The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly affected the mental health of individuals due to severe changes in their normal life routines. These changes might give rise to stressinduced factors and result in developing maladaptive behaviors. Therefore, the present study tested an explorative sequential mediation model regarding the COVID-19 pandemic as a global natural experiment and hypothesized that fear and depression would be serial mediators of the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and emotional eating. An online cross-sectional survey with convenience sampling was adopted. A total of 362 participants were recruited from Turkey, and each completed a battery of demographic questions and psychometric scales. The standardized instruments used to test the model's constructs were the Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale, Fear of COVID-19 Scale, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, and Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire-R21. The model was tested using a bootstrapping method utilizing IBM AMOS 24 software. Results showed that emotional eating was positively associated with intolerance of uncertainty, fear of COVID-19, and depression. Moreover, fear of COVID-19 had positive correlation with intolerance of uncertainty and depression. Significant negative association was also found between age and intolerance of uncertainty. In addition, females significantly reported higher levels of emotional eating and fear of COVID-19 than males. The study's hypothesized sequential mediation model was further supported. It is concluded that depression most likely developed by fear was triggered by intolerance of uncertainty during the COVID-19 pandemic and leading to emotional eating. The study is significant because it advances theories of emotional eating with an investigation examining some of its underlying mechanisms. Also, it is one of a few research studies highlighting to what extent the COVID-19 pandemic-related cognitions and emotions are associated with maladaptive behaviors in the case of emotional eating.

Objective: The purpose of the present study was to assess the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Metacognitions about Online Gaming Scale (MOGS-T). Method: Two studies were carried out with samples of video gamers (n1 = 196, n2 = 150) who filled a set of questionnaires including the demographic information form, MOGS-T, Gaming Addiction Scale, Internet Addiction Test, and Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS). Results: MOGS-T had good internal consistency and test-retest reliability. The factor structure of the MOGS-T was examined through exploratory factor analysis in the first study. A two-factor solution with positive metacognitions about online gaming and negative metacognitions about online gaming subscales showed the best fit to the data. A second study was performed to verify the factor structure of the scale and examine the predictive ability of MOGS-T factors. Hierarchical regression analyses demonstrated that positive metacognitions about online gaming significantly predicted weekly online gaming hours, negative metacognitions about online gaming significantly predicted Internet addiction, and both metacognitions about online gaming significantly predicted gaming addiction. Conclusion: MOGS-T has reliable and valid psychometric properties for this population.

Altı temel duygudan biri olan mutluluk; öfke, korku, üzüntü, iğrenme ve kıskançlıktan farklı olarak bir pozitif duygu biçiminde karşımıza çıkmaktadır. Ulaşmak için çabaladığımız, bulduğumuzda kaybetmekten korktuğumuz ve kimilerine göre hayatımızı arayışında geçirdiğimiz bu duygu nedir? Tek bir tanımı ya da bir duruma atfedebileceğimiz açık bir anlamı var mıdır? Mutluluğa ulaşamamak mı bir patoloji göstergesidir yoksa daimi olarak mutluluk peşinde koşmak mı? Terapi odasında mutluluk nasıl karşımıza çıkar? Bu sorulara cevap bulmayı amaçladığımız makalemizde öncelikli olarak mutluluğu pozitif duygular temelinde ele alacak, sonrasında mutluluk kavramına daha yakından bakarak olası anlamları üzerinde duracağız. Bunun yanı sıra, mutluluk duygusu ile ilintili patolojilere kısaca değinerek terapi ortamında terapist ve danışan açısından bu duygunun nasıl yaşandığına ve ele alındığına yönelik çıkarımlarda bulunacağız.

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