"Sandtray therapy is a form of expressive therapy that allows a person to construct their own microcosm using miniature toys and sand. The scene created acts as a reflection of the person's own life and allows them the opportunity to resolve conflicts, remove obstacles, and gain acceptance of self. This non-verbal method of therapy is often used with children, but can be applied to adults, teens, couples, families, and groups as well. Couples may find the sandtray a good way to let out feelings, share inner thoughts and fears, and work through conflict. When couples enter therapy together, it is often precisely because they are having difficulty communicating with one another. They may have feelings that they feel are not appropriate to share with their partner, or they may feel like they don't have the support from their partner to be safe when expressing their feelings. Primarily, sandtray therapy aids in communication. Because communication is a cornerstone of relationships, any therapy that can help people understand each other more clearly is beneficial to couples and other family relationships. This paper shares qualitative results from an exploratory investigation of the use of sandtray as an intervention within regular couples talk-therapy, and the experiences of three couples participating in the intervention. How sandtray was utilized within sessions is discussed as well as qualitative feedback from couples participating in the therapy over a 3-month period. Further research opportunities using sandtray with couples are also identified."
{"title":"AN EXPLORATORY INVESTIGATION OF USING SANDTRAY IN COUPLES THERAPY","authors":"M. Mason","doi":"10.36315/2022inpact006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36315/2022inpact006","url":null,"abstract":"\"Sandtray therapy is a form of expressive therapy that allows a person to construct their own microcosm using miniature toys and sand. The scene created acts as a reflection of the person's own life and allows them the opportunity to resolve conflicts, remove obstacles, and gain acceptance of self. This non-verbal method of therapy is often used with children, but can be applied to adults, teens, couples, families, and groups as well. Couples may find the sandtray a good way to let out feelings, share inner thoughts and fears, and work through conflict. When couples enter therapy together, it is often precisely because they are having difficulty communicating with one another. They may have feelings that they feel are not appropriate to share with their partner, or they may feel like they don't have the support from their partner to be safe when expressing their feelings. Primarily, sandtray therapy aids in communication. Because communication is a cornerstone of relationships, any therapy that can help people understand each other more clearly is beneficial to couples and other family relationships. This paper shares qualitative results from an exploratory investigation of the use of sandtray as an intervention within regular couples talk-therapy, and the experiences of three couples participating in the intervention. How sandtray was utilized within sessions is discussed as well as qualitative feedback from couples participating in the therapy over a 3-month period. Further research opportunities using sandtray with couples are also identified.\"","PeriodicalId":120251,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Applications and Trends","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116709075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
"The present study aims to analyse migratory grief, coping (focusing on the problem, negative self-focus, positive reappraisal, open emotional expression, avoidance, search for social support, and religion), and psychological distress of people according to their main reasons for migrating. The sample consisted of 454 participants (48.7% men and 51.3% women) aged between 18 and 74 years (M = 35.48; SD = 11.06). The methodology used was quantitative and non-experimental design. The Migratory Grief Assessment Questionnaire, the Coping with Stress Questionnaire, and the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale K10 were used. The results indicate a significant and positive relationship between migratory grief, the passive coping styles, and psychological distress, as well as a negative relationship between migratory grief and the strategy focused on the problem. In addition, students are the group with the least migratory grief compared to groups who migrated for economic reasons, insecurity (wars, violence, threats), and sexual orientation. In addition, people fleeing because of security reasons are the ones who use less the strategy of seeking social support compared to the group of people studying. People migrating for economic reasons use religion more as a coping strategy compared to the groups motivated by sexual orientation and educational background. Regarding psychological distress, people who flee because of their sexual orientation have higher levels of psychological distress compared to those who have migrated for economic and academic reasons. The relevant and significant findings related to the variables investigated are discussed."
{"title":"MIGRATORY GRIEF, COPING, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS OF VULNERABLE GROUPS IN MOBILITY IN SPAIN","authors":"Alexander Lopez de Leon, Susana Puertas","doi":"10.36315/2022inpact022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36315/2022inpact022","url":null,"abstract":"\"The present study aims to analyse migratory grief, coping (focusing on the problem, negative self-focus, positive reappraisal, open emotional expression, avoidance, search for social support, and religion), and psychological distress of people according to their main reasons for migrating. The sample consisted of 454 participants (48.7% men and 51.3% women) aged between 18 and 74 years (M = 35.48; SD = 11.06). The methodology used was quantitative and non-experimental design. The Migratory Grief Assessment Questionnaire, the Coping with Stress Questionnaire, and the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale K10 were used. The results indicate a significant and positive relationship between migratory grief, the passive coping styles, and psychological distress, as well as a negative relationship between migratory grief and the strategy focused on the problem. In addition, students are the group with the least migratory grief compared to groups who migrated for economic reasons, insecurity (wars, violence, threats), and sexual orientation. In addition, people fleeing because of security reasons are the ones who use less the strategy of seeking social support compared to the group of people studying. People migrating for economic reasons use religion more as a coping strategy compared to the groups motivated by sexual orientation and educational background. Regarding psychological distress, people who flee because of their sexual orientation have higher levels of psychological distress compared to those who have migrated for economic and academic reasons. The relevant and significant findings related to the variables investigated are discussed.\"","PeriodicalId":120251,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Applications and Trends","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124988254","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Dufresne-Tassé, Eliette Reisacher, Camille Venuat, Louise Giroux
"Given the popularity of spectacular events that produce physical immersion, museums are tempted to exhibit their collections in rooms where visitors are plunged in such immersion. A comparison of three rooms displaying works of art in the traditional manner, but one of which having an installation that induces physical immersion, showed that such immersion does not lead to an increase in the rate of treatment of the works, nor does it increase the fascination for them, i.e. psychological immersion."
{"title":"DOES PHYSICAL IMMERSION HELP ADULT VISITORS PROCESSING WORKS OF ART EXHIBITED IN A MUSEUM?","authors":"C. Dufresne-Tassé, Eliette Reisacher, Camille Venuat, Louise Giroux","doi":"10.36315/2022inpact019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36315/2022inpact019","url":null,"abstract":"\"Given the popularity of spectacular events that produce physical immersion, museums are tempted to exhibit their collections in rooms where visitors are plunged in such immersion. A comparison of three rooms displaying works of art in the traditional manner, but one of which having an installation that induces physical immersion, showed that such immersion does not lead to an increase in the rate of treatment of the works, nor does it increase the fascination for them, i.e. psychological immersion.\"","PeriodicalId":120251,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Applications and Trends","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125189138","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
"The development of an infant is both invulnerable and vulnerable. Infant development can be either typical or atypical. Growth is accompanied by a variety of challenges throughout pregnancy, childbirth, infancy, childhood, and the adult years. The factors which may contribute to typical development are termed protective factors, while those which may contribute to atypical development are termed risk factors. This may lead to the assumption that different forms of infant development could be parallel due to their influence on protective or risk factors. This study synthesized research on the development of typical and atypical language in infants between 12 and 42 months using a thematic review method. Early diagnosis and intervention are crucial in infants when atypical development is noticed or documented. The study incorporates recent and past evidence and is structured by topics, such as infant development, risk factors, protective factors, and infant language development. The evidence is summarized, accompanied by data collection that describes key characteristics of risk and protective factors related to infant (language) development. The study is directed towards researchers, practitioners, clinicians, speech-language pathologists, psychologists in the field of early childhood education, as well as parents and educators."
{"title":"THE DEVELOPMENT OF INFANT LANGUAGE IN THE FIRST 12 TO 42 MONTHS OF LIFE: A THEMATIC REVIEW OF PROTECTIVE AND RISK FACTORS","authors":"Ahmed Alduais, A. Wendt","doi":"10.36315/2022inpact071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36315/2022inpact071","url":null,"abstract":"\"The development of an infant is both invulnerable and vulnerable. Infant development can be either typical or atypical. Growth is accompanied by a variety of challenges throughout pregnancy, childbirth, infancy, childhood, and the adult years. The factors which may contribute to typical development are termed protective factors, while those which may contribute to atypical development are termed risk factors. This may lead to the assumption that different forms of infant development could be parallel due to their influence on protective or risk factors. This study synthesized research on the development of typical and atypical language in infants between 12 and 42 months using a thematic review method. Early diagnosis and intervention are crucial in infants when atypical development is noticed or documented. The study incorporates recent and past evidence and is structured by topics, such as infant development, risk factors, protective factors, and infant language development. The evidence is summarized, accompanied by data collection that describes key characteristics of risk and protective factors related to infant (language) development. The study is directed towards researchers, practitioners, clinicians, speech-language pathologists, psychologists in the field of early childhood education, as well as parents and educators.\"","PeriodicalId":120251,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Applications and Trends","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123299164","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
"Language computational models such as Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA) has been criticized for not having direct contact with the real world. However, recent findings have shown the ability of the LSA to capture embodied features such as words’ emotional content. In the present study we tested whether LSA can predict the emotions contained in short written texts such as tweets. It was found that a multiple logistic regression model receiving as input LSA information classified correctly 73,9% of the tweets analyzed according to the emotional content. These results provide additional evidence underlying the representative power of abstract symbols and showing the link between modal representations (emotional) and amodal representations (abstract symbols) through the LSA."
{"title":"LINKING MODAL AND AMODAL REPRESENTATIONS THROUGH LANGUAGE COMPUTATIONAL MODELS","authors":"Diego Iglesias, M. Sorrel, R. Olmos","doi":"10.36315/2022inpact105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36315/2022inpact105","url":null,"abstract":"\"Language computational models such as Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA) has been criticized for not having direct contact with the real world. However, recent findings have shown the ability of the LSA to capture embodied features such as words’ emotional content. In the present study we tested whether LSA can predict the emotions contained in short written texts such as tweets. It was found that a multiple logistic regression model receiving as input LSA information classified correctly 73,9% of the tweets analyzed according to the emotional content. These results provide additional evidence underlying the representative power of abstract symbols and showing the link between modal representations (emotional) and amodal representations (abstract symbols) through the LSA.\"","PeriodicalId":120251,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Applications and Trends","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114049155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
"The risk of mental disorders has been recognized in SARS-CoV 2 infected patients. This article presents some results of a cross-sectional research conducted on 54 SARS-CoV 2 infected patients in a field hospital at Dong Thap province, with the aim to understand the prevalence of some mental disorders and their associated factors in SARS-CoV 2 infected patients. A self-report scale was used: Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS). The results of research showed that clinically meaningful psychological symptoms were found in 14.8% of patients for anxiety symptoms; 11.4% for depression symptoms; 5.6% for both anxiety and depression symptoms. The associated factors for anxiety symptoms included the duration of SARS-CoV 2 infectivity and anger while infected. There was a significant difference in the association between the duration of SARS-CoV 2 infectivity and the prevalence of depressive symptoms. So, the prevalence of the mental disorder in SARS-CoV 2 infected patients was higher than community; These mental symptoms could be recovered gradually over time. Further studies are needed to clarify this issue."
{"title":"SOME SYMPTOMS OF MENTAL DISORDERS AMONG SARS-COV 2 PATIENTS IN A FIELD HOSPITAL: A PILOT STUDY","authors":"Chung Nguyen Viet, Huong Tran Thu, Chien Nguyen Huu, Giang Nong Thi Ngan","doi":"10.36315/2022inpact050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36315/2022inpact050","url":null,"abstract":"\"The risk of mental disorders has been recognized in SARS-CoV 2 infected patients. This article presents some results of a cross-sectional research conducted on 54 SARS-CoV 2 infected patients in a field hospital at Dong Thap province, with the aim to understand the prevalence of some mental disorders and their associated factors in SARS-CoV 2 infected patients. A self-report scale was used: Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS). The results of research showed that clinically meaningful psychological symptoms were found in 14.8% of patients for anxiety symptoms; 11.4% for depression symptoms; 5.6% for both anxiety and depression symptoms. The associated factors for anxiety symptoms included the duration of SARS-CoV 2 infectivity and anger while infected. There was a significant difference in the association between the duration of SARS-CoV 2 infectivity and the prevalence of depressive symptoms. So, the prevalence of the mental disorder in SARS-CoV 2 infected patients was higher than community; These mental symptoms could be recovered gradually over time. Further studies are needed to clarify this issue.\"","PeriodicalId":120251,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Applications and Trends","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122038557","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
"Dance movement therapy (DMT) offers children a space to encounter strengths and experience a sense of vitality in order to increase their sense of confidence and self-awareness, thereby easing their anxiety and/or helping them achieve more adaptive emotion regulation. While previous studies indicate that DMT effectively reduces anxiety symptoms, such as stress, scant research focuses on the nature of the therapeutic interventions and how they assist in treating anxiety. This study examined DMT techniques and interventions through their documentation in therapy logs tracking eight long-term treatments of children aged 8–11 coping with anxiety symptoms. Four intervention axes were identified: (1) action-promoting interventions (2) separation-promoting interventions; (3) interventions for strengthening the sense of self; and (4) integration-promoting interventions. Based on the findings, a therapeutic model is proposed drawing on various “mirroring” interventions as the basis for forming the therapeutic relationship and additional therapeutic interventions involving movement. The model enables the child to explore their experience of the relationship, understand themselves in a new way, and create meaning. This manuscript is part of manuscripts submitted for publication."
{"title":"DANCE MOVEMENT THERAPY PROCESSES AND INTERVENTIONS IN THE TREATMENT OF CHILDREN WITH ANXIETY DISORDERS DERIVED FROM TREATMENT THERAPY LOGS","authors":"Ayala Bresler Nardi, M. Or, E. Engelhard","doi":"10.36315/2022inpact009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36315/2022inpact009","url":null,"abstract":"\"Dance movement therapy (DMT) offers children a space to encounter strengths and experience a sense of vitality in order to increase their sense of confidence and self-awareness, thereby easing their anxiety and/or helping them achieve more adaptive emotion regulation. While previous studies indicate that DMT effectively reduces anxiety symptoms, such as stress, scant research focuses on the nature of the therapeutic interventions and how they assist in treating anxiety. This study examined DMT techniques and interventions through their documentation in therapy logs tracking eight long-term treatments of children aged 8–11 coping with anxiety symptoms. Four intervention axes were identified: (1) action-promoting interventions (2) separation-promoting interventions; (3) interventions for strengthening the sense of self; and (4) integration-promoting interventions. Based on the findings, a therapeutic model is proposed drawing on various “mirroring” interventions as the basis for forming the therapeutic relationship and additional therapeutic interventions involving movement. The model enables the child to explore their experience of the relationship, understand themselves in a new way, and create meaning. This manuscript is part of manuscripts submitted for publication.\"","PeriodicalId":120251,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Applications and Trends","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117095357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Clothilde Moreau, Mathilde Auclain, Aurélie Rucart, S. Barrault
"Empirical evidence pointed out giftedness, as defined by high intellectual abilities (IQ ? 130 according to the WHO), to be a protective or a neutral factor in the development of psychopathologies in children and adolescents (e.g., Martin et al., 2010, Alexopoulou, 2020). Nevertheless, very few studies demonstrated interest regarding addictions and giftedness. The few ones that have attempted to explore this subject focused only on academic giftedness and their relation to substance use. For instance, Williams and Hagger-Johnson (2017) found an increased risk of drinking alcohol regularly and cannabis use during adolescence and early adulthood in academic gifted students at age 11, whereas Peairs et al. (2010) studied the probability to try alcohol in students and found no difference between academic gifted students and their non-gifted peers. Overall, there is a huge lack of data regarding addictions and factors strongly associated with addictive behaviors, like impulsivity (Berg et al., 2015) or emotion regulation (Estevez et al., 2017), in gifted people, and more especially in gifted adults. The purpose of this research is to better understand gifted adults with addictive behaviors by studying impulsivity and emotion regulation in this specific population. The sample consists of adults (? 18 years) divided into 4 groups according to their condition: giftedness or not, with or without addiction. The 4 groups will be compared based on scientifically validated tools in impulsivity (UPPS) and emotion regulation (DERS). The IQ scores is evaluated with a full Wechsler Intelligence Scale. An interview is made systematically to check the addiction criteria of the DSM-V. We voluntary chose to consider every kind of addictions to stay in line with an exploratory goal. The preliminary results (n = 150) will be exposed in this poster. We expect that the gifted adults with addictive behaviors would show better scores in emotion regulation abilities overall than the non-gifted ones, but lower scores regarding the sphere of emotional identification and awareness. This would be consistent with the results of Brasseur (2013) that suggested less emotional intelligence in gifted adolescents regarding identification and understanding of their own emotions. We also believe that they would show lower scores in impulsivity compared to the non-gifted ones because of a positive correlation between emotion regulation overall and low impulsivity."
{"title":"IMPULSIVITY AND EMOTION REGULATION IN GIFTED ADULTS WITH ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS","authors":"Clothilde Moreau, Mathilde Auclain, Aurélie Rucart, S. Barrault","doi":"10.36315/2022inpact034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36315/2022inpact034","url":null,"abstract":"\"Empirical evidence pointed out giftedness, as defined by high intellectual abilities (IQ ? 130 according to the WHO), to be a protective or a neutral factor in the development of psychopathologies in children and adolescents (e.g., Martin et al., 2010, Alexopoulou, 2020). Nevertheless, very few studies demonstrated interest regarding addictions and giftedness. The few ones that have attempted to explore this subject focused only on academic giftedness and their relation to substance use. For instance, Williams and Hagger-Johnson (2017) found an increased risk of drinking alcohol regularly and cannabis use during adolescence and early adulthood in academic gifted students at age 11, whereas Peairs et al. (2010) studied the probability to try alcohol in students and found no difference between academic gifted students and their non-gifted peers. Overall, there is a huge lack of data regarding addictions and factors strongly associated with addictive behaviors, like impulsivity (Berg et al., 2015) or emotion regulation (Estevez et al., 2017), in gifted people, and more especially in gifted adults. The purpose of this research is to better understand gifted adults with addictive behaviors by studying impulsivity and emotion regulation in this specific population. The sample consists of adults (? 18 years) divided into 4 groups according to their condition: giftedness or not, with or without addiction. The 4 groups will be compared based on scientifically validated tools in impulsivity (UPPS) and emotion regulation (DERS). The IQ scores is evaluated with a full Wechsler Intelligence Scale. An interview is made systematically to check the addiction criteria of the DSM-V. We voluntary chose to consider every kind of addictions to stay in line with an exploratory goal. The preliminary results (n = 150) will be exposed in this poster. We expect that the gifted adults with addictive behaviors would show better scores in emotion regulation abilities overall than the non-gifted ones, but lower scores regarding the sphere of emotional identification and awareness. This would be consistent with the results of Brasseur (2013) that suggested less emotional intelligence in gifted adolescents regarding identification and understanding of their own emotions. We also believe that they would show lower scores in impulsivity compared to the non-gifted ones because of a positive correlation between emotion regulation overall and low impulsivity.\"","PeriodicalId":120251,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Applications and Trends","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128544322","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
"Child marriage or early marriage is defined as the type of marriage performed before the girl is physically, physiologically, and psychologically ready to shoulder the responsibilities of marriage and childbearing. Turkish Population and Health Survey in 2018 demonstrated that 21% of women married before the age of 18, while 4% of them married before the age of 15. As can be observed from the statistics, early marriage is considered to be a serious problem, especially for girls in Turkey. Therefore, understanding the effects of early marriage on women seems to be an essential step to prevent young girls from getting married at an early age. Children are forced to take the adult roles before they are ready and have no control over their future; this situation paves the way for psychological problems such as depression. The variables that may predict depressive symptoms in early-married women were examined based on the relevant literature. The aim of the present study is to examine the mediator role of perceived power in the relationship between social support and depressive symptoms in early-married women. The study sample consists of 97 women (between the ages of 19-30) who got married before the age of 18. The participants were given Demographic Information Form and The Multidimensional Scale of Social support, Couple Power Scale, and Depression subscale of Brief Symptom Inventory. In model test results of the analysis, perceived power mediates the relationship between social support and depression in early-married women. According to the results, women who have more social support feel more power in the marital relationship, which in turn results with less depressive symptoms. These findings of the current study suggest that social support and perceived power in a marital relationship play a significant role in depressive symptoms of early-married women. Along with the further studies, this study may help improve treatment strategies, which focus on social support and marital power for early-married women who present depressive symptoms."
{"title":"DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS IN EARLY-MARRIED WOMEN: THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL SUPPORT AND MARITAL POWER","authors":"B. Cevheroğlu","doi":"10.36315/2022inpact048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36315/2022inpact048","url":null,"abstract":"\"Child marriage or early marriage is defined as the type of marriage performed before the girl is physically, physiologically, and psychologically ready to shoulder the responsibilities of marriage and childbearing. Turkish Population and Health Survey in 2018 demonstrated that 21% of women married before the age of 18, while 4% of them married before the age of 15. As can be observed from the statistics, early marriage is considered to be a serious problem, especially for girls in Turkey. Therefore, understanding the effects of early marriage on women seems to be an essential step to prevent young girls from getting married at an early age. Children are forced to take the adult roles before they are ready and have no control over their future; this situation paves the way for psychological problems such as depression. The variables that may predict depressive symptoms in early-married women were examined based on the relevant literature. The aim of the present study is to examine the mediator role of perceived power in the relationship between social support and depressive symptoms in early-married women. The study sample consists of 97 women (between the ages of 19-30) who got married before the age of 18. The participants were given Demographic Information Form and The Multidimensional Scale of Social support, Couple Power Scale, and Depression subscale of Brief Symptom Inventory. In model test results of the analysis, perceived power mediates the relationship between social support and depression in early-married women. According to the results, women who have more social support feel more power in the marital relationship, which in turn results with less depressive symptoms. These findings of the current study suggest that social support and perceived power in a marital relationship play a significant role in depressive symptoms of early-married women. Along with the further studies, this study may help improve treatment strategies, which focus on social support and marital power for early-married women who present depressive symptoms.\"","PeriodicalId":120251,"journal":{"name":"Psychological Applications and Trends","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123861705","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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