ABSTRACT. The aim of this study was to investigate the psychological resilience and hopelessness as a predictor of life satisfaction of teacher candidates who have formation training. For this purpose, the Life Satisfaction Scale, the Resilience Scale for Adults and Beck Hopelessness Scale Cukurova University Department of Educational Sciences in the field of education training 140 (63 female, 77 male) were administered to prospective teachers. To see the interrelationships of variables in the study, Pearson Product Moment Correlation and multiple regression analysis in order to see the order in which they contribute to technical and life satisfaction of the predictive variables technique were used. The findings show that there is a positive correlation between life satisfaction and psychological resilience; there is a negative correlation between hopelessness and life satisfaction. In addition, prospective teachers in psychological resilience and hopelessness was found to predict life satisfaction.

Background and aimThere are a significant number of Turkish speaking immigrants living in London. Their special health issues including women's health, mental health, and alcohol and smoking habits has been assessed. The aim of this study was to explore the ongoing challenges in access to health care services and its impact on Quality of Life of immigrants.Material and methodsThis cross-sectional population-based study was conducted between March and August 2010 with Turkish immigrants (n = 416) living in London. Of these, 308 (74%) were Turkish and 108 (26%) were Turkish Cypriots. All healthy or unhealthy adults of 17-65 years of age were enrolled. A structured questionnaire with 44 items in five subcategories and 26-items WHOQOL BREF were used.ResultsMean duration of stay for Turkish Cypriots (26.9 ± 13.9 years) was significantly longer than Turkish immigrants (13.3 ± 7.5) (p < 0.001). Turkish immigrants (n = 108, 36.5%) need interpretation more often when using health services than Turkish Cypriots (n = 16, 15%) (p < 0.001). Multivariate analyses suggested significant effects of older age, non-homeownership, low socioeconomic class, poor access to health services, being ill, poor community integration and being obese on physical well-being and also significant effects of low income and poor community integration on perceived overall Quality of Life (WHOQOL) of the participants.ConclusionsThe results of this study demonstrate how the health and well-being of members of the Turkish speaking community living in London are affected by social aspects of their lives. Providing culturally competent care and interpretation services and advocacy may improve the accessibility of the health care.

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This study aims to investigate the views of socially advantaged (N = 8) and disadvantaged mothers (N = 8) whose children are aged between 48 and 66 months old about the issue of sexual abuse before and after the training provided to them. The views of mothers in both groups were investigated before and after the 5-week experience-based training about my body belongs to me, knowing and expressing feelings, good and bad touch, good and bad secrets, knowing how to say no, and help resources. The data were analyzed using content analysis methods. The study showed that the mothers have inaccurate or insufficient information and approaches about preventing sexual abuse. However, short-term training provided to the mothers changed their views, and the mothers in the disadvantaged group gained more awareness. The mothers in both groups stated that sexual abuse prevention trainings should be disseminated in preschool institutions.

The general purpose of this study is to investigate the client-counsellor interaction in the psychological counseling process at the verbal behavior level. The study also aims to analyze the relationship between the behaviors observed in the process with both clients and counsellors' evaluations of sessions and whether changes were observed in clients' lives and behaviors after psychological counseling. The data were collected from 69 senior students in a Department of Psychological Counseling and Guidance in Turkey and from the same number of clients to whom they provided counseling services. The partial sampling method was used because smaller sampling was needed in order to describe successful and unsuccessful therapeutic processes in a more detailed way. The study made use of the "Psychotherapy Interaction Coding System," "Session Satisfaction Scale," and "Changes in Life and Behaviours Scale." Results show that psychological counsellors' display of empathetic and supportive type behaviors are dependent on the participation or cooperation of the client. Both clients and counsellors' satisfaction levels concerning the sessions demonstrated a significant relationship. Moreover, clients and the psychological counsellors' satisfaction levels concerning sessions were positively associated with some of the behaviors that they demonstrated during the process. In terms of the criterion, "changes in life and behaviors," successful and less successful group session satisfaction was found to differ in terms of a number of behaviors displayed during the process. The counsellors in the successful group showed more empathetic and supportive behaviors than the counsellors in the unsuccessful group. While counsellors in the successful group expressed their emotions, informed about changes, and demonstrated participation/cooperation more frequently, they demonstrated less inhibitive type behaviors, which were found to negatively affect the process.