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- MakaleAçık Erişim2025Scopus SJRQ1Examining the levels of awareness, anxiety, and hope regarding global climate change among university students participating in activities at youth offices
Yildiz, Metin
Background: Climate change is one of the most significant issues of today. This study aims to investigate climate change awareness, anxiety, and hope levels among university students who participate in activities at youth offices and examine the relationship between them. Methods: The study population consisted of student members who were actively engaged in Youth Offices located within four public universities in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Türkiye. The study sample includes 881 volunteer participants, consisting of 345 (39.2%) male and 536 (60.8%) female students. The data were analyzed employing IBM SPSS 25. Statistical analyses included the independent samples t-test, one-way ANOVA, Tukey’s post-hoc test, and Pearson’s correlation coefficient. Results: The results indicate that university students have moderate levels of climate change awareness, anxiety, and hope. A positive correlation was observed, wherein higher awareness levels were associated with increased anxiety and hope. Male students demonstrated higher awareness and anxiety levels than female students. Among participants, students from 1. University exhibited the highest levels of climate change awareness, anxiety, and hope. Additionally, graduate students and individuals living in rural areas showed higher awareness and anxiety levels, whereas individuals with better economic conditions exhibited lower anxiety and hope levels. Conclusion: Given these results, it is recommended that universities develop and implement educational programs to enhance climate change awareness and extend these initiatives across campuses.
- MakaleAçık Erişim2025Scopus SJRQ4The Effects of Mandala on the Hope Levels of Women Diagnosed with Gynecologic Cancers: A Randomized-Controlled Study; [Jinekolojik Kanserli Kadınlarda Mandala Aktivitesinin Umut Düzeyine Etkisi: Randomize Kontrollü Çalışma]
Beydağ, Kerime Derya; Dal, Nursel Alp
Gynecologic cancers, which are a highly stressful and negative experience that affects womanhood, fertility, and the sex life of a woman, also cause multiple negative effects on women’s health. This study was conducted to determine the effects of mandala practice on the hope levels of women diagnosed with gynaecological cancers. This randomized controlled trial was conducted between March 1 and September 1, 2021, and involved 90 inpatients in the oncology department of a private hospital in western Turkey. The study included patients diagnosed with gynaecological cancer who could read and write Turkish and had a diagnosis period of at least three months. The data were collected using the Personal Information Form and the Herth Hope Index. In the analysis of the data, the t-test for independent groups was used for numbers, percentages, means, standard deviations, and comparisons between groups. There was no significant difference between the pretest Herth Hope Index (HHI) scores of the patients in the intervention and control groups (p>0.05). In contrast, the posttest scores of the intervention group were significantly higher than those of the control group. While the HHI scores of the intervention group significantly increased from the pretest to the posttest, the control group scores significantly decreased from the pretest to the posttest (p<0.05). In this study, mandala activity was found to be effective in increasing the hope levels of women diagnosed with gynecological cancers.
