The use of artificial intelligence (AI) applications is increasing in daily life. However, despite its remarkable capabilities, the widespread integration of this technology into all aspects of human life also carries the risk of causing unforeseen psychological difficulties for humanity. For this reason, it is necessary to identify the factors that may particularly affect artificial intelligence anxiety. We examined the sequential mediation effect of AI literacy and attitudes towards AI on the relationship between generative AI acceptance and AI anxiety. The study was conducted with 494 university students (M _age = 21.84, SD = 1.24). The research model was designed according to the PROCESS Macro model 80 proposed by Hayes. Data were analyzed using the SPSS v.26 program, Pearson’s correlations, and Hayes’s PROCESS macro method for mediation. The results revealed that AI anxiety has significant relationships with generative AI acceptance, AI literacy, and attitudes toward AI. Indirect effect tests supported the mediating relationship between attitudes toward AI and AI literacy. These results help us understand the underlying mechanism in the relationship between generative AI acceptance and AI anxiety.

The aim of this study is to examine the mediating role of coping with stress and psychological resilience in the relationship between happiness and perceived stress of COVID-19 fear in Turkish adul...

This study aims to examine the meaning of life, and the mediating effect of strategies for coping with earthquake stress in the relationship between depression, and life satisfaction in survivors of the 2023 Kahramanmaraş centered earthquakes. The participants of this study were 472 adults (31.1% male, 68.9% female; M_age = 24.52) who were affected by earthquakes. The data of the study were tested with the bootstrapping-based PROCESS macro program (Model-81). The results showed that depression negatively predicted life satisfaction. Meaning of life mediated the relationship between depression and life satisfaction. However, problem solving and cognitive avoidance coping strategies reduced the effects of depression and the meaning of life on life satisfaction. These results can be a resource for mental health services for earthquake victims. At the same time, the study provides evidence that protecting personal resources in disaster situations positively affects life satisfaction in terms of conservation of resources theory (COR).

Son yaşadığımız 6 Şubat 2023 Kahramanmaraş Pazarcık ve Elbistan Merkezli depremler toplamda 11 ili etkilemiştir. Şiddetli hissedilen depremlerin, yoğun fiziksel yıkımla birlikte duygusal yönden de önemli sorunlara yol açtığı tahmin edilmektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, deprem sonrası yetişkin bireylerin depresyon düzeylerini cinsiyet, eğitim düzeyi ve yaş aralıklarına göre incelemektir. Bu araştırmaya Türkiye’de yaşayan toplam 458 yetişkin birey katılmıştır. Çalışma grubunu oluşturan yetişkin bireylerin 326’sı kadın (%71.2), 132’si (%28.8) erkektir. Google-formlar üzerinden hazırlanan anket formu çalışma grubuna kartopu örnekleme yöntemiyle ulaştırılmıştır. Araştırma verilerinin normallik varsayımı için çarpıklık ve basıklık değerleri incelenmiştir. Ardından bulgular bağımsız örneklemler için t testi ve varyans analizi kullanılarak incelenmiştir. Sonuçlar, yetişkin bireylerin depresyon düzeyleri cinsiyete göre farklılık göstermiştir. Kadınların deprem sonrası depresyon düzeyleri erkeklere göre daha yüksek bulunmuştur. Bir diğer bulgu sonucunda ise 18-35 yaş arası yetişkin bireylerin depresyon puan ortalaması 36 yaş ve üzeri bireylerden daha yüksek olduğu ortaya çıkmıştır. Ayrıca üniversite mezunu bireylerin depresyon puanlarının ilkokul ve lise mezunu bireylerden anlamlı olarak daha yüksek olduğu saptanmıştır. Bu çalışmadaki bulguların, doğal afetlerin uzun vadeli ruh sağlığı sonuçlarına ilişkin mevcut bilgilere katkıda bulunması beklenmektedir.

School burnout is a growing problem among university students. This two-wave longitudinal study examined the mediating effects of academic self-efficacy, grit, and academic resilience in the relationship between academic perfectionism and helicopter parenting, and school burnout in university students based on the Theory of Self- vs. Externally-Regulated Learning (SRL vs. ERL), and Social Cognitive Theory (SCT). A total of 481 college students completed measurements at Time 1 (T1) and Time 2 (T2) (M_age = 22.2; 61.5% female, 38.5% male). For analysis, the SPSS version 26 and Mplus version 7.0 were used. The results reveal that academic self-efficacy, grit, and academic resilience at Time 2 mediate the relationship between academic perfectionism and helicopter parent attitude at Time 1 and school burnout at Time 2. These findings reveal the key role of self-efficacy, grit, and academic resilience in reducing school burnout.