We examined the factors related to predicting cyberbullying behavior in adolescents, specifically demographics and the use of information and communication technologies. The study participants were 417 adolescents attending high school in Kırşehir, Turkey. We used an individual information form and a cyberbullying scale to collect information and found that 149 (35.7%) of the adolescents had cyberbullied others at least once. Hierarchical regression analysis showed in Step 1 that age, gender, grade, father's age, and family income were significant factors predictive of cyberbullying, and in Step 2 that owning a computer rather than just having access to one in a public library or Internet cafe, parental control of use of the Internet, and previously being bullied on the Internet were significant predictive factors. Based on these findings, we propose that effective strategies for the prevention of cyberbullying are parental supervision of adolescent use of information and communication technologies, education for parents and teachers, and offering information technology communication (media) literacy courses in schools.

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Developments in technology and widespread use of technology by young people have enabled the use of technology to enforce bullying behaviors that students have shown in schools.The malicious use of information and communication technologies has led to the observation of a tyranny called "cyber bullying" among bullying types among students in schools.This study examines the relationship between internet addiction and cyber bullying behaviors in adolescents. The sample group of the study was comprised of 239 adolescents attending to different high schools in İstanbul.In the study, "Individual Information Form", developed by the authors, was used for the collection of information data about participants,"Internet Addiction Scale" was used to assess internet addiction in adolescents and "Cyber bullying Scale" was used to assess the cyber bullying behaviours. As a result of the research between the scores of Cyberbullying Scale and the Internet addiction Scale, reveals that there is a significant positive correlation between cyberbullying and Internet addiction (r=,374, p<0,01).

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In the present research, the aim was to develop, implement, and examine the effectiveness of an education program for mothers for the prevention of child neglect. In the study, the “Mother Education Program to Prevent Child Neglect” was initially designed for implementation and a quasi-experimental design involving pretest/posttest, and one-month follow-up test was implemented to examine the effectiveness of the trial procedure. The study group of the research consisted of 24 mothers (12 mothers in the intervention group and 12 mothers in the comparison group) who agreed to participate in the study. In order to collect the sociodemographic information about the children and their mothers, an “Individual Information Form” was administered. In order to assess the neglectful behaviors of the mothers, the Parent Form of the Multidimensional Neglectful Behavior Scale-Parents Form was used. As a result of the study, a significant difference was found between the pretest and posttest scores of the mothers in the intervention group ( p<.05). The cognitive neglect and the total neglect scores of the mothers in the intervention group were found to significantly decrease after the completion of the education program. The results of the follow-up test also revealed that the effect of the education program for mothers was sustained after one month. Resultantly, suggestions related to the prevention of child neglect have been made for parents, professionals, institutions, and researchers working on the subject.

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Çocuk istismarı konusu günümüzde araştırmacıların ilgisini çekmekte ve bu konuya ilişkin yapılan çalışmaların sayısı gün geçtikçe artmaktadır. Çocuk istismarına neden olabilecek risk faktörlerinin incelenmesine yönelik olarak, sosyo-ekonomik faktörlerle birlikte, ebeveynlerin çocukluk dönemi yaşantılarının ve kişilik özelliklerinin çocuklarına yönelik istismar potansiyelleri açısından ele alınması önem taşımaktadır. Bu noktadan hareketle bu çalışmada, ebeveynlerin çocuk istismarı potansiyelini yordayan faktörlerin incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Çalışmaya Kuzey Kıbrıs'ta yaşayan 214 ebeveyn dahil edilmiştir. Veri toplama aracı olarak araştırmacı tarafından literatürden faydalanılarak hazırlanan "Sosyodemografik Bilgi Formu", "Milner Çocuk İstismarı Potansiyel Envanteri (ÇİPE)", "Çocukluk Çağı Travmaları Ölceği (ÇÇTÖ)" ve "Hacettepe Kişilik Envanteri (HKE) kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın katılımcılarının belirlenmesinde "Uygun Örnekleme" yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Araştırma bulgularına göre, ebeveynlerin cinsiyet, öğrenim durumu, evin mülkiyeti, çocukluk çağı travmaları ve kişilik özelliklerinin çocuklarına yönelik istismar potansiyelini istatistiksel açıdan anlamlı düzeyde (p<0.05) yordayan faktörler olduğu tespit edilmiştir. İstismara yol açan etmenlerin değerlendirilmesinin, çocuk istismarının önlenmesine yönelik önleyici çalışmaların planlanabilmesi ve uygulanabilmesi açısından önem taşıdığı düşünülmektedir. Araştırma sonucunda elde edilen bulgular doğrultusunda çocuk istismarı konusunda çalışan uzmanlara, kurum ve kuruluşlara önerilerde bulunulmuştur.