Mülteci Üniversitesi Öğrencilerinde Travmatik Yaşantıların Depresyon, Yalnızlık, Anksiyete, Travma Sonrası Gelişim Ve Ağrı İle İlişkisi

Year 2020, Volume: 4 Issue: 3, 264 - 269, 29.10.2020

Şengül Şahin Özlem Altındağ Gulcin Elboga Selahaddin Elçiçek Mazlum Serdar Akaltun Abdurrahman Altındağ Ali Gür İlkay Doğan

https://doi.org/10.30565/medalanya.738966

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, mülteci üniversite öğrencilerinde travmatik deneyimlerin oranını ve travmalar ile anksiyete, yalnızlık, depresyon, travma sonrası gelişim ve ağrı arasındaki ilişkiyi araştırmaktır.

Gereç ve
Yöntemler: Bu çalışma Eylül 2017 ve Eylül 2018 tarihleri arasında Gaziantep Üniversitesi'nde gerçekleştirilmiştir. Değerlendirme için UCLA (California Üniversitesi, Los Angeles) Yalnızlık Ölçeği, Travma Sonrası Büyüme Envanteri (TSBE), Beck Depresyon Envanteri (BDE), Beck Anksiyete Envanteri (BAE), Travmatik Yaşantilar Kontrol Listesi (TYKL) kullanılmıştır.

Bulgular: Çalışmaya toplam 71 öğrenci dahil edildi. UCLA ve BDE, TYKL arasında pozitif, UCLA ve TSBE arasında negatif korelasyon vardı. BDI, BAE ve TYKL arasında pozitif korelasyon vardı. TSBE ve BDE ile TYKL arasında negatif bir korelasyon saptandı. Bir gün içinde hissedilen ortalama ağrı süresi ile TYKL, BDE arasında anlamlı ve pozitif bir korelasyon ve ağrı süresi ile TSBE arasında negatif korelasyon gözlendi.

Sonuç: Mülteci öğrencilerde travmatik yaşantıların fazla olması depresyon ile pozitif, travmatik büyüme ile negatif ilişkiliydi. Gün içinde hissedilen ortalama ağrı süresi, depresif belirtilerin fazlalığı ve travmatik olayların fazlalılığı ile pozitif ilişkilidir, ancak ağrının varlığı / ağrının lokalizasyonu ve değerlendirme ölçekleri arasında bir ilişki saptanmamıştır.

Keywords

Travma, Depresyon, Yalnizlik, Anksiyete, Travma Sonrasi Gelişim

The Relations of Traumatic Life Events with Depression, Loneliness, Anxiety, Posttraumatic Growth, and Pain in Refugee University Students

Abstract

Aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate the rate of traumatic experiences and the relationship between traumas and anxiety, loneliness, depression, posttraumatic growth and pain, in refugee university students.

Materials and Methods: This study was conducted at the Gaziantep University between September 2017 and September 2018. UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) Loneliness Scale, Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Traumatic Events Checklist (T.E.C) were used for assessment purposes.

Results: A total of 71 students were included in our study. There was a positive correlation between UCLA and BDI, T.E.C and a negative correlation between UCLA and PTGE. There was a positive correlation between BDI and BAI, T.E.C. A negative correlation was determined between PTGE and BDI and also T.E.C. A significant and positive correlation was observed between duration of pain felt during a day and T.E.C, BDI, and a negative correlation between duration of pain and PTGE.

Conclusion: Excessive traumatic experiences were positively related with depression and negatively related with traumatic growth. The duration of pain felt during a day was positively related with the excess of depressive symptoms and traumatic events, however there was no relationship between the presence of pain/localization of pain and assessment scales.

Keywords

Refugees, trauma, anxiety, depression, pain

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