Problemli Davranışları ile İlişkili Faktörlerin Karşılaştırmalı Örneklemle İncele.

The aim of the present study was to examine factors (i.e., perceived social support, peer relationship, cognitive emotion regulation skills) predicting prosocial and problem behaviors of adolescents who are in institutional care and of those living with their families. Participants were 79 adolescents who are in institutional care, ranged in age between 10 and 17 years old and 95 adolescents living with their family, ranged in age between 10 and 17 years old in Diyarbakır. The results of which compare two groups in terms of study variables revealed that adolescents in institutional care have a weaker social support system and they have more difficulty in regulating their emotions. Separate hierarchical regression analyses were conducted to examine the predictors of prosocial and problem behaviors of adolescents who are in institutional care and of those living with their families. The results revealed that perceived peer support and adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies predict prosocial behaviors of adolescents in institutional care. On the other hand, perceived peer support, adaptive and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies predict the problem behaviors of adolescents in institutional care. Adaptive and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies predict prosocial behaviors of adolescents living with their families. On the other hand, perceived peer support and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies predict the problem behaviors of adolescents living with their families. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]