Browsing by Author "Sayinta, Senanur"

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Direct and Indirect Relationships Between Cognitive Flexibility and Covid-19 Related Psychological Distress: the Mediating Role of Maladaptive Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies
(Klinik Psikiyatri dergisi, 2022) Sayinta, Senanur; Kocak, Hatice Nur; Kaynak, Hande
Objective: The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are remarkable on individuals' mental health. During the COVID-19 pandemic, there is an increase in mental health problems and psychological distress in uninfected healthy people. The present study aimed to examine the mediator role of maladaptive cognitive emotion regula-tion strategies in the relationship between cognitive fle-xibility and COVID-19 related psychological distress experienced during the current pandemic. Method: The sample consisted of 351 young adults (86% female and 14% male) who were not infected with COVID-19 aged between 18 to 25 years old. Participants completed the self-report questionnaires, including the Cognitive Flexibility Inventory, Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, and COVID-19 Related Psychological Distress Scale. Mediation analysis estimated total, indi-rect, and direct effects between cognitive flexibility and COVID-19 related psychological distress. Results: The correlation analyses showed that cognitive flexibility -control dimension was negatively associated with both COVID-19 related psychological distress and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies. Also, maladap-tive cognitive emotion regulation strategies and COVID-19 related psychological distress was found to be posi-tively correlated. In the study sample, the results of the bootstrap mediation indicated that maladaptive cogni-tive emotion regulation strategies, including self-blame, acceptance, rumination, catastrophizing, and blaming others, fully mediated the relationship between cogni-tive flexibility -control and COVID-19 related psycholog-ical distress. Discussion: Our findings would help psy-chological interventions designed for COVID-19 unin-fected healthy people who have lower-level cognitive flexibility -control dimension by highlighting the promi-nence that the fewer people use maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies, the less they feel COVID-19 related psychological distress.
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The Associations Between Sleep Problems, Parental Attitudes, and Behavioral Problems in Preschool Children
(Galenos Publ House, 2025) Torun, Naksidil Yazihan; Sayinta, Senanur; Kocak, Hatice Nur; Kilic, Kizbes Meral
Objective: This study aims to examine the relationships between preschool children's sleep characteristics, social competence, behavioral problems, and parental attitudes and focus specifically on how preschool children's sleep mediates the relationship between parental attitudes and children's social competence and behavioral problems. Materials and Methods: This study's sample consisted of 142 parents of preschoolers. Data were collected using the "Demographic Information Form", "Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire", "Social Competence" and Behavior Evaluation Scale-30, and Parenting Attitude Scale. Results: Significant moderate correlations were found between sleep habits, parental attitudes, and children's behavioral-emotional problems. The mediatory role of sleep duration and sleep anxiety of the children between democratic parental attitude and social competence was also significant. The mediators (sleep duration and sleep anxiety) accounted for part of the pathway through which democratic parenting affects social competence. Conclusion: This study emphasizes the pivotal role of parental attitudes in influencing children's sleep-related difficulties and daytime behavioral problems. Effective management of sleep anxiety and sleep duration in children has the potential to enhance their behavioral and emotional outcomes.