This research investigated the effects of perceived social support and psychological resilience on social media addiction among university students. The research group was composed of 503 university students. The ages of participant students varied between 17 and 31 years old. 340 (67.6%) of the participants are female and 163 (32.4%) of them are male. The Personal Information Form, Perceived Social Support Scale, Psychological Resilience Scale, and Social Media Addiction Scale were used as data collection instruments. The data obtained were analyzed with the Pearson's correlation and hierarchic regression. Negative relationship was observed between perceived social support and social media addiction and between psychological resilience and social media addiction. Furthermore, it was found that perceived social support significantly predicted the subscale of perceived social support from friends and psychological resilience was a significantly predictor of social media addiction. The findings were discussed in the light of the related literature.

, the new type of coronavirus, has become a global epidemic that has influenced the whole world. In order to cope with this virus, studies to increase the awareness of individuals have gained importance. The aim of this study is to develop a valid and reliable measurement tool for measuring Coronavirus (Covid-19) awareness. The study was conducted with a total of 403 people aged between 18 and 30. Ethics committee approval was given at the meeting of Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University Human Researches and Publication Ethics Committee on 31.08.2020/no:849. For exploratory factor analysis with a total of 191 people and for confirmatory factor analysis with a total 212 people were studied. As a result of exploratory factor analysis, a structure consisting of 17 items and 3 factors was obtained. It was seen that the three-factor structure explained 62% of the total variance related to the scale. It was observed that the common variance values of the scale items ranged between .33 and .74, and the item factor load values ranged between .55 and .80. A result of confirmatory factor analysis, it was found that fit indices were within acceptable limits (x 2 /df =231,179, SRMR=.05, GFI=.90, AGFI=.85, CFI=.95, TLI=.94, IFI=.95, NFI=.91 RMSEA=.07). Cronbach Alpha internal consistency coefficient of the scale was found .93 for the first factor, .87 for the second factor and .82 for the third factor. The first factor of the scale, called "Contagion Precaution Awareness" (CPA), consisted of 9 items, the second factor called "Awareness of Following Current Developments" (AFCD) and 4 items, and the third factor called "Hygiene Precaution Awareness" (HPA). As a result, it was determined that the Coronavirus (Covid-19) Awareness Scale (CAS) is a valid and reliable scale that can be used in future studies.

This study examined the relationship between social media addiction, game addiction and family functions in adolescents. Respondent of this study is 762 students studying at four different high schools of the province of İstanbul. In the study, Pearson Moment Correlation Coefficient was found to determine the level of relationships between social media addiction, game addiction and family functions in adolescents. The effects of social media addiction and game addiction in adolescents on family functions were examined with regression analysis technique. When the relationships between social media addiction, game addiction and family functions in adolescents were examined, a positive relationship was found between social media and game addiction, while a positive significant relationship was found between both social media and game addiction and unhealthy family functions. In addition, it was also concluded that social media addiction and game addiction in adolescents were significant predictors of all subdimensions of family functions.

During COVID-19 period, positive psychology and positive aspects of human nature become important. The aim of this study is to examine the mediating role of self-transcendence and psychological resilience in the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and subjective happiness in university students during the COVID-19 period. The Fear of COVID-19 Scale, Brief Resilience Scale, Self-transcendence Scale and Subjective Happiness Scale were completed online by 437 university students. According to the results of correlation analysis, positive significant correlations were found between psychological resilience, self-transcendence and subjective happiness and fear of COVID-19 was negatively related to these variables. The mediating roles were examined by using the bootstrap method with Hayes’ PROCESS template. As a result of this analysis, the serial multiple mediation of self-transcendence and psychological resilience in the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and subjective happiness was statistically significant. Obtained findings were discussed in line with the literature and suggestions were made to the researchers.<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0555/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

Self-confidence continues to develop as long as an individual lives and the level of self-confidence affects the individual positively or negatively in every moment of life. Although the high level of selfconfidence provides benefits to the individual in many different areas, it is seen that individuals with low self-confidence experience problems in many areas. Therefore, it is important to examine the studies about self-confidence. The aim of this study was to investigate self-confidence of related postgraduate theses made in Turkey. Document analysis method was used in the research. The sample of the research consisted of 91 postgraduate theses, archived by Department of Higher Education Publication Documentation, restrained as self-confidence. As a result of the study, it was found that there was a significant increase especially in master theses about self-confidence after 2012, and most of the studies were conducted in the field of social sciences and educational sciences. In the theses, it was determined that adults and university students mostly worked as samples. Quantitative research design was used in most of the studies and it was revealed that the most commonly used method was the survey method. In data analysis techniques, ANOVA, correlation and t-test were the most commonly used statistical techniques. Finally, when the concepts studied with self-confidence were examined, it was found that self-confidence was mainly focused on the fields of education, family, sports and arts.