A Value Model for Depressive Symptoms and Hopelessness Among University Students in Turkey

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“…Furthermore, other cultural frameworks such as Schwartz’s cultural values can be investigated in conjunction with anticipated stigma. For example, in previous work, Turkish university students reported that conformity, security, and tradition were important cultural values for them (Bilican, Yapici, & Kutlu, 2016). This could also imply that conservation of traditional values will be endorsed as opposed to change in the Turkish context, increasing anticipation of stigma upon deviations from norms.…”

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Culture and concealable stigmatized identities: Examining anticipated stigma in the United States and Turkey.

Ikizer¹,

Ramírez-Esparza²,

Quinn³

2018

Stigma and Health

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Previous work shows that people with concealable stigmatized identities are at risk for heightened psychological distress (depression and anxiety), and one predictor for increased distress is greater anticipated stigma. Anticipated stigma is the concern that 1 will receive disparagement and poor treatment from others if the stigmatized identity becomes known. Stigma is socially constructed and thus the anticipation and experience of stigma is likely to differ across cultures in which relational ties differ. In the current work, we examined anticipated stigma and psychological distress with Turkish (N ϭ 147) and American (N ϭ 197) individuals with concealable stigmatized identities. The Turkish culture is rated higher in collectivism than the American culture and thus people with concealable stigmatized identities may be more concerned about others' evaluations of them than people living in the more individualistic American culture. Results show that both Turkish and American participants with higher anticipated stigma experienced more anxiety and depression, replicating earlier work. In addition, Turkish individuals experienced higher mean levels of anticipated stigma and depression than their American counterparts. The effects of culture on depression were partially mediated by anticipated stigma. Thus, the relationship between anticipated stigma and psychological distress is replicable but may also be exacerbated or attenuated by cultural factors.

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Culture and concealable stigmatized identities: Examining anticipated stigma in the United States and Turkey.

Ikizer¹,

Ramírez-Esparza²,

Quinn³

2018

Stigma and Health

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“…The most common mental health problems seen in university students are depression, anxiety, and stress (Beiter et al, 2015). According to the studies conducted over the last decade, the prevalence of depression among university students ranges from 23.2% to 79%, the prevalence of anxiety from 17.1% to 86.3%, and the prevalence of stress from 20.2% to 72.9% (Bilican, Yapici, & Kutlu, 2016;Cam & Top, 2018;Ediz, Ozcakir, & Bilgel, 2017;Mahmoud, Staten, Hall, & Lennie, 2012;Ozen, Ercan, Irgil, & Sigirli, 2010;Saleh, Camart, & Romo, 2017;Salem, Allah, & Said, 2016;Savcı & Aysan, 2014;Zeng et al, 2019). When depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms intensify and persist for a long time, they disrupt the functionality of university students in different areas of life; and they also prevent them from living a healthy, successful, productive, and happy life (Arslan & Örnek, 2018).…”

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Depression, Anxiety, and Stress in University Students: Effects of Dysfunctional Attitudes, Self-Esteem, and Age

Asici

Sarı

2022

Acta Educationis Generalis

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Introduction: This study aimed to investigate the direct and indirect effects of dysfunctional attitudes (perfectionism and dependency) and age on depression, anxiety, and stress and the mediator role of self-esteem in these relationships in undergraduate university students. Methods: This study was designed as a relational study to examine the relationships between dysfunctional attitudes, depression, anxiety, stress, self-esteem, and age using path analysis technique. The participants consisted of 407 undergraduate university students, 287 females and 120 males. The data were collected using the Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale (DASS-21), the short form of the Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale (DAS-17), the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale, and Demographic Information Form. Results: The findings showed that perfectionism positively affected the participants’ depression and stress levels; however, direct effect of the perfectionism on anxiety was not significant at the alpha level of .05. Dependency directly and positively affected their stress level; however, it did not have a significant effect on their depression and anxiety levels. Self-esteem and age directly and negatively affected their depression, anxiety, and stress levels. Perfectionism and dependency negatively affected their self-esteem. Finally, dependency positively affected their depression, anxiety, and stress levels through the mediation of self-esteem. Discussion: The findings showed that the students with high self-esteem would stay away from depression, anxiety, and stress. University students, who want to be flawless in all tasks and to be approved by others, have difficulties in making positive judgments about their selves. When the perfectionist and dependent students face difficulties, they may react emotionally, physically or behavioraly, and may feel disappointed, unhappy, guilty or depressed. The students who lose self-esteem, self-confidence, and optimism due to not feeling perfect may be more depressive and stressful. Self-esteem was found to have a full mediator role in the relationship between dependency and both depression and anxiety. The beliefs about the necessity of approval by others for being happy indirectly lead to worries about experiencing bad events in the future and being sad, unhappy, and depressed. These beliefs increase the negative self-judgments and cause losing self-confidence and underestimating the abilities and success. When the university students lose their self-esteem due to being disapproved by others, they may feel guilty, unhappy, depressive, and anxious. Self-esteem had a partial mediator role in the relationship between dependency and stress. Considering that stress is a reaction occurring when an individual feels threatened, it might be thought that the university students, who have beliefs about dependency, feel more threatened. The students who are not approved by others lose their self-esteem, so they may experience more stress. Finally, the increase in age led to a decrease in depression, anxiety, and stress. In addition to the developmental difficulties, the difficulties about university life may cause younger university students to experience more depression, anxiety, and stress. Limitations: The data were collected from the students enrolled in the same university in the South-Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. The gender distribution of the participants was not balanced. The participants of this study were selected using the convenience sampling method. This study was designed quantitatively. Conclusion: The results revealed that low self-esteem and the presence of dysfunctional attitudes were important risk factors in terms of university students’ mental health. In order to prevent depression, anxiety, and stress in university students, the university counseling centers may organize individual or group counseling practices. These counseling practices should aim to support the development of self-esteem. Besides, psycho-educational programs aiming to increase self-esteem should be conducted.

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Multidimensional Inventory for Religious Spiritual Well-Being (MI RSWB 48): Validation with Iranian psychiatric outpatients

Atoofi

Dadfar

Turan

et al. 2019

Mental Health, Religion & Culture

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A Value Model for Depressive Symptoms and Hopelessness Among University Students in Turkey

Cited by 6 publications

References 63 publications

Culture and concealable stigmatized identities: Examining anticipated stigma in the United States and Turkey.

Culture and concealable stigmatized identities: Examining anticipated stigma in the United States and Turkey.

Depression, Anxiety, and Stress in University Students: Effects of Dysfunctional Attitudes, Self-Esteem, and Age

Multidimensional Inventory for Religious Spiritual Well-Being (MI RSWB 48): Validation with Iranian psychiatric outpatients

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