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    Cyberbullying involvement, basic psychological need satisfaction, and socio-emotional competencies : a person centered analysis
    Musti, Nesibe; Gözkan, Ayfer Dost; Gözkan, Ayfer Dost; Acar, İbrahim Hakkı; Akçınar, B.; Department of Psychology
    The current study aimed to explore the cyberbullying involvement (i.e., bully, victim, and witness) trends of adolescents with a person-centered approach, and to examine how cyberbullying involvement profiles differ from each other in terms of socio-emotional skills and satisfaction of basic psychological needs (autonomy, relatedness, and competence) in their close relationships (i.e., with their mother, father, and best friend). The sample consisted of 1176 high-school students (Mage= 15.17, SDage = 1.07) from Eskişehir, Turkey. The latent profile analysis revealed four profiles, three of which were characterized by the co-existence of different cyberbullying involvement types (which were named as High Witness-Moderate Bully-Victim, High Victim-Witness-Low Bully, and High in all), while the fourth profile was characterized by very low involvement in cyberbullying (named as Not-Involved). The findings showed that adolescents in the Not-Involved (79.1%) profile had significantly higher levels of basic psychological needs satisfaction in their relationships with their parents compared to adolescents from other three profiles. They also exhibited significantly higher empathy and self-control skills than High Witness-Moderate Bully-Victim (11.6%) and High in all (2.6%) profiles, and higher emotion-control skills than High Victim-Witness-Low Bully (6.7%) profile. On the other hand, adolescents in the High Witness-Moderate Bully-Victim profile exhibited the highest assertiveness levels, significantly differing from the low assertiveness observed in the Not-Involved profile. The indications of these results are further discussed.
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    The gratification of basic psychological needs and adolescent conflict resolution behavior in family context
    Ulusu, Ajla Hamza; Gözkan, Ayfer Dost; Gözkan, Ayfer Dost; Kafescioğlu, Nilüfer; Akçınar, B.; Department of Psychology; Ulusu, Ajla Hamza
    In light of the self-determination theory (SDT) the aim of the present study was to test a mediational model in which the associations between the gratification of basic psychological needs (GBPN; autonomy, relatedness, and competence) in relationship with one's mother and father and adolescents' conflict resolution styles (positive problem solving, conflict engagement, withdrawal, and compliance) through disclosure to and secrecy from parents are examined. A cross-sectional data was derived from adolescents (N= 1605; 59,3% girls and 40,4% boys; M=15.03, SD= 1.50; range = 11 - 19 years). They were Turkish adolescents from nine different public schools in different districts of İstanbul, Turkey. Direct and indirect links between the perceived gratification of basic psychological needs and conflict resolution styles were examined using a path analysis with a bootstrapping approach (with 2500 bootstrapped samples), and significant associations were reported. In general, results indicated that as GBPN in relationship with each parent increases, adolescents tend to share more information about their personal life, feelings, and thoughts with their parents, to hide less information from them, and they tend to utilize more positive conflict resolution strategies (e.g., positive problem solving) when managing conflict with parents.