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Article From Broken Branches to New Shoots: The Role of Relational Needs and Positive Future Expectations in Low Psychological Distress among Individuals with Childhood Maltreatment(Wiley, 2025-07) Kacar-Basaran, Servet; Kiziltepe, RukiyeThis study delves into the psychological effects of childhood maltreatment, focusing on how relational needs and positive future expectations affect distress levels among individuals with childhood maltreatment. Additionally, it seeks to determine the mediating role of positive future expectations in the association between relational needs satisfaction and lower psychological distress. The sample consisted of 301 participants; however, analyses were conducted with 249 participants (M = 24.09, SD = 6.23) who reported experiencing at least one type of abuse or neglect during childhood. Participants aged 18 and over were recruited through an online survey platform, shared via various social media sites. Participants completed the Revised and Expanded Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, the Relational Needs Satisfaction Scale, the Positive Future Expectations Scale and the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale to assess childhood maltreatment, relational needs satisfaction, positive future expectations and psychological symptoms. The findings indicate that relational needs satisfaction and positive future expectations are negatively associated with lower psychological distress in individuals with childhood maltreatment experiences. Mediation analysis results confirm that the indirect effect of relational needs satisfaction on low psychological distress through positive future expectations is significant. Relational needs satisfaction may enhance positive future expectations and reduce the risk of psychological distress, thereby supporting psychological well-being in individuals exposed to childhood maltreatment. In this context, therapeutic approaches focusing on relational needs could be beneficial when working with individuals with traumatic experiences.Article Citation - WoS: 3Citation - Scopus: 3Trait Repetitive Negative Thinking: Psychometric Properties of the Turkish Version of the Brief Repetitive Thinking Questionnaire (RTQ-10)(Springer Int Publ Ag, 2023-07-08) Kacar-Basaran, Servet; Gokdag, Ceren; Mcevoy, Peter M.Repetitive negative thinking (RNT) is a transdiagnostic risk factor for many psychological problems, so it is essential to measure RNT validly and reliably across different cultural contexts. The 10-item brief version of the Repetitive Thinking Questionnaire (RTQ-10) has strong psychometric properties and predicts a range of emotional symptoms. Although there are versions of the scale in different languages, it has not been adapted to Turkish. The aim of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of RTQ-10 in a Turkish-speaking community sample. A total of 310 adults (M-age = 27.86, SD = 8.67, 73.5% female) completed an online survey including RTQ-10, and 261 of them (M-age = 27.55, SDage = 8.56, 72.8% female) completed scales measuring perseverative thinking, rumination, worry, and psychological symptoms. Results demonstrated that the Turkish version of the RTQ-10 had a unitary structure with high internal reliability (& alpha; = .93), similar to the original version. The single-factor model also demonstrated measurement invariance across gender and age groups. The RTQ-10 was positively correlated with perseverative thinking, rumination, worry, depression, anxiety, and stress severities, and demonstrated incremental validity by predicting the variance in psychological distress beyond other measures of RNT. Overall, the results indicated that the Turkish version of the RTQ-10 is a reliable and valid measurement tool for the assessment of RNT.Article Citation - WoS: 3Citation - Scopus: 3Bender-Gestalt II Test: Psychometric Properties with Global Scoring System on a Turkish Standardization Sample(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2022-07-28) Korkmaz, Mediha; Sapmaz-Yurtsever, Seda; Kacar-Basaran, Servet; Demiral, Nagehan; Cabuk, TalipThe present study aims to standardize the Bender-Gestalt II Test by exploring its psychometric properties on a Turkish sample between the ages of 4 and 17 years and to obtain its normative values. The standardization sample consisted of 2691 students aged 4.0-17.11 years/months from low, middle, and high socioeconomic statuses, attending preschool, primary, and high school education. The participants were administered the Bender-Gestalt II Test and other tests, including the Gesell Developmental Schedules test, Colored Progressive Matrices Test, Goodenough Draw-a-Man Test, Test of Nonverbal Intelligence, Raven Standard Progressive Matrices Test, and Visual-Aural Digit Span Test-Revised Form, according to their age groups. The results revealed the absolute agreement values of the Copy items to be between .87 and .98. Thereafter, we calculated the test-retest reliability coefficients of the Copy scores to range from .74 to .67 by age groups, while the split-half reliability coefficients for each age group were between .62 and .87. The results of the exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses suggested its single-factor structure for all age groups. The Copy scores showed significant correlations and predicted the criterion characteristics, which include general cognitive ability, mental development/fine motor skills, short-term memory, and attention. Overall, the present study confirmed that the Bender-Gestalt II Test is a valid, reliable, and standardized measure to evaluate the visual-motor integration ability of those aged 4.0-17.11 years/months.