Browsing by Author "Yararbas, G"

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    Probation Service Systems in Turkey and Several Countries: A Comparative Study in the Context of Substance Misuse
    Altin, D; Kayli, DS; Yararbas, G
    Probation services are the leading organization among basic institutions supervising legal consequences of substance misuse. This system is applied in many European countries for hundreds of years while Turkey has a relatively newer system, starting from 2005, compared to more developed countries. This study is a narrative review on probation services including comparison of probation systems in different countries as well as literature findings of several studies on probation due to substance misuse. In this study, it is aimed to discuss probation services in different countries in the world in a comparative way in terms of scope, history, institutional structure, and psychosocial interventions; probation work in prison services; victim services, volunteer workers, pre-sentence reports, victim-offender mediation, in-service trainings, and specialized drug courts within probation system since there are similarities and differences which can be classified under those headings between Turkey and other countries. The difficulty in drawing firm conclusions for people under community supervision is illustrated in studies on treatment for substance misuse. It is seen that there are many similarities and differences also in probation systems in different countries. Probation services are important contact points for substance users with several services provided. It is also stated that probation services are increasingly involved in measures such as drug/alcohol treatment.
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    A Comparison of Smokers, Non-Smokers, and Those Undergoing Treatment in Terms of Attitudes on Coping with Stress and Psychological Resilience
    Acar, S; Kayli, DS; Yararbas, G
    This study compares the attitudes on resilience and coping with stress of smokers, non-smokers, and those undergoing smoking-cessation treatment. This study involves three study groups: 116 people who applied to the Institute on Drug Abuse, Toxicology, and Pharmaceutical Science Smoking Cessation Polyclinic in Ege university to stop smoking, 110 smokers, and 121 non-smokers. The individual information form has been prepared in order to measure the variables of gender, age, and education level. In addition to the individual information form, the Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence, the Brief Coping Styles Inventory (Brief COPE), and the Resilience Scale for Adults have been used. The Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whimey U tests have been utilized in addition to descriptive statistics in analyzing the obtained data. Based on multiple comparisons among the three groups, significant differences among the groups have been obtained in certain sub-dimensions for the variables in coping strategies and resilience, as well as significant differences between smokers and the other groups in terms of their levels of resilience.