Almanya'da Yaşayan Türk Göçmenlerin Ruh Sağlığının Değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, Türkiye'de yaşayan Türkler (TYT) ile Almanya'daki Türk göçmenler (AYT) arasında sosyal anksiyete düzeyi açısından bir fark olup olmadığını belirlemeyi amaçladık. AYT’lerin Liebowitz Sosyal Anksiyete Ölçeği'nin (LSAS) alt ölçeklerden kaçınma ve kaygı düzeyinin diğer gruba göre daha yüksek puan alacağı varsayılarak bu çalışma planlandı. Bu çalışmaya Facebook'un Harran Üniversitesi Psikiyatri Anabilim Dalı web sitesi aracılığıyla 120 kişi alındı. Bu deneyde, katılımcılar sosyodemografik özellikler, ve LSAS üzerinde puanları açısından değerlendirildi. Sosyal kaygı (t (n) = 1,15, p = 0,25) ve sosyal kaçınma (t (n) = 1,67, p = 0,1) gibi alanlarda anlamlı olmayan bulgular elde edildi. AYT’lerin toplum içinde telefonla görüşme, bir toplantıda konuşma, tanımadığı insanlara onay vermeme, bir gruba bir konu hakkında rapor sunmayla ilgili konularda olumsuz anlamda daha yüksek puanlara sahip olduğu, ancak bu bulguların anlamlı olmadığı görülmüştür. Daha büyük örneklemlerle yapılacak çalışmalara ihtiyaç duyulmaktadır.

Keywords

• Kültürlerarası psikiyatri,sosyal kaygı,sosyal kaçınma,Türk göçmenler,Almanya

The Evaluation of Mental Health of Turkish Immigrants Living in Germany

Abstract

This study aimed to identify if there is a difference between the Turkish people living in Turkey (TPTs) and the Turkish immigrants living in Germany (TIGs) regarding the social anxiety level. It is hypothesized that the TIG group would score higher on the subscales avoidance and anxiety level of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) compared to the other group. For this study, 120 subjects were recruited through the Facebook official website of the Psychiatry department of the Harran University. In this study, participants fill out a questionnaire on sociodemographic properties and score on LSAS. The results of this data displayed a non-significant outcome on subscales, social anxiety (t (n) = 1.15, p = 0.25) and social avoidance (t (n) = 1.67, p = 0.1). It is demonstrated that TIGs had higher scores in the items related to telephoning in public, speaking up at a meeting, expressing a disagreement or disapproval to foreign, giving a report to a group, but these findings were not significant. Further studies with larger sample size are needed.

Keywords

• Cross-cultural psychiatry,social anxiety,social avoidance,Turkish immigrants,Germany

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