This study examines the links between vaccination status, fear of vaccination (cognitive and somatic symptoms), anxiety, alexithymia, and type D personality (negative affect and social inhibition), to propose policies to increase vaccination rates. A sample of university students (n = 2535; mean age = 20.59, SD = 2.04; male: 26.75%, female: 73.25%) from Spain, Italy, Lebanon, Nigeria, Turkey, and Ukraine completed the Vaccination Fear Scale (VFS-6), the Generalised Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD-7), the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire—Short Form (PAQ-S), the Type D Scale (DS14), and also a question on vaccination status. Correlation, regression, and network analyses were applied. Cognitive symptoms of fear of vaccination and negative affect were the most significant in the correlation and regression analyses. In the network analysis, negative affect showed the highest values in all centrality indices and positive relationships with other nodes. Vaccination status showed negative relationships with fear of vaccination, alexithymia, and social inhibition. The network structure is similar between the sexes but varies between cultures and sexes within cultures. The relationship between vaccination status and cognitive symptoms of fear of vaccination was the most consistent, allowing for interventions at this level to be advised across cultures. For more specific interventions, cultural context must be considered for optimal results.

It is necessary to supply proof regarding the construct validity of the scales. Especially, when new scales are developed the construct validity is researched by the Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA). Generally, factor extraction is performed via the Principal Component Analysis (PCA) which is not exactly factor analysis and the Principal Axis Factoring (PAF) among EFA methods. Factors may also be determined with different techniques depending on the advances in psychometry. In the context of nonparametric item response theory, the Mokken Scale Analysis (MSA) and the Automatic Item Selection Procedure (AISP) provide significant contributions to researchers in scale development studies. The aim of the current study is to compare the AISP and the EFA methods in determining the factor structures. The Revised Life Orientation Test, whose factor structure was previously known and validated, and the draft Expectation Scale from Academics in Distance Education Scale, which was at the preliminary stage of the scale development process with the unknown factor structure, were considered in this comparison. It was determined that the consistency of the findings obtained from the EFA, and the ones obtained from the AISP provided strong evidence in ensuring the construct validity. The PAF and the AISP produced similar results in this research. The PAF results should be taken into consideration instead of the PCA, especially in scale development studies. It is recommended that the AISP and the PAF results be evaluated together for strong evidence in the investigation of construct validity in scale development studies

The importance of reading skills both in daily life and in other courses, the fact that PISA 2009 parent questionnaire was not conducted in Turkey and that the relationship between parental variables and reading skills was not investigated within the framework of this questionnaire necessitate this study. The purpose of this study is to determine the parental variables that explain the reading skills success scores of the students with the information gathered from the parent questionnaire and students’ answers to the selected items of the PISA 2009 reading literacy test. Using the correlational model, this study has been carried out with 170 10th graders in Ankara and their parents. Data consists of information gathered from the parent questionnaire and the responses students give to the selected items of the PISA 2009 reading literacy test. Explanatory variables of the reading skills of the students have been determined with one of the decision trees methods, CHAID analysis. According to the findings of the study, it was found that the students whose parents think that most of the teachers in their school are qualified in their field and devoted to their work have higher scores in terms of reading success.

Bu araştırmanın amacı, eğitim fakültesi dördüncü sınıf öğrencilerinin aldıkları meslek bilgisi derslerinin sıralama yargıları kanunuyla ölçeklenmesidir. Araştırma 2012-2013 eğitim öğretim yılında Ankara Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Fakültesi ve Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi’nde eğitim gören toplam 313 son sınıf öğrencisi ile yürütülmüştür. Araştırmaya katılan öğrencilerin %69’u kadın, %31’i erkektir. Araştırmacılar tarafından geliştirilen “Meslek Bilgisi Derslerini Değerlendirme Formu” ölçekleme işlemi için kullanılmıştır. Yapılan ölçekleme işlemi sonunda öğrencilerin en önemli gördükleri ders “Okul Deneyimi” olarak bulunmuştur. Bu dersleri sırasıyla “Sınıf Yönetimi”, “Öğretim İlke ve Yöntemleri”, “Eğitim Psikolojisi”, “Öğretim Teknolojileri ve Materyal Tasarımı”, “Ölçme ve Değerlendirme” ve “Özel Eğitim” dersleri takip etmiştir.

The importance of measurement tools in education and psychology is indisputable. It is necessary to measure the affective characteristics of individuals in a valid and reliable manner. Numerous measurement tools have been developed to measure many psychological variables concerning humans. The aim of this research is to examine scale development studies in a technical sense and to determine the usage frequency of the reviewed studies. In line with the determined purpose, 43 motivation scales developed to measure motivation in various fields from the Turkey Index of Measurement Tools database were examined. In this study, which was designed as document analysis, one of the qualitative research designs, the data were examined through the forms developed by the researchers. According to the results, it was determined that there were serious technical errors in the development of measurement tools. It was determined that these errors are mainly in the concepts of test tryout and pilot application, exploratory factor analysis, and confirmatory factor analysis, which seriously affect the psychometric properties of the scales. In addition, when the usage frequencies of the scales were examined, more than half of the scales remained as just development work. Only 19 of the tools examined for motivation were used in other research studies. It is recommended that researchers work in accordance with the standard test development steps in developing scales. Before starting to develop a scale, it is recommended that researchers determine if the scale is really needed with a rigorous literature review.

Yapılan bu araştırmanın genel amacı; farklı kadro çeşitleriyle atanan araştırma görevlilerinin kadro çeşitliliği ile ilgili görüşlerini ve tek tip kadro türüyle atamaya giden süreçte atama ölçütlerine yönelik görüşlerini belirlemektir. Bu araştırma nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden durum çalışmasına örnektir. Araştırmada veriler araştırmacılar tarafından geliştirilen yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme formu ile toplanmıştır. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu farklı üniversitelerde araştırma görevlisi olarak çalışan ve lisansüstü eğitimlerine devam eden 15 katılımcı oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmanın verileri; içerik analizi ve betimsel analiz yöntemiyle çözümlenmiştir. Analiz sonuçlarına göre 50d kadrosunda bulunan araştırma görevlilerinin, 33a kadrosunda bulunanlara kıyasla iş garantisi olmaması nedeniyle çeşitli kaygılar yaşadıkları ve bu kaygıların akademik ve sosyal hayatlarını etkilediği belirlenmiştir. Kadro çeşitliliğinin sürekli değişmesi, ÖYP programına dahil olanların haklarının elinden alınması ve geri verilmemesi gibi sorunlar araştırma görevlilerinin akademiye, akademik gelişime ve akademik geleceğe yönelik kaygılarını artırmaktadır. Ayrıca atanma ölçütleriyle ilgili olarak; yabancı dil puanına ağırlık verilmesi, yabancı dil sınavının standart ve dil becerisini her boyutuyla ölçen bir test olarak düzenlenmesi, nitelikli mülakat ya da nitelikli ve merkezi bir bilim sınavının atanmada etkili olması, lisans eğitimi sırasında katılınılan bilimsel etkinliklerin dikkate alınması önerileri getirilmiştir. Araştırma görevlilerinin nitelikli yayın yapmaları, katma değeri yüksek ürünler ortaya koyabilmeleri için gelecek kaygısı veya işsiz kalma korkusu olmadan çalışabilecekleri ortamlar sağlanması gerektiği düşünülmektedir.