Browsing by Author "Arabaci, LB"

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    The determination of parent attitude and childhood trauma in adolescent pushed into crime
    Beser, NG; Arabaci, LB; Uzunoglu, G; Bilaç, Ö; Ozan, E
    Objective: This study was conducted to determine parent attitude and childhood traumas of adolescents pushed into crime who came to the policlinic of child and adolescent psychiatry for judicial evaluation. Method: Of this descriptive cross-sectional study sample was included 45 adolescents aged between 13 and 18 years, came with their parents to the psychiatric outpatient clinic of child, pushed into crime. Data were collected with Introductory Information Form, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, Parents Attitude Research Instrument Scale. To evaluation of the data, descriptive statistics, Mann-Whitney-U, Kruskal Wallis Variance analysis and Pearson correlation analysis were used. Results: 84.4 % of adolescent who joined the research were 15-17 age, 60.0% of them were male and 57.8% of them were not unable to continue schooling. The mean of trauma questionnaire of adolescent was found 54.42 +/- 7.53 (middle). It was found that sexual abuse's median points of adolescent who were unable to continue schooling, had a poor commination with father, and physical abuse's median points of adolescent who lived with their family, and physical neglect's median points of adolescent who graduated from primary school, and emotional abuse's median points of adolescent whose father showed irrelevant attitude, and emotional neglects' median points of adolescent who have three or more sisters/brothers, whose mothers showed unbalanced and inconsistent attitude were higher than other's significantly (p<0.05). Discussion: Adolescent who pushed into crime experienced middle level childhood trauma. The repressive-irrelevant parental attitude, unable to continue schooling, poor communication with the father, being in the crowded family, having psychiatric diagnosis from childhood are predictors of childhood mental trauma.
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    Analysis of Substance Use and Mental Disorder Diagnoses in Adolescents with a History of Delinquency: a Cross-sectional Study
    Arabaci, LB; Dikeç, G; Soylu, GT; Bilaç, Ö; Uzunoglu, G; Dagli, DA
    This study aimed to evaluate substance use and comorbid mental disorders in delinquent adolescents presenting to a child and adolescent psychiatry outpatient clinic. This study included 47 adolescents aged 15-18 years and had a history of delinquency. Data were collected using the Addiction Profile Index Adolescent Form (API-A) and an information form. Results indicated that the adolescents' mean age is 16.11 +/- 1.05 years, 78.7% had committed crimes against property and 34.0% against the person, and 34.0% were also victims of crime. Mean API-A total scores indicated that their level of substance use was low. In addition, mean API-A total scores showed significant differences according to the adolescents' migration status, age, economic status, school attendance, mental disorder diagnosis, duration of mental disorder, and type of offense (p < 0.05). The benefit provided by timely and appropriate psychosocial interventions may have a key role in solving this problem for adolescents and improving their future as adults.
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    Traumatic growth and psychological resilience status of female victims of violence inpatients in a district psychiatric hospital
    Arabaci, LB; Dikec, G; Buyukbayram, A; Uzunoglu, G; Ozan, E
    The aim of this study was to examine the traumatic mental growth and psychological resilience status of females who were receiving inpatient treatment at a district mental health hospital and had a history of being subjected to violence. One hundred-twenty female patients with a history of exposure to violence participated in the study. An introductory information form, the Traumatic Growth Inventory (TGI) and the Psychological Resilience Scale for Adults (PRSA) were used for data collection. This study found that all the participants were subjected to emotional violence, 65.8% to physical violence, 30.8% to sexual violence, and 94.2% to verbal violence at some point in their lives. Their TGI mean score (60.96 11.91) was above average, while their PRSA mean score (97.90 +/- 9.18) was below average. The participants' mean scores on the TGI and PRSA did not vary significantly by the type of violence (p > 0.05) to which the women were exposed. Moreover, no statistically significant relationship was found between the TGI and the PRSA total scale and subscale mean scores (p > 0.05). This study found that the posttraumatic growth of females who had a history of physical or emotional or sexual abuse was positive, and that their psychological resilience levels were inadequate.