T he main aim of this study is to investigate whether there are relationships between perceived partner responsiveness (PPR), co-regulation of negative affect between romantic partners and binge eating. Data were collected from 148 opposite-sex romantic partners (18-61 years old) with the mean relationship duration being 8.04 years. Dyadic data were analysed through the actor-partner interdependence model framework. We proposed a model where co-regulation between partners has indirect effects on the relationship between PPR and binge eating. Results showed that there was no direct association between PPR and binge eating scores of the participants. However, significant direct associations were found regarding both actor and partner effects of PPR on co-regulation between romantic partners. In addition, there were four significant indirect effects: Women's co-regulation had an indirect effect on the link between PPR and women's binge eating scores. Similarly, women's co-regulation had also a significant indirect effect on the link between PPR and men's binge eating. These findings are the first to illustrate a relationship between PPR and binge eating. This study is the first attempt to examine binge eating in terms of co-regulation processes.

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The new form of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020. Then, the citizens were required to stay in their homes. In this process, social media has become the users' window to the global village. With the prolongation of the isolation process, the use and importance of these platforms in communication, entertainment, socialization, and access to instant information about the pandemic have increased. People and institutions responsible for pandemic management have started to frequently benefit from social media platforms in risk communication activities to create public awareness about the disease and reinforce individuals' beliefs to comply with the precautions. In this study, the person responsible for COVID-19 pandemic planning and response in Turkey, the Minister of Health's, Twitter account was analyzed. The posts shared by the Minister of Health were subjected to content analysis, and the messages conveyed to the citizens were examined from the perspective of the health belief model.

The new form of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020. Then, the citizens were required to stay in their homes. In this process, social media has become the users' window to the global village. With the prolongation of the isolation process, the use and importance of these platforms in communication, entertainment, socialization, and access to instant information about the pandemic have increased. People and institutions responsible for pandemic management have started to frequently benefit from social media platforms in risk communication activities to create public awareness about the disease and reinforce individuals' beliefs to comply with the precautions. In this study, the person responsible for COVID-19 pandemic planning and response in Turkey, the Minister of Health's, Twitter account was analyzed. The posts shared by the Minister of Health were subjected to content analysis, and the messages conveyed to the citizens were examined from the perspective of the health belief model.

This study aimed to investigate role of social media on patient loyalty. Based on related literature review, for assessing patient loyalty, a measurement scale, testing satisfaction shared by patient through social media, patient trust, strength of hospital-patient communication on social media, and perceived image of hospital on social media was developed. The data was collected from 625 patients by selfadministered online questionnaires. Hypotheses about the role of social media were suggested based on existing body of knowledge so that we aimed to examine underlying mechanism between the predictors and patient loyalty by means of Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) framework. Findings demonstrated that satisfaction, shared by patients through social media, mediated the association between patient trust, strength of hospital-patient communication on social media, perceived image of hospital on social media, and patient loyalty. The findings provide an original empirical model with respect to gaining loyal patients whom are customers of hospitals and highlight the important role of social media in health communication. ÖzBu çalışma, sosyal medyanın hasta sadakati üzerindeki rolünü incelemeyi hedeflemiştir. Hasta sadakatini değerlendirmek için; hastalar tarafından sosyal medyada paylaşılan memnuniyeti, hasta güvenini, sosyal medya üzerinde hastanehasta iletişiminin gücünü ve hastanenin sosyal medyada algılanan imajını test eden bir ölçüm envanteri, ilgili literatür temel alınarak geliştirilmiştir. Veriler çevrimiçi anket vasıtasıyla 625 kişiden toplanmıştır. Literatürde yer alan bulgular göz önünde bulundurularak hipotezler geliştirilmiş ve hasta sadakatini yordayan değişkenlerin Yapısal Eşitlik Modeli (YEM) aracılığı ile incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Çalışmanın sonuçları, sosyal medyada hastalar tarafından paylaşılan memnuniyetin; yordayıcı değişkenler (hasta güveni, sosyal medya üzerinde hastane-hasta iletişiminin gücü, hastanenin sosyal medyada algılanan imajı) ve hasta sadakati arasındaki ilişki üzerinde aracı değişken olduğunu göstermiştir. Bulgular, hastanelerin müşterileri olan sadık hastalar kazanma noktasında özgün ampirik bir model sağlamakla beraber sosyal medyanın sağlık iletişimindeki önemini vurgulamaktadır.