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                                                                <journal-id>baun health sci j</journal-id>
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                                                                                    <journal-title>Balıkesir Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi</journal-title>
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                            <issn pub-type="ppub">2146-9601</issn>
                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2147-2238</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Balıkesir University</publisher-name>
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                                                            <subject>Health Promotion</subject>
                                                            <subject>Community Child Health</subject>
                                                            <subject>Mental Health Nursing</subject>
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                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="tr">
                                                            <subject>Sağlığın Geliştirilmesi</subject>
                                                            <subject>Toplum Çocuk Sağlığı</subject>
                                                            <subject>Ruh Sağlığı Hemşireliği</subject>
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                                                                                                                        <article-title>Determining the Relationship Between Irrational Beliefs and Problem Solving Skills of Adolescents</article-title>
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                                    <trans-title>Adölesan Bireylerin İrrasyonel İnanışları ve Problem Çözme Becerisi Arasındaki İlişkinin Belirlenmesi</trans-title>
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                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5493-9222</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Karagöz</surname>
                                    <given-names>Feyza</given-names>
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                                                                    <aff>ANKARA YILDIRIM BEYAZIT ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9305-4363</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Atasoy</surname>
                                    <given-names>Esma</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>ANKARA YILDIRIM BEYAZIT UNIVERSITY</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20250830">
                    <day>08</day>
                    <month>30</month>
                    <year>2025</year>
                </pub-date>
                                        <volume>14</volume>
                                        <issue>2</issue>
                                        <fpage>295</fpage>
                                        <lpage>305</lpage>
                        
                        <history>
                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20240223">
                        <day>02</day>
                        <month>23</month>
                        <year>2024</year>
                    </date>
                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20250327">
                        <day>03</day>
                        <month>27</month>
                        <year>2025</year>
                    </date>
                            </history>
                                        <permissions>
                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2012, Balıkesir Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2012</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Balıkesir Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                <abstract><p>ABSTRACTObjective: This descriptive study was conducted to determine the relationship between problem solving skills of adolescents and irrational beliefs. Materials and Methods: The research was conducted on April 15 and June 15, 2022, with 353 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students in Ankara. In the study, &quot;Data Collection Form&quot;, &quot;Problem Solving Inventory for Children&quot; and &quot;Rational Belief Scale for Adolescents&quot; were used as data collection tools. . Results: In the study, a significant negative correlation was found between the irrational beliefs and problem-solving skills of early adolescent individuals (r=-0.389; p</p></abstract>
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                            <p>ÖZAmaç: Bu araştırma, adölesan bireylerin problem çözme becerisi ve irrasyonel inanışları arasındaki ilişkinin belirlenmesi amacıyla tanımlayıcı türde yapılmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntem: Araştırma, 15 Nisan-15 Haziran 2022 tarihleri arasında Ankara’da öğrenim gören 6., 7. ve 8. Sınıf 353 ortaokul öğrenci ile yapılmıştır. Araştırmada veri toplama araçları olarak: ‘‘Veri Toplama Formu’’, ‘‘Çocuklar İçin Problem Çözme Envanteri’’ ve ‘‘Ergenler İçin Mantıkdışı İnanç Ölçeği’’ kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: Araştırmada, erken dönem adölesan bireylerin irrasyonel inanışları ve problem çözme becerisi arasında negatif yönde anlamlı bir ilişki bulunmuştur (r=-0.389; p</p></trans-abstract>
                                                            
            
                                                            <kwd-group>
                                                    <kwd>: Adolescence</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Adolescence</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Nursing</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Irrational Belief</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  School Health</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Problem Solving Skills.</kwd>
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                                                                            <kwd-group xml:lang="tr">
                                                    <kwd>Adölesan</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Ergenlik</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Hemşirelik</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  İrrasyonel İnanış</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Okul Sağlığı</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Problem Çözme Becerisi.</kwd>
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