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Article Citation - WoS: 3Citation - Scopus: 3The Role of Honor Concerns in Disclosing (vs. Hiding) COVID-19 Diagnosis: Insights from Turkiye(Springer/plenum Publishers, 2023) Ceylan-Batur, Suzan; Dogulu, Canay; Akbas, Gulcin; Yet, Barbaros; Uskul, Ayse K. K.Members of honor cultures value engaging in moral behaviors and managing their social image to maintain their honor. These two goals reflect reputation and integrity concerns, which also have bearing on gender roles. In the current study, we examined a) evaluations of women and men described as diagnosed with COVID-19 and as either hiding or disclosing their diagnosis, b) the moderating role of honor concerns (reputation and integrity) and the gender of the infected person in these evaluations, and c) the relationship between honor concerns and individuals' own disclosure preferences among participants living in Turkiye, a country that exemplifies an honor culture. Findings revealed that participants with stronger reputation concerns evaluated a woman's hiding behavior more favorably than that of a man's. Moreover, higher integrity concerns were associated with lower levels of participants' own preference to hide a diagnosis for both men and women, whereas reputation concerns were positively associated with a preference for hiding a diagnosis among men only. Furthermore, a content analysis of participants' open-ended explanations of their views on women's and men's motivation to hide a diagnosis revealed further evidence for the gendered nature of reputation concerns. Our findings point to the importance of prioritizing integrity concerns (and downplaying reputation concerns) in public health campaigns in honor cultures.Article Citation - WoS: 11Citation - Scopus: 13Exploring and Expanding Students' Success in Software Testing(Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, 2017) Mishra, Deepti; Ostrovska, Sofiya; Hacaloglu, TunaPurpose - Testing is one of the indispensable activities in software development and is being adopted as an independent course by software engineering (SE) departments at universities worldwide. The purpose of this paper is to carry out an investigation of the performance of learners about testing, given the tendencies in the industry and motivation caused by the unavailability of similar studies in software testing field. Design/methodology/approach - This study is based on the data collected over three years (between 2012 and 2014) from students taking the software testing course. The course is included in the second year of undergraduate curriculum for the bachelor of engineering (SE). Findings - It has been observed that, from the performance perspective, automated testing outperforms structural and functional testing techniques, and that a strong correlation exists among these three approaches. Moreover, a strong programming background does help toward further success in structural and automated testing, but has no effect on functional testing. The results of different teaching styles within the course are also presented together with an analysis exploring the relationship between students' gender and success in the software testing course, revealing that there is no difference in terms of performance between male and female students in the course. Moreover, it is advisable to introduce teaching concepts one at a time because students find it difficult to grasp the ideas otherwise. Research limitations/implications - These findings are based on the analysis conducted using three years of data collected while teaching a course in testing. Obviously, there are some limitations to this study. For example, student's strength in programming is calculated using the score of C programming courses taken in previous year/semester. Such scores may not reflect their current level of programming knowledge. Furthermore, attempt was made to ensure that the exercises given for different testing techniques have similar difficulty level to guarantee that the difference in success between these testing techniques is due to the inherent complexity of the technique itself and not because of different exercises. Still, there is small probability that a certain degree of change in success may be due to the difference in the difficulty levels of the exercises. As such, it is obviously premature to consider the present results as final since there is a lack of similar type of studies, with which the authors can compare the results. Therefore, more work needs to be done in different settings to draw sound conclusions in this respect. Originality/value - Although there are few studies (see e.g. Chan et al., 2005; Garousi and Zhi, 2013; Ng et al., 2004) exploring the preference of testers over distinct software testing techniques in the industry, there appears to be no paper comparing the preferences and performances of learners in terms of different testing techniques.Book Non-Discrimination in Turkey(Springer International Publishing, 2022) Yilmaz,G.The book “Non-discrimination in Turkey” focuses on issue areas within the broader non-discrimination framework in Turkey. It looks domestic change in Turkey regarding non-discrimination across time. The book unpacks the principle of non-discrimination and provides analysis in many issue areas like LGBTI rights, disability rights or age discrimination that rely under the framework of non-discrimination. Adopting a comprehensive approach including many areas within non-discrimination, the book will be useful for the students, scholars and researchers of international relations, political science, Middle East and Turkish studies and those interested in human rights. © The Editor(s)(if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022.Article The Weak Link in the Chain: The (Surprisingly) Loose Ties Between Migrant Women and Women's Organizations in Turkey(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2026) Gencoglu, Funda; Ozgur Keysan, AsumanThis article examines the fragmented solidarities between women's organizations and Syrian migrant women in Turkey, focusing on & Idot;stanbul, Gaziantep, and & Idot;zmir, the cities with the highest concentrations of Syrian migrants. Drawing on semi-structured interviews conducted with representatives from 25 women's organizations, the study investigates why feminist solidarity has remained elusive despite the shared gendered vulnerabilities of migrant women and Turkish women. The findings reveal that women's organizations are divided in their approaches to migrant women due to differing conceptualizations of the state, intersectionality, and traditional gender roles, as well as the cultural and socio-economic heterogeneity of Syrian women. These divisions are further compounded by structural constraints that limit opportunities for engagement and reinforce exclusionary attitudes. By situating these dynamics within the broader context of transnational feminist debates, the article argues that feminist solidarity is not a given but a contested and context-dependent process that requires active efforts to bridge divides. The study contributes to scholarship on migration and feminist solidarity by foregrounding the intersecting dimensions of gender, class, ethnicity, and state-civil society dynamics, emphasizing the need for rights-based, transformative solidarities over charity-based approaches. The article concludes with implications for feminist politics, migration policy, and pathways for future research, offering insights into fostering inclusive solidarities in global migration contexts.Master Thesis Yeni Şişelerde Yıllanmış Şarap: Jeanette Winterson'ın Tutku ve Frankissstein: Bir Aşk Hikayesi Romanlarında Biyolojik Cinsiyet, Toplumsal Cinsiyet ve Kimlik(2022) Özen, Fadime Cansu Palamutçu; Tekin, KuğuBu tezin amacı, Jeanette Winterson'ın seçilen romanlarda yarattığı zaman çizelgesi ve karakterler aracılığıyla biyolojik cinsiyet, toplumsal cinsiyet ve kimlik kavramlarının nasıl evrildiğini göstermektir: İkinci romanı Tutku ve son yapıtlarından biri olan Frankissstein: Bir Aşk Hikayesi. Her iki romanda da Winterson, metinlerarasılık, parodi ve zamansal çarpıtma gibi çeşitli postmodern unsurları kullanır; böylece kurmaca yazınındaki geleneksel teknikleri altüst eder. Winterson, Tutku romanında, Henri ve Villanelle adlı iki adet hikaye anlatıcısı yaratır, atfedilen cinsiyet rollerini değiştirir ve biyolojik cinsiyet ile toplumsal cinsiyet arasındaki sınırları bulanıklaştırır. Dolayısıyla bu tez, toplumsal olarak kadınlardan ve erkeklerden beklenenlerin nasıl farklılaştığına odaklanmakta ve bu inşa edilmiş rollerin performatif doğasının altını çizmektedir. Frankissstein: Bir Aşk Hikayesi'nde iki anlatıcının yanı sıra iki farklı zaman dilimi de vardır. İlk hikaye, annesi feminist hareketin öncülerinden Mary Wollstonecraft olan Mary Shelley tarafından anlatılır. İkinci anlatıcı, varlığı, cinsiyet rolleri ve değişken kimlikler hakkında çok daha geniş bir perspektif sunan trans doktor Ry Shelley'dir. Dolayısıyla bu tez, ilgili teorilerin ve argümanların ışığında, biyolojik cinsiyet, toplumsal cinsiyet ve kimlik kavramlarının analizini Winterson'ın karakterleri aracılığıyla sunmayı amaçlamaktadır. Onların deneyimleri, 'yıllanmış bir şarabı yeni şişelere koymanın' hiçbir anlamı olmadığının altını çizer çünkü ikili sistemlerin her zaman 'Öteki' bir tarafı olmuştur. Bu sebeple, bu çalışma, bilindik eski ikili sistemler için üretilen yeni etiketlere rağmen, hetero-ataerkil sistemin kökünün aynı kaldığını da göstermektedir.Article Citation - Scopus: 17Exporting by Migrants and Indigenous Entrepreneurs: Contingent on Gender and Education(Inderscience Publishers, 2016) Ashourizadeh,S.; Schøtt,T.; Şengüler,E.P.; Wang,Y.Migrants may become entrepreneurs in their host countries. They may utilise their dual embeddedness in both the home country and the host country, and also use transnational links to gain a competitive advantage in exporting compared to indigenous entrepreneurs. Migrant entrepreneurs' advantage may, however, be contingent on attributes such as gender and education, especially among the first generation of migrants, in that being male and educated is more advantageous for migrants than for indigenous entrepreneurs. A representative sample of 50,371 entrepreneurs establishing or operating enterprises around the world was surveyed in the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, which reports on migration and exporting. Hierarchical linear modelling shows that migrant entrepreneurs export more than indigenous entrepreneurs, especially in the first generation, and especially among educated and male migrants. These findings can be generalised to migrant and indigenous entrepreneurs worldwide to enhance knowledge about the entrepreneurial benefits of migration, albeit contingent on gender and education. Copyright © 2016 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.Article A Study on the Employment of Metacognitive Reading Strategies Among University-Level Preparatory Class Students(int Soc Technology Education & Science-istes, 2023) Tokcalar, Ferda; Gurlen, EdaThe purpose of this study is to find out how much the students are aware of the metacognitive reading strategies that can be applied while reading and whether there are any differences in the usage of these strategies in terms of gender, level at the university, and department in the high school. In this case, the research was descriptive in nature and used the general survey model. The study group of the research was made up of 474 students from the preparatory classes at a foundation university for the academic year of 2021-2022. - 2022. This study sought to ascertain the degree to which students, who are students at the Department of Foreign Languages at a foundation university in Ankara, read academic literature using metacognitive reading strategies. To measure the degree of the usage of metacognitive reading strategies and determine if there were any connections between students' reading comprehension and the strategies, Metacognitive Reading Strategies Questionnaire (MRSQ), developed by Taraban, Rynearson, and Kerr (2004), was chosen as a tool to determine which metacognitive reading strategies students employ while they are reading. The MRSQ questionnaire was deemed to be appropriate for usage because it was translated into Turkish by & Ccedil;& ouml;& gbreve;men and Saracalo & gbreve;lu (2010) and after conducting validity and reliability tests it was proved to be appropriate to be used in the research. According to the data obtained from the questionnaire, a statistically significant difference was found in the students' scores in terms of their genders and the high school departments they attended, but there was not a statistically significant difference in terms of their university grade levels. The research's findings may shed light on the reading strategies that students at the Department of Foreign Languages make use of when reading texts in English, academic papers, and school-related resources.Doctoral Thesis Sarah Scott'ın A Description Of Millennium Hall, Florence Dixie'nin Gloriana; Or, The Revolution Of 1900 ve Fay Weldon'nın Darcy's Utopia Adlı Eserlerinde Ütopik Söylemin İncelenmesi(2017) Düzgün, Şebnem; Aras, GökşenSarah Scott'ın A Description of Millenium Hall (1762), Florence Dixie'nin Gloriana; Or, The Revolution of 1900 (1890) ve Fay Weldon'ın Darcy's Utopia (1990) adlı eserleri yönetici sınıfta bulunan erkeklerin gücünü ve imtiyazlarını meşrulaştıran ataerkil politikaları eleştirir. Sırasıyla on sekizinci yüzyıl ortasında, on dokuzuncu ve yirminci yüzyıl sonlarında etkili olan feminist akımlardan etkilenmiş olan Scott, Dixie ve Weldon, kadın başkahramanları aracılığıyla feminist ütopyalarında baskıcı ataerkil ideolojiye ve söyleme karşı çıkarlar. Cinsiyet ayrımcılığını sosyo-politik bir sorun olarak ele alan kadın kahramanlar, kadınların zihinsel ve fiziksel yönlerden daha aşağı bir konumda oldukları varsayımının din, eğitim ve evlilik gibi sosyal kurumlar tarafından dayatıldığını ileri sürerler. Ayrıca, kadınların ve ikincil toplumsal, ırksal ve dini sınıfların baskılanması arasında da benzerlik kurarlar. Tez, çoğunlukla Foucault'nun ve feministlerin söylemlerine gönderme yaparak Scott, Dixie ve Weldon'ın eserlerinde kadınların ezilmesi ve sömürülmesi konusunu tartışır ve toplumsal cinsiyet meselesinin farklı sosyo-tarihsel açılardan ele alınsa da başkahramanların, kadınların ezilmesinin ideolojik olduğunu ve kadınların sözde biyolojik, zihinsel veya ahlaki açıdan güçsüzlükleriyle ilgili olmadığını savunduklarını açıklamayı amaçlar. Ayrıca, kadınların ikincil konuma itilmesinin, gücün üst sınıf Hıristiyan beyaz erkeklerin ellerinde toplanmasını savunan ataerkil devlet tarafından yasallaştırıldığını iddia ettikleri ortaya konur. Tez, Scott, Dixie ve Weldon'ın kadın kahramanlarının, kadınların erkek egemenliğinden kurtarılması için ataerkil gücü pekiştiren geleneksel sosyal, ekonomik, politik, dini ve ahlaki ideolojilerin yeniden düzenlenmesi gerektiğini savundukları sonucuna varır.Article Citation - WoS: 19Citation - Scopus: 21Gender Inequity in Thermal Sensation Based on Emotional Intensity for Participants in a Warm Mediterranean Climate Zone(Elsevier France-editions Scientifiques Medicales Elsevier, 2023) Ceter, Aydin Ege; Ozbey, Mehmet Furkan; Turhan, CihanThe deficiencies of the one of the most preferred conventional thermal comfort models, the Predicted Mean Vote/ Percentage of Predicted Dissatisfied (PMV/PPD) method have emerged over time since the model does not take psychological parameters such as personal traits, mood states and adaptation into account. Therefore, re-searchers have focused on Adaptive Thermal Comfort models that integrate human behaviours into the model for better prediction of thermal comfort. In addition to the influence of the behaviours of occupants, thermal comfort may be evaluated as a subjective term, thus, the effect of one of the psychological parameters, current mood state, on thermal sensation cannot be ignored for predictions. Although, the effect of current mood state on thermal sensation is a vital concept, the findings of the studies are not effective and comprehensive in the literature. For this reason, the aim of this study is to examine the relationship between current mood state and thermal sensation in gender difference aspect. Therefore, a series of experiments were conducted in a university study hall between August 16th, 2021 and August 1st, 2022. The current mood states of the participants were evaluated with the Profile of Mood States (POMS) questionnaire and the results were represented by a novel approach called Emotional Intensity Score (EIS). One tailed t-test was applied for investigating the relationship between the EIS and the thermal sensation. Findings of the research showed that a significant association exists between the EIS and thermal sensation for male participants while no relationship was found for female.Article Citation - WoS: 5Citation - Scopus: 6Adaptation of Food Craving Inventory To Turkish Culture: a Validity and Reliability Study(Bmc, 2022) Ozel, Irem Cagla; Yabanci Ayhan, Nurcan; Cetiner, OzlemPlain English Summary This study was carried out to adapt the Food Craving Inventory to Turkish. The English version of inventory consists of 4 sub-factors that measure cravings for high-fat foods, carbohydrates/starches, sweets, and fast food fats, and creates a total score. The sample of the study consists of 621 individuals between the ages of 19-50 who voluntarily agree to participate in an online survey. This study revealed that FCI-TR is a valid instrument of specific food cravings in the Turkish adult population. Turkish version of the FCI also consist of 4 sub-factors. Women experienced more food craving for sweets than men. While the most craved food by women was chocolate, men scored significantly higher on bread than women. In addition, a relationship was found between food craving and body weight. Introduction The Food Craving Inventory is a 28-item self-report measure of specific food cravings. The inventory consists of 4 factors: high fats, sweets, carbohydrates/starches and fast-food fats. Purpose This study was carried out to evaluate the Turkish validity and reliability of the Food Craving Inventory, and to determine the psychometric properties and factor structure of the Turkish version. Methods The sample of the study consists of 621 individuals between the ages of 19-50 who voluntarily agree to participate in online survey. Validity and reliability analyses were performed for the Turkish version of Food Craving Inventory (FCI-TR). Confirmatory factor analysis was performed to evaluate the factor structure of the Turkish version of FCI. Results Confirmatory factor analysis yielded a four-factor structure as "sweets," "high-fats," "carbohydrates/starches" and "fast food fats". The Cronbach-alpha coefficient for the total score was 0.84; subfactors were calculated as 0.74 for "sweets", 0.64 for "high-fat foods", 0.65 for "carbohydrates/starches", and 0.66 for "fast-food fats". The scores of the FCI-TR factors and its total score significantly correlated with the sub-factors of Three Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ). A significant correlation was found between body mass index (BMI) and high fats and fast-food fats factor score. Also total and factor scores of the FCI-TR were different between BMI groups. Conclusions This study demonstrates that the Turkish version of the FCI is a valid and reliable tool to measure food cravings in the Turkish population. FCI is also correlated with sub-factors of TFEQ.
