Purpose This descriptive study was performed to determine the relationship between the paternal participation and psychological resilience of mothers in children with particular mental needs. Design and Methods The study was conducted with the parents of 120 children who had particular mental needs. Data were collected using psychological resilience scale for adults, and paternal participation scale. Findings Mothers' psychological resilience level was high while paternal participation level was moderate, there was a weakly significant relationship between mothers' psychological resilience and paternal participation (r = 0.021; p < 0.01). Practice implications Nurses' knowledge and sensitivity about mentally special needs children and their families should be increased. It should be ensured that families can easily ask questions to the healthcare personnel, receive counseling, and information from nurses with a positive approach.

IntroductionDikmen Valley is a slum district where the Municipality of Ankara intended to start an urban transformation project. Dikmen neighborhood includes nearly 1000 houses which the Municipiality attempted to pull down suddenly at night in the winter of 2007.Residents of Dikmen Valley resisted and managed to stop this attempt. Whole event was experienced as an acute trauma as well as a continuous experience of anxiety because of ongoing risk of another attack.AimThe aim of the present study was to investigate the psychological consequences of the whole process.MethodsThe study sample consisted of 201 individuals from 106 households, and a total of 178 individuals from 102 households was taken as comparison group from another slum neighborhood where residents did not experience any threat to their houses. The Beck Depression Inventory, the Spielberger Trait Anxiety Scale, and the General Self-Efficacy Scale were used for assessment.ResultsDikmen sample was found to have a statistically significant higher mean score of anxiety and depression compared to the comparison group. Dikmen had a higher level of general self-efficacy belief than the comparison group after controlling for depression and anxiety scores.ConclusionsAlthough the traumatic process after an attack of pulling down and the threat of losing one's house resulted with a depressive state and anxiety in Dikmen residents, unexpectedly they had a high level of general self-efficacy. To the researchers’ observations, a social transformational process has been realized resulting with an overall high general self-efficacy level in Dikmen neighborhood.

Bu araştırma pediatri doktor ve hemşirelerinin öfke, problem çözme ve tükenmişlik düzeylerini belirlemek amacıyla kesitsel-tanımlayıcı modelde tasarlanmıştır. 92 hemşire ve 51 doktor ile yapılan araştırmanın verileri 'Kişisel Bilgi Formu', 'Öfke ve Öfkeyi İfade Etme Tarzı Ölçeği, 'Problem Çözme Envanteri' ve 'Maslach Tükenmişlik Ölçeği' kullanılarak toplanmış, SSPS 22,0 programında analiz edilmiştir. Veriler Mann-Whitney U, Kruskall-Wallis ve Pearson korelasyon testleri ile değerlendirilmiştir. Örneklem grubunu oluşturan pediatri hemşirelerinin öfke kontrol düzeylerinin yüksek (20,86±6,70), problem çözme becerilerinin zayıf (hemşire=2,34±0,68) olduğu, pediatri doktorlarının öfke kontrolünün zayıf (21,63±6,52), problem çözme becerilerinin yüksek (2,46±0,47) olduğu ve her iki meslek grubunun da tükenmişlik yaşadıkları (doktor=28,61±12,06, hemşire=26,90±11,90) belirlenmiştir. Araştırmada sürekli öfke ile tükenmişlik arasında pozitif yönlü orta dereceli, problem çözme ile tükenmişlik arasında negatif yönde zayıf ilişki belirlenmiştir. Belirlenen sonuçlar doğrultusunda; hemşirelik eğitiminde olduğu kadar, mezuniyet sonrasında da kurumlarda öfke ve problem çözme yeterliliğine yönelik programların geliştirilmesi önerilmektedir.