The current study explored the psychometric properties of the newly designed Turkish version of the Cognitive Test Anxiety Scale–Revised (CTAR). Results of an exploratory factor analysis revealed an unidimensional structure consistent with the conceptualized nature of cognitive test anxiety and previous examinations of the English version of the CTAR. Examination of the factor loadings revealed two items that were weakly related to the test anxiety construct and as such were prime candidates for removal. Confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to compare model fit for the 25- and 23-item version of the measure. Results indicated that the 23-item version of the measure provided a better fit to the data which support the removal of the problematic items in the Turkish version of the CTAR. Additional analyses demonstrated the internal consistency, test–retest reliability, concurrent validity, and gender equivalence for responses offered on the Turkish version of the measure. Results of the analysis revealed a 23-item Turkish version of the T-CTAR is a valid and reliable measure of cognitive test anxiety for use among Turkish students.

Ob­jec­ti­ve: To investigate the impact of a psycho-educational program developed for the caregivers of patients diagnosed with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI).Methods: The participants consisted of 16 caregivers. The study was designed as a quasi-experimental pre-test/post-test type study consisting of 10 semi-structured three-hour training sessions. The data were collected using the “Introductory Information Form” and appropriate scales (Burden Interview, Coping Strategies Scale, Problem-Solving Inventory and Psychosocial Adjustment to Illness Scale). The results were evaluated by descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, one-way variance analysis and Bonferroni analysis.Results: Psychosocial adjustment levels of the caregivers of OI patients before their participation in the educational program were found to be associated with styles of coping with stress, problem-solving skills and care burden. After the psycho-educational training, the majority of the participants reported favorable changes in their lives. Following the offered psycho-education resulted in positive changes in the mean scores of the caregivers (p<0.05).Conclusion: Before the education program, the participants were not able to deal efficiently with many aspects of their caregiver responsibilities and suffered from an emotional burden due to lack of knowledge. The program appears to have provided them both with support to achieve significant psychosocial transformation and with an opportunity to reconsider their lives in multiple dimensions.

Objective: Working adolescents is a risk group open to every kind of exploitation in their work lives as they have not completed their development period yet. Inappropriate working conditions cause permanent physical and mental problems in adolescents. With the aim of protecting and improving the working adolescents' mental health, the examination of the relationship between anger components and mental symptoms in working adolescents has been purposed, considering that anger is an important factor that foresee the mental health. Methods: This study included 249 apprenticeship students in Odemis Professional Training Center. Data was gathered using Knowledge Form, the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI), Multidimensional Anger Scale (MAS), and Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI). The data were evaluated by means of descriptive statistics, mean, standard deviations, parametric and nonparametric tests, correlations, reliability and validity tests. Results: The average age of the adolescents that attended the research was 16.1±1.1. Subscale internal consistency coefficients of the scales used in this study varied between 0.74 and 0.95 for BSI, between 0.64 and 0.85 for the STAXI, between 0.88 and 0.98 for the MAS. Correlation coefficients pointed out noteworthy (p<0.01, p<0.05) and positive relationships that vary as low, middle and high level for all subscales between subscales of the STAXI, the MAS, and the BSI, except for the Anger Control Subscale. When working adolescents' descriptive characteristics were compared with the scale scores of the adolescents, the scale scores revealed statistically significant differences regarding gender, age groups, sectors, income levels, perception of the mental health, and leisure time activities (p<0.05). Conclusion: Age, the impact of repudiative and hurtful social attitudes towards adolescent, the aspect of adolescents' time allocation to rest and entertainment, the status of being satisfied with his/her work have been ascertained as considerable to determine level of anger and reactions of anger on working adolescents. Positive and significant relations have been determined between anger and mental symptoms. (Archives of Neuropsychiatry 2010; 47: 105-10) Key words: Working adolescents, anger and mental symptoms ÖZET Amaç: Çal›flan ergenler henüz geliflim sürecini tamamlamam›fl oldu¤u için, ça-l›flma hayat›nda her türlü istismara aç›k bir risk grubudur. Uygunsuz çal›flma ko-flullar›, ergenlerde kal›c› bedensel ve ruhsal sorunlara neden olmaktad›r. Bu ça-l›flmada çal›flan ergenlerin ruh sa¤l›¤›n›n korunmas› ve gelifltirilmesi amac›yla, ruh sa¤l›¤›n› yordamakta öfkenin önemli bir faktör oldu¤u düflünülerek, çal›flan ergenlerde öfke bileflenleri ile ruhsal belirtiler aras›ndaki iliflkinin incelenmesi amaçlanm›flt›r. Yöntemler: Araflt›rma, Ödemifl Mesleki E¤itim Merkezinde, 249 ö¤renci ile yürütülmüfltür. Araflt›rmada veriler; Bilgi Formu, Sürekli Öfke ve Öfke Tarz Ölçe¤i (SÖÖTÖ), Çok Boyutlu Öfke Ölçe¤i (ÇBÖÖ), K›sa Semptom Envanteri (KSE) kul-lan›larak toplanm›flt›r. Veri...

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