Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences / İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Fakültesihttp://openacccess.atu.edu.tr:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/5932024-03-29T10:47:46Z2024-03-29T10:47:46ZMother and father depression symptoms and child emotional difficulties: a network modelMartin, Alex F.Maughan, BarbaraKonac, DenizBarker, Edward D.http://openacccess.atu.edu.tr:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/42222023-08-29T12:18:36Z2023-05-01T00:00:00ZMother and father depression symptoms and child emotional difficulties: a network model
Martin, Alex F.; Maughan, Barbara; Konac, Deniz; Barker, Edward D.
BackgroundMother and father depression symptoms often co-occur, and together can have a substantial impact on child emotional well-being. Little is understood about symptom-level mechanisms underlying the co-occurrence of depression symptoms within families. AimsThe objective was to use network analysis to examine depression symptoms in mothers and fathers after having a baby, and emotional symptoms in children in early adolescence. MethodWe examined data from 4492 mother-father-child trios taken from a prospective, population-based cohort in the UK. Symptoms were examined using two unregularised partial correlation network models. The initial model was used to examine the pattern of associations, i.e. the overall network structure, for mother and father depression symptoms, and then to identify bridge symptoms that reinforce depression symptoms between parents during offspring infancy. The second model examined associations between the parent symptom network, including bridge symptoms, with later child emotional difficulties. ResultsThe study included 4492 mother-father-child trios; 2204 (49.1%) children were female. Bridge symptoms reinforcing mother and father depression symptoms were feeling guilty and self-harm ideation. For mothers, the bridge symptom of feeling guilty, and symptoms of anhedonia, panic and sadness were highly connected with child emotional difficulties. For fathers, the symptom of feeling overwhelmed associated with child emotional difficulties. Guilt and anhedonia in fathers appeared to indirectly associate with child emotional difficulties through the same symptom in mothers. ConclusionsOur findings suggest that specific symptom cascades are central for co-occurring depression in parents and increased vulnerability in children, providing potential therapeutic targets.
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2023-05-01T00:00:00ZA Study of Young Gifted Learners' and Their Teachers' Perceptions of Effective EFL Learners*Yildirim, RanaAkcayoglu, Duygu Ispinarhttp://openacccess.atu.edu.tr:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/41562023-03-17T07:26:40Z2019-03-01T00:00:00ZA Study of Young Gifted Learners' and Their Teachers' Perceptions of Effective EFL Learners*
Yildirim, Rana; Akcayoglu, Duygu Ispinar
This study compared gifted learners' and their English teachers' perceptions of who is an effective English as a foreign language (EFL) learner. The research questions include the following: (a) What are young gifted learners' perceptions of an effective EFL learner? (b) What are English teachers' perceptions of an effective EFL learner? and (c) Is there a match between young gifted learners' and their English teachers' perceptions of an effective EFL learner? The participants were two gifted learners attending the English classes at the Science and Arts Center (BILSEM) in Adana, Turkey, and two English teachers working with these students. Data were collected through repertory grids, written accounts of the students, and retrospective interviews. Findings include implications for designing appropriate instruction for gifted EFL learners and teacher educators who work with these specific learners.
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2019-03-01T00:00:00ZComorbidity Between Depression and Anxiety in Adolescents: Bridge Symptoms and Relevance of Risk and Protective FactorsKonac, DenizYoung, Katherine S.Lau, JenniferBarker, Edward D.http://openacccess.atu.edu.tr:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/40872022-12-30T08:29:24Z2021-09-01T00:00:00ZComorbidity Between Depression and Anxiety in Adolescents: Bridge Symptoms and Relevance of Risk and Protective Factors
Konac, Deniz; Young, Katherine S.; Lau, Jennifer; Barker, Edward D.
Depression and anxiety are highly prevalent and comorbid in adolescents, and this co-occurrence leads to worse prognosis and additional difficulties. The relationship between depression and anxiety must be delineated to, in turn, reduce and prevent the comorbidity, however our knowledge is still limited. We used network analysis to investigate bridge symptoms; symptoms that connect individual depression and anxiety symptoms and thus can help explain the comorbidity. We also examined the role of relevant risk and protective factors in explaining these symptom-level associations between these disorders. We analyzed data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Children and Parents (n = 3670). Depression and anxiety symptoms, peer victimization, bullying, peer relational problems, prosocial behavior, and parental monitoring were assessed at a single time point around age 13 years. Stressful life events (SLEs) were assessed at age 11 years. We identified the most prominent bridge symptoms among depression (feeling unhappy, feeling lonely) and anxiety symptoms (worrying about past, worrying about future). Peer relational difficulties and SLEs were strongly associated with several depression and anxiety symptoms, such that these two risk factors created a link between individual depression and anxiety symptoms. Prosocial behavior had several negative associations with symptoms of both disorders, suggesting it can be an important protective factor.
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2021-09-01T00:00:00ZNighttime lights, urban features, household poverty, depression, and obesityLiao, Yi-AnGarcia-Mondragon, LilianaKonac, DenizLiu, XiaoxuanIng, AlexGoldblatt, RanYu, LeBarker, Edward D.http://openacccess.atu.edu.tr:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/40412022-12-20T12:12:30Z2022-02-01T00:00:00ZNighttime lights, urban features, household poverty, depression, and obesity
Liao, Yi-An; Garcia-Mondragon, Liliana; Konac, Deniz; Liu, Xiaoxuan; Ing, Alex; Goldblatt, Ran; Yu, Le; Barker, Edward D.
Nighttime Light Emission (NLE) is associated with diminished mental and physical health. The present study examines how NLE and associated urban features (e.g., air pollution, low green space) impact mental and physical wellbeing. We included 200,393 UK Biobank Cohort participants with complete data. The study was carried out in two steps. In Step1, we assessed the relationship between NLE, deprivation, pollution, green space, household poverty and mental and physical symptoms. In Step2, we examined the role of NLE on environment-symptom networks. We stratified participants into high and low NLE and used gaussian graphical model to identify nodes which bridged urban features and mental and physical health problems. We then compared the global strength of these networks in high vs low NLE. We found that higher NLE associated with higher air pollution, less green space, higher economic and neighborhood deprivation, higher household poverty and higher depressed mood, higher tiredness/lethargy and obesity (R-training_mean = 0.2624, P-training_mean < .001; R-test_mean = 0.2619, P-test_mean < .001). We also found that the interaction between environmental risk factors and mental, physical problems (overall network connectivity) was higher in the high NLE network than in the low NLE network (t = 0.7896, P < .001). In areas with high NLE, economic deprivation, household poverty and waist circumference acted as bridge factors between the key urban features and mental health symptoms. In conclusion, NLE, urban features, household poverty and mental and physical symptoms are all interrelated. In areas with high NLE, urban features associate with mental and physical health problems at a greater magnitude than in areas with low NLE.
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