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Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the levels of homophobic attitudes and related factors among senior students at a university in Turkey. Methods: The descriptive study sample consisted of 317 senior undergraduate students who met the inclusion criteria and accepted to participate in the study between March 20 and April 24, 2017. The study data were collected using the “Personal Information Form” to determine the socio-demographic characteristics of the students and “Hudson-Ricketts Index of Homophobia” to determine their homophobic attitudes. Descriptive statistics, the independent samples t-test (Student’s t-test) for the comparison of two groups and the one-way ANOVA test for the comparison of the means of more than two groups were used in the analysis of the data. Results: In the study, it was determined that 156 (49.2%) students had low levels homophobic attitudes and 148 (46.7%) students had high levels homophobic attitudes. In addition, it was found that 13 (4.1%) students got 87 points and had neutral level homophobic attitudes. Among the students who participated in the study. it was found that the homophobic attitude levels of the students who were women and who had individuals with different sexual orientation in their social environment were found to be lower (p

Aim: The present study aimed to determine whether there was a relationship between anxiety and discharge readiness during early postpartum period in women who had given birth via vaginal delivery. Method: The sample of study consisted of 93 mothers hospitalized in our postpartum ward after vaginal delivery. Research data were collected using “Personal Information Form”, “State scale of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory(STAI)” and “Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale–New Mother Form(RHD-NMF)”. Descriptive statistics, Student's t-test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), Tukey’s test and Pearson’s correlation coefficients were used in evaluation of the data. Results: The mean age of the mothers included in the study was 25.37±5.40 years. The mean STAI and RHD-NMF scores of the mothers were 35.15±9.59 and 145.64±32.35, respectively. It was determined that 11.8% of mothers were not ready for discharge and 39.8% had anxiety. A statistically significant moderate negative correlation was found between STAI and RHD-NMF scores (r=-0,445; p