Adolescents have been called the “digital natives of the technology age”, but determining adolescents’ awareness, attitudes and behavior with respect to technology addiction (TA) is important for developing balanced and effective approaches to support their physical and psychological well-being after the COVID-19 pandemic. For this reason, the present study investigates the impact of attitudes on TA behavior in 382 adolescents by gender and extent of technology use. Three scales were used to determine adolescents’ TA awareness, attitude, and behavior. The results of the dual-moderated mediation model show that gender and duration of technology use (h) moderated the full mediation of attitude on awareness and behavior in TA ( F = 39.29, df = 9;372, p < .01). The indirect effect in males with 16.04 h per day of technology use is stronger (.24) than the indirect effect in males with 4.90 h per day of technology use (.13). In addition, the simple slope plot shows that when attitude scores increase, addictive behavior rises in females (simple slope = .74, t = 8.79, p < .01). On the other hand, with 16.04 h per day of technology use, when attitude scores decrease, addictive behavior rises in females (simple slope = .69, t = 7.59, p < .01). Furthermore, when the attitude scores increase, addictive behavior rises in males (simple slope = .85, t = 13.26, p < .01). As a result, the psychoeducational intervention programs to be implemented for TA should not only focus on awareness, but should also encompass behavioral, cognitive and lifestyle changes.

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In this research which was carried out in screening model to find out the perceptions of the secondary school teachers, concerning the concept of "principal" through metaphors, phenomenology, one of the qualitative research designs was utilized. Research group is composed of 210 voluntary teachers working in 16 secondary schools in the central district of Siirt in 2016-2017 school year, through maximum variation sampling method. Research data was collected through a semi-structured form consisting statements such as "School principal is as …, because …". In the evaluation of research data, "content analysis" method was utilized. As a result of the research, it was determined that teachers use 96 metaphors in relation to school principals, which were categorized under 11 different themes. Accordingly, teachers mostly perceive school principals as "a guiding and leading person". However, the category with the least metaphors and the least participation is the category: "School Principal as the person storing information". Moreover, it was found out that teachers have a high level of metaphors of school principals. In the research, it was generally concluded that teachers have a positive metaphors of school principals.

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The concept of integration, defined as a harmonization process between the host society and immigrants, aims to maintain peaceful and social relationships. This study aims to measure the social integration of immigrants; to analyse multidimensionality the integration level of women Syrian refugees in Turkey; and to determine whether the integration status of refugee women differs according to age, marital status, number of children in the family and number of individuals in the family. In the study, the Social Integration of Immigrant Scale, which consists of four sub-dimensions, was used as a data-collection tool. When the validity and reliability analysis results of the scale were evaluated, it was concluded that Social Integration of Immigrant Scale was an appropriate instrument for psychometric use. In the result of the research, it was seen that refugee women have a high level of integration. It has been concluded that the social integration of Syrian women is highest in education and lowest in social inclusion.