Social Contact Theories to Regulate Intergroup Relations: Intergroup, Extended, Imagined Contact

Observation of different levels and types of organizational problems, such as school principals and teachers suing each other and conflicts between teachers, caused by union bias in schools in Turkey today, is the starting point of this study. This study, therefore, aimed to develop and validate a scale that helps determine union bias in schools. Participants of the study included teachers being a union member and working at a primary, middle or high school in the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 academic years in Düzce, Turkey. During the data analysis, firstly, the first data set was examined in terms of the assumptions of the factor analysis and then Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) was applied. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was performed on the second data set. Convergent validity of the scale was examined with item load values, mean-variance, and composite reliability coefficients. Discriminant validity was examined by the Fornell-Lacker criteria. Also, measurement invariance in gender groups was examined. The Cronbach Alpha and combined reliability coefficients were calculated to determine the scale's reliability. The Union Bias scale consists of 27 items and six dimensions. The explained total variance was 64%. As a result of the first and second order confirmatory factor analyses, it was revealed that the six-dimensional structure predicted Union Bias and the scale's structure did not differ in gender groups. The Cronbach's alpha value was .90 and the composite reliability was .96. As a result, the structure of the Union Bias Scale was concluded to be valid and reliable.

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Rewriting a Lost Story

Koç

Temli

Şanli

et al. 2022

Advances in Linguistics and Communication Studies

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The phenomenon of migration appears as an incontrovertible reality of social life today as it was in the past. While social, cultural, political, economic, etc. factors constitute the causes of migration, they are seen as the psycho-social dynamics most affected by migration. In this study, the narratives regarding the migration process of the Balkan immigrants living in Samsun were evaluated from a social psychological perspective in the context of the post-migration adaptation process. The narratives of the Balkan immigrants were examined in depth using thematic analysis method. As a result of the analysis, the narratives were evaluated within the framework of the themes of “basic needs,” “cultural characteristics,” and “acculturation.” It has been determined that with the effect of features such as cultural similarities, sense of belonging, empathy, and cooperation, Balkan immigrants mostly do not experience problems in the adaptation process relatively different from other migration processes.

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Social Contact Theories to Regulate Intergroup Relations: Intergroup, Extended, Imagined Contact

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Promoting the attitudes of nursing students towards refugees via interventions based on the contact hypothesis: A randomized controlled trial

The Study of Developing and Validating the Union Bias Scale

Rewriting a Lost Story

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