Background: The earthquakes, which occurred on 6 February 2023, affecting a total of eleven provinces in Türkiye, with magnitudes of 7.7 and 7.6, and killing around 50,000 people, caused the greatest loss of life compared to previous earthquakes in Türkiye. In this study, we analyse the psychological status of the adult individuals who experienced the earthquakes three months after the earthquakes in terms of different variables. Methods: In this research, an analytical cross-sectional study was conducted by applying face-to-face and online questionnaires to 402 adult individuals who had experienced the earthquake. The Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21), the Dark Future Scale and Doomscrolling Scale were applied. The relationships between variables are discussed in this study using the predictive correlational model. Results: The results revealed that the participants had very high levels of future anxiety and moderate levels of doomscrolling after the earthquake. Although their psychological distress levels were relatively low, as the psychological distress levels of adult individuals who experienced the earthquake increased, their doomscrolling also increased. In addition, as individuals’ future anxiety increases, their doomscrolling increases similarly. The mediation analysis reveals that the mediating role of future anxiety between psychological distress and doomscrolling is significant (p < .001). Conclusion: Individuals are more exposed to negative news streams in negative life events that occur beyond their control and they need to search for information. Increased levels of depression, anxiety and stress lead to more exposure to this flow. In addition, future anxiety is also an important trigger of this behaviour. The effects of psychological distress on individuals who survived the earthquake are discussed in the context of the literature.

Bu araştırmanın amacı, ilköğretim 7. sınıf sosyal bilgiler öğretimi bağlamında müzeler ve tarihi mekânlardan etkili yararlanmaya yönelik öğretim etkinlikleri tasarlayarak bu etkinlikleri uygulamak ve bu etkinliklerin öğrencilerin sosyal bilgilere özgü becerilerinin (değişim ve sürekliliği algılama, tarihsel empati, gözlem, mekânı algılama, zaman ve kronolojiyi algılama, sosyal katılım) geliştirilmesinde ne derece faydalı olduğunu belirlemektir. Nitel araştırma yöntemi temelinde eylem araştırması modeline göre desenlenen araştırma kapsamında Manisa ili Yunusemre ilçesinde yer alan resmi bir ortaokuldaki 36 kişilik (20 kız, 16 erkek) bir sınıfla Manisa’nın müzeleri ve tarihi mekânları içerisinden seçilen dokuz ayrı mekâna (Manisa Müzesi, Muradiye Camisi, Tıp Tarihi Müzesi, tarihi Kula evleri, Sard Antik Kenti, Sultaniye Külliyesi, Keskinoğlu Klasik Araç Müzesi, Manisa Ulu Cami, Ravika Köyü Müzesi) yönelik müze öncesi okulda, müzede ve müze sonrası okulda olmak üzere toplamda 34 ayrı etkinlik geliştirilerek uygulanmıştır. Uygulamaların, öğrencilerin sosyal bilgiler öğretim programında yer alan becerilerini nasıl ve ne yönde etkilediğini ortaya koymak amacıyla veri üretme aracı olarak gözlem, görüşme ve doküman analizi kullanılmıştır. Gözlem ve görüşmeler yoluyla elde edilen verilere içerik analizi; öğrenci ürünlerinden elde edilen verilere doküman analizi yapılmıştır. Yapılan uygulamalar neticesinde öğrencilerde sosyal bilgilere özgü becerilerin geliştiği görülmüştür.

The current research aims to reveal how place-based education (PBE) increases prospective social studies teachers’ awareness of the local community and develops a sense of place in them. We employed the case study model to achieve this purpose. In the first stage of the study, each of the 14 participants studying at a public university located in Konya, a city in south-central Turkey, interviewed 10 people to determine local people’s level of awareness of local historical and cultural elements. In the second stage, the participants developed various projects based on the data obtained from the interviews to increase local people’s awareness of local historical and cultural heritage elements. In the third stage, the participants submitted their projects to relevant stakeholders. We evaluated the data by using the content analysis method. The results of the study showed that PBE applications promoted prospective teachers’ sense of place and social participation skills. Besides, it was determined that these applications contributed to the active learning, communication, research, and historical thinking skills of the participants. The results are discussed with the relevant literature in terms of integrating PBE applications into undergraduate education, and some suggestions are presented.

The 7.7- and 7.6-magnitude earthquakes that struck Türkiye on 6 February 2023 generated considerable material and moral damage. Traumas, such as earthquakes, often lead to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in individuals; however, trauma may have the effect of transforming individuals in a positive sense, promoting post-traumatic growth (PTG). Although it is not possible to prevent trauma, reducing the adverse effects of trauma and focusing on positive opportunities and outcomes may help individuals to progress in more healthy ways. This study focused on the relationship between PTSD and PTG among earthquake survivors. It examined the potential mediating roles of self-compassion and spiritual well-being and their effects on PTG. Data were obtained from 390 survivors one year after the earthquake. Participants completed scales assessing PTSD (earthquake-related), PTG, self-compassion, and spiritual well-being. The results indicated that PTSD symptoms often persisted one year after earthquake-related trauma. Individuals with high PTSD scores also had high PTG scores. Self-compassion and spiritual well-being in coping with traumatic events mediated the relationship between PTSD and PTG. Thus, while the adverse psychological effects of the earthquake often persisted a year later, high levels of self-compassion and spiritual well-being after trauma appeared to exert positive effects and reduce PTSD. The findings may help guide future efforts of mental health professionals to reduce the traumatic effects of earthquakes.

This study aims to examine the structural relationships between problematic social media use (PSMU), social anxiety on social networking sites (SNSs), social media burnout (SMB), and discontinuous use from a stress-strain-outcome (SSO) framework. The research sample is 715 college students in Türkiye (58.5% female, M_age: 21.71). Based on the SSO framework, PSMU and users’ social anxiety on SNSs were identified as stressors. In response to these stressors, users’ experience of SMB was determined as strain. As a result of this strain, users’ discontinuous use of SNSs was identified as the outcome. Moderated mediation analyses revealed that SMB mediated the negative effect of PSMU on discontinuous use. The mediating effect of SMB was moderated by users’ social anxiety on SNSs. Users’ social anxiety on SNSs had a buffering moderating effect on the relationship between PSMU and discontinuous use. The moderating effect of users’ social anxiety on SNSs was significant in the positive relationship between SMB and discontinuous use. SMB was positively correlated with both PSMU and discontinuous use. Similarly, self-evaluation anxiety and shared content anxiety were positively correlated with both PSMU and discontinuous use. These findings provide empirical evidence for the relatively new “SMB paradox” literature and extend the “paradox of social anxiety” phenomenon, which reveals contradictions in the face-to-face socialization process, to social media. The results demonstrate complex relationships between the antecedents of discontinuous use from the SSO framework.