This was a descriptive and cross-sectional study conducted with adolescents to examine the correlation between Internet addiction and social phobia. The population of the study consisted of 24,260 students aged between 11 and 15 years. Sampling method was used from population with known number, and 1,450 students were calculated as sample of the study. In this study, 13.7% of the adolescents had an Internet addiction, and 4.2% spent more than 5 hr on the computer every day. There was a positive correlation between Internet addiction and social phobia. The form of time spent on Internet was examined in terms of addiction and social phobia; although Internet addiction was related to games, dating sites, and web surfing, social phobia was related to homework, games, and web surfing. It was hypothesized that adolescents with social phobia were Internet addicts, and the participants used the Internet to spend time rather than socialize.

Considering these results, we recommend that pediatric healthcare professionals use entertaining methods such as those involving clowns to teach and guide children regarding hygienic handwashing techniques.

During the first phases of adolescent development, young people have little self-efficacy and resistance against substance use. The aim of this study was to demonstrate the effectiveness of role-playing scenarios on the self-efficacy of students in resisting substance use. A pre test and post test study design was used with a single group. The study was carried out with 245 secondary school students. The scenario-based training, developed by the researchers, was presented by the school counselors once a week for 4 weeks. For this purpose, a booklet of scenarios was prepared for the teachers. The role-playing scenarios were intended to improve adolescents’ abilities to say “no” to substance offers, to prevent them from becoming addicted to certain substances, and to call for help if needed. The data of the study were collected using the Personal Information Form and the Self-Efficacy for Adolescences Protecting Substance Abuse Scale . The obtained data were assessed using percentages, chi-square, t test, and F test in the SPSS software. Results showed that, after the training, the mean score in the Self-Efficacy for Adolescences Protecting Substance Abuse Scale increased significantly (103.20 ± 20.00) compared with before the training (92.11 ± 17.08) (P < .05). Short-term outcomes of the class-based scenario training were observed to be effective in the development of students’ self-efficacy to resist the temptations of substance use.

This descriptive cross-sectional research sample was consisted of 613 high school students in Eastern Turkey. Data were collected by using the Questionnaire on Substance Use and its Causes and Self-Efficacy in the Prevention of Substance Abuse Scale (SEAPSAS). Data were analyzed with percentiles, Chi-Square, ANOVA, Kruskal Wallis, correlation and regression. Almost 40% of the students had tried smoking and 21.7% of them smoked sometimes or regularly. The mean age of students’ first cigarette use was 13.5. More than 60% of the students had tried alcohol and almost 50% of them drink alcohol sometimes or regularly. The mean score of SEAPSAS was 93.61 ± 18.99. Lower self-efficacy scores were found in males, in students who perceived themselves as unsuccessful at school, in those with negative family and friendship relations, in students who smoked, drank alcohol, who had a drug user in the family and who experienced traumatic events in a lifetime.

Araştırmanın amacı çocuk kliniklerine başvuran 5 yaş altı çocuğa sahip annelerin çocuklarında ateş görülme durumlarını ve annelerin ateş yönetimine ilişkin bilgi ve uygulamalarını değerlendirmektir.Yöntem: Araştırma Eylül 2015-Şubat 2016 tarihleri arasında, herhangi bir nedenle bir devlet hastanesinin çocuk polikliniğine başvuran ve araştırmaya katılmayı kabul eden 5 yaş altı çocuğa sahip 180 anne ile yürütüldü. Veriler araştırmacılar tarafından oluşturulan soru formu kullanılarak yaklaşık 10-15 dakika içerisinde yüz yüze görüşme tekniği kullanılarak toplandı. Elde edilen veriler SSPS programında sayı, yüzde, ki kare testleriyle analiz edildi.Bulgular: Yaş ortalaması 30.03±5.25 olan annelerin %42.8'i lise mezunu, %86.7'si çekirdek aileye sahip, %85.0'ı sosyal güvence kapsamında olup, %70.6'sı gelir durumunu orta düzey olarak ifade etti. Çocukların yaş ortalaması 3.12±1.45 idi. Annelerin %88.3'ü çocuklarının son bir yılda ateş sorunu yaşadığını, %87.2'si evde çocuklarına ait derece bulundurduğunu, %96.7'si çocuklarının ateşlerini ölçebildiğini ve %70.7'si vücut sıcaklığının 38°C ve üstü olmasını ateş olarak değerlendirdiğini ifade etti. Annelerin öğrenim ve çalışma durumu ile ateşe karar verme yöntemi arasında anlamlı fark görüldü.Sonuç: Elde edilen verilere göre, annelerin ateş yönetimi ile ilgili bilgi ve uygulamaları yetersiz olup, eğitim ve danışmanlık alma gereksinimleri vardır.