The main purpose of this study is to examine the mediator and moderator role of positive and negative affectivity variables on the relationship between optimism and life satisfaction in university students. 397 university students, ranging in age from 18 to 27 (M = 20.98), attending different departments of the Faculty of Education, at Pamukkale University in Turkey participated as subjects in the study. Data were collected by using PANAS, LOT, and SWLS. The relationship between optimism and satisfaction was partially mediated by both positive and negative affectivity. Hierarchical regression analysis indicated that positive and negative affectivity did not moderate the relationship between optimism and life satisfaction.

Amaç: Bu çalışma, Akılcı Duygusal Davranış Terapileri çerçevesinde geliştirilen Koşulsuz Kendini Kabulü Ölçeği'nin Türk üniversite öğrencileri için geçerliğini ve güvenirliğini saptamayı amaçlamaktadır.

ABSTRACT. Many scales have been developed to measure social support which is an important area of research. The purpose of this study is to determine the validity and reliability of Perceived Available Support Scale (PASS) which was developed by Schulz and Schwarzer (2003). The Turkish version of PASS was administered to 425 college students in two different studies. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) for the scale reached an adequate conformity value. As a result, the scale's factor structure with two subscales of emotional and instrumental was confirmed. Correlation coefficient between anxiety and depression scales with the PASS is computed. A negative significant correlation was found between the PASS with the scores of anxiety and depression scales. Also, there was a positive correlation between PASS and its subscales and the scales of psychological wellbeing. Nevertheless, the results of item-total correlations (r= . SUMMARYSocial support has been the focus of many disciplines, such as psychology, psychiatry, social work, nursing, public health and sociology. Social support has four dimensions: emotional, cognitional, social relations and instrumental.

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The aim of the current study is to adapt the Picture-Based Value Survey for Children (PBVS-C) to Turkish in order to determine the values of elementary school level children. The participants were students from three different schools, age group of 7-12 (573 students: 270 (47%) male and 303 (53%) female). The Picture-Based Value Survey for Children (PBVS-C) was used to measure children's values. Multi-dimensional Scaling analyses (MDS) was used to create the model. The data analysis showed that the scale being developed based on Schwartz's theoretical model featured different dimensions for some of the values; e.g. different results were obtained for the "universalizm" dimension. Children make moral judgements from the very early periods of their lives, so their values begin to develop at quite early ages.