Current Research in Social Sciences最新文献

{"title":"(Dis)utopian Landscapes: Baudrillard, Deleuze, and DeLillo","authors":"Muhsin Yanar","doi":"10.30613/curesosc.1381692","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30613/curesosc.1381692","url":null,"abstract":"What drives us to speculate, hypothesize, and fantasize about utopia and dystopia? The concepts of utopia (a good place) and dystopia (a bad place) might be arrived at and developed by one’s contact with the (constructed) reality and comprehension, yet frustration and discontent with it, and one’s pessimism and optimism over a better present and future contingent upon the place and time in which one exists. The former has a long history, whereas the latter is a work in progress. That is, one cannot simply distinguish between the two by asking whether the latter is primarily precautionary and reactive, cautioning us what not to do, whilst the former is proactive, pointing us in the right direction. Both the former and latter may have similar motives, namely, to demonstrate the dark characteristics of one society by comparing it with another, fictitious culture. Someone’s utopia might alternate dystopia, or many traditional utopias from the past include aspects that modern readers would identify as dystopian. On the other hand, one could argue that dystopia serves as the worst-case scenario, presenting a degraded, collapsing, and/or collapsed society, be it socio-culturally, economically, or technologically, worse than another, yet still hopeful for a drastic change for the better. Utopia could be received as the best-case scenario for people in a society considering its socio-political demise. Shortly, both utopian and dystopian scenarios would fit into an extended framework of contemplations on a catastrophe that would either signal a tremendous shift for the better or result in an apocalyptic nightmare. Drawing on the standpoints of Giles Deleuze and Jean Baudrillard and tracing Don DeLillo’s fiction, this paper seeks to explore the notion of dystopia, the future assumptions that dystopian fiction puts forward, and the challenges and issues it highlights, such as digital surveillance, technological control, the disappearance of individualism, uncertainty, and dread.","PeriodicalId":344498,"journal":{"name":"Current Research in Social Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139228987","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"ÇOCUKLUK ÇAĞI TRAVMALARI İLE ROMANTİK İLİŞKİDE İSTİSMARA MARUZİYET ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİDE BORDERLİNE KİŞİLİK ÖZELLİKLERİ VE AYRILIK ANKSİYETESİNİN ARACI ROLÜ","authors":"Haydeh Faraji̇, D. Demi̇r","doi":"10.30613/curesosc.1168755","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30613/curesosc.1168755","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of the study is to examine the mediating role of borderline personality pattern and separation anxiety in adults in the relationship between childhood traumas and exposure to abuse in romantic relationships, to emphasize some factors that may cause violence in relationships, and to support initiatives to prevent exposure to partner violence. For the research 400 participants aged 18-55 residing in Istanbul determined by simple random sampling method. After than Socio-demographic Information Form, Childhood Traumas Questionnaire (CTQ-33), Romantic Relationship Assessment Inventory (RRAI), Borderline Personality Questionnaire (BPQ), Adult Separation Anxiety Questionnaire (ASAQ) were given to them. The data obtained from the study were evaluated with the SPSS-25 statistical analysis program. Relationships between scales were evaluated with Pearson Correlation analysis and mediating roles were evaluated with PROCESS 3.5 Macro. All analyzes were based on a 95% confidence interval. When the research findings are examined, Childhood Traumas Questionnaireand all its subscales and Borderline Personality Disorder Scale and all its subscales; A positive correlation was found between the Adult Separation Anxiety Questionnaire and the Romantic Relationship Assessment Scale. Similarly, a positive correlation was also found between the Borderline Personality Questionnaire and all its subscales, and the Adult Separation Anxiety Questionnaire and the Romantic Relationship Assessment Scale. In addition, the results of the research show that the Childhood Traumas Questionnairepredicts the Romantic Relationship Assessment Inventory and that Borderline Personality Traits and Adult Separation Anxiety play a partial mediating role in this relationship. As conclusion, it was determined that childhood abuse and neglect experiences were associated with unhealthy personality patterns and exposure to maltreatment in adulthood romantic relationships.","PeriodicalId":344498,"journal":{"name":"Current Research in Social Sciences","volume":"64 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139243244","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Classroom Emotional Climate and School Burnout in Secondary School Students: A Hierarchical Regression Model","authors":"Mete Si̇pahi̇oğlu, Abdullah Manap, Ümit Dilekçi, Murat Yıldırım","doi":"10.30613/curesosc.1361793","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30613/curesosc.1361793","url":null,"abstract":"The present study investigated the relationship between secondary school students' gender, grade level, the emotional climate of the classroom, and school burnout levels. Using a correlational research design with a random sampling approach, the study collected data from a cohort of 404 Turkish students currently enrolled in secondary schools. Participants completed both the Classroom Emotional Climate Scale and Elementary School Student Burnout Scale for Grades 6-8 in addition to providing responses to a set of demographic questions. Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficient and hierarchical regression analyses were used to analyse the data. The findings from the correlation analysis demonstrated a significant negative relationship between positive emotional climate and both negative emotional climate and school burnout. Conversely, a significant positive correlation was observed between negative emotional climate and school burnout. Furthermore, the results of the hierarchical regression analysis revealed that both positive and negative emotional climate significantly predicted school burnout, even after accounting for the potential influences of gender and grade level. These findings indicate that interventions focused on enhancing a positive emotional climate while concurrently diminishing a negative emotional climate could be effective in alleviating school burnout among adolescents despite gender and grade level differences.","PeriodicalId":344498,"journal":{"name":"Current Research in Social Sciences","volume":"206 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139244998","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Pied Piper as a Killer in 21st Century London: China Miéville’s King Rat","authors":"Emrah Özbay","doi":"10.30613/curesosc.1348759","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30613/curesosc.1348759","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines how the story of The Pied Piper of Hamelin is re-told in China Miéville’s novel King Rat in 21st century London by combining elements of urban fantasy and arguing that the boundaries between the real and the fantasy world are blurred in the city of London. China Miéville is regarded as one of the most remarkable writers of contemporary British Fantasy literature. In King Rat, the blending of the familiar cityscape with elements of myth, magic and horror creates a rich environment where ordinary lives intersect with extraordinary forces. By analysing the thematic and stylistic features of the novel, this study will reveal how King Rat exemplifies the basic elements of urban fantasy focusing on the setting, characters, and fantastic elements and how it makes an important contribution to the genre. This analysis will provide readers with a detailed panorama of the interplay between urban settings, fantastic elements, and dark themes in contemporary literature.","PeriodicalId":344498,"journal":{"name":"Current Research in Social Sciences","volume":"419 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139243648","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Examination of the psychological effects of Covid 19 on university students in Turkey one year later from the pandemic","authors":"Yıldız Bilge, Ülkü TANKUT YILDIRIM, Aygerim Bi̇lgen, Esra Belgeli̇, Zeynep Zengi̇n","doi":"10.30613/curesosc.1252237","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30613/curesosc.1252237","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study aims to evaluate and compare the levels of depression, anxiety, stress, social media addiction, loneliness, and life satisfaction of university students for the pre-pandemic period and one year after Covid-19. Furthermore, aims to examine whether gender is a determinant in this comparison and to determine to what extent depression, anxiety, and stress are predicted by social media addiction, loneliness, life satisfaction, and tolerance to Covid-19. Participants consisted of 544 university students, 411 women (75.6%), and 133 (24.4%) men, aged between 18 and 40 (22.63-3.46). It was detected that the whole variables in the present study were related to each other. Also, there was a significant difference in favor of after Covid-19 between before and after Covid-19 scores in all of the variables of this study and this difference for some variables was higher in the female group. Additionally, it was observed tolerance to Covid-19, loneliness, social media addiction and satisfaction with life were predictors. Consequently, the difficulties brought by the pandemic may increase the susceptibility of depression, stress, and anxiety by affect loneliness and life satisfaction. Besides, the determination that women are more vulnerable in the face of difficulties related to Covid-19 may be associated that genders differ in the way they perceive and experience these difficulties.","PeriodicalId":344498,"journal":{"name":"Current Research in Social Sciences","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139314534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Hand grip strength as a marker of physical fitness and its association to body symmetry in young adults: An anthropological approach","authors":"Berna ERTUĞRUL ÖZENER, Muhammet Fatih Aydık","doi":"10.30613/curesosc.1195115","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30613/curesosc.1195115","url":null,"abstract":"Some research in the field of anthropology provides some evidence that high hand grip strength and a symmetrical body are reliable indicators of health and fitness. In this study, we consider the relationship between these two indicators in healthy young individuals. In the study, 185 university students (87 males and 97 females) were examined. In addition to the weight and height of the students, eight bilateral traits were measured with an accuracy of 0.01 mm to evaluate their bodily symmetry, and their hand grip strength was determined with a hand dynamometer by applying the Southampton protocol. The composite fluctuating asymmetry formula was used to standardize the bodily symmetries of individuals. Analyzes show that women have a more symmetrical body structure and lower hand grip strength scores than men. When the effect of weight and body mass index was controlled, no correlation was observed between composite fluctuating asymmetry and hand grip strength in both sexes. As conclusion, although hand grip strength and body symmetry are accepted as reliable indicators of health and fitness, it is seen that there is no significant relationship between the two indicators in both sexes in our study. In addition, our findings support the view that fluctuating asymmetry is not a reliable indicator to predict an individual's physical fitness and developmental quality.","PeriodicalId":344498,"journal":{"name":"Current Research in Social Sciences","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121150785","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Comparison of Ottoman Empire and Qing Dynasty through Süleyman Şükrü's Seyahatü'l Kübra and Kang Youwei's Turk Travelogue","authors":"Fatma Ecem Ceylan","doi":"10.30613/curesosc.1267199","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30613/curesosc.1267199","url":null,"abstract":"In 1906, Traveller Karçınzade Süleyman Şükrü, starting from Anatolia, travelled to Iran, Ashgabat, Bukhara, Baku, West Turkistan, Caucasus, Austria, France, Marseille, African Continent, Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Aden, India, Kolkata, Colombo, Ceylon, Singapore and China and reached Russia as the last stop, St. Petersburg. During this trip, he also brought his notes together in his work named Seyahatü'l Kübra. The impressions of China found in Seyahatü'l Kübra are grouped under eleven headings. These are details of the outer seas through which the traveller crosses until he reaches Shanghai, Beijing, Taku Port, the Pier of Hong Kong; the sea to the east of the Indian Peninsula, the Pacific Ocean, Tin-i China (Tianjin), Beijing, Cancaku, Lancosin (Lanzhou), Hoço (Hezhou), Hami, Urumqi. Şükrü tried to reveal clear data about China's outer seas, rivers, architecture of cities, temples, mosques, the situation of European states in China, what foreigners do, and the number of Muslims and mosques in the section of impressions of China. \u0000Similarly, in 1908, Kang Youwei, who came to Ottoman Empire, which he called the Turkish Country, collected his travel notes under the title of Turk Travelogue. In his travelogue, he gave detailed information about the political structure, military structure, education, architecture and historical places of the Turks. By comparing many points which he witnessed in Ottoman Empire with his own country or European countries, he examined the similarities or differences of these countries with the Ottoman Empire. \u0000The importance of these two travelogues stems from the fact that the periods in which the travellers travelled correspond to the same periods and that they witnessed almost the same events in terms of periods even though they were in two different countries. The aim of this study, which is a comparative study, is to examine the similarities and differences between the two countries in line with the perspectives of Şükrü and Kang. For this reason, in addition to the comparison method, content analysis, text scanning and text analysis methods will be adopted as a review method in the study.","PeriodicalId":344498,"journal":{"name":"Current Research in Social Sciences","volume":"73 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130929814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Mediating Role of Consumer Boycott Participation Motives in The Effect of Consumer Cynicism on Consumer Boycott Behaviour","authors":"E. Keser, Rabia Söğütlü","doi":"10.30613/curesosc.1261916","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30613/curesosc.1261916","url":null,"abstract":"Consumer cynism, it is explained by the distrust, dissatisfaction and unmet expectations that consumers feel towards businesses. Consumer boycott behavior is evaluated as a form of consumer behavior in marketing science. Consumer boycott participation motives are expressed as the motivations that enable consumers to participate in the boycott. The purpose of this study is to examine whether a significant mediating effect of consumer boycott participation motives in the effect of consumer cynicism on consumer boycott behavior. The scope of the research consists of the residents of Erzurum province. Therefore, the research was limited to Erzurum province. The research was carried out by using the questionnaire method with 401 consumers living in Erzurum. Arithmetic average, standard deviation, frequency distribution, reliability analysis, variance analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, exploratory factor analysis and structural equation analysis were used in the analysis of the data obtained in this research. Lisrel 8.51 and SPSS 22.0 package statistics programs were used in the analysis. As a result of the reliability and confirmatory factor analyzes applied in the study, it was determined that the research variables had a high degree of reliability and the goodness of fit values were also within acceptable limits as a result of the modifications made. In the study, it was determined that the consumer cynism level of the consumers was 3.34, their consumer boycott behaviour level was 3.78 and their consumer boycott participation motives level was 3.30. As a result of the structural equation analysis performed in the study, it was found that the variables of making a difference and self-enhancement among the consumer boycott participation motives has a significant mediating effect on the effect of consumer cynicism on consumer boycott behavior; on the other hand, it was determined that the counter-arguments did not have a significant mediating effect.","PeriodicalId":344498,"journal":{"name":"Current Research in Social Sciences","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117298744","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"THE THRESHOLD EFFECT OF PUBLIC AND INTERNAL DEBT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH: THE CASE OF KENYA","authors":"Wilkista Lore Obi̇ero, Seher Gülşah Topuz","doi":"10.30613/curesosc.1122651","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30613/curesosc.1122651","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigates the presence of threshold effect of public debt and internal debt on economic growth in Kenya for the period 1970-2018. The Smooth Transition Regression model of analysis is used to analyze the effect of public and internal debt on growth. The findings of this study indicate that the threshold level of internal debt in Kenya is 17.3115% implying that domestic debt positively impacts economic growth when this threshold level is exceeded. The public debt threshold estimate is 33.29% and growth is positively affected when public debt exceeds this level. The results of this study imply that public and internal debt have a U-shaped relationship with the economic growth rate in Kenya and that the rate of economic growth is dependent on the amount of debt owed by the country. These results imply that there is a need for appropriate policy actions on more productive use of debt to ensure economic growth.","PeriodicalId":344498,"journal":{"name":"Current Research in Social Sciences","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114260039","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Corruption and Economic Growth Nexus: What Has the Arab Spring Changed?","authors":"Fatih Kırşanlı","doi":"10.30613/curesosc.1187599","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30613/curesosc.1187599","url":null,"abstract":"Corruption is an everlasting phenomenon in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). It is considered one of the fundamental reasons for the Arab incidents that started in Tunisia in 2011. Considering its devastating effects, this paper concentrates on the impacts of corruption at the macro level following the Arab uprisings. Notably, it investigates the impact of corruption on economic growth between 1996-2020. The paper utilizes panel estimators with country-fixed effect regressions given the results of the Hausman test. Panel estimators help control time-variant unobserved heterogeneity and capture both time and country-specific differences. The results indicate that after the Arab Spring, corruption lowers economic growth in the MENA region. One unit increase in control of corruption score of World Governance Indicators (WGI) decreases economic growth between 1.64-2.98 percentage points depending on the model. The results are robust with alternative corruption indexes such as the International Country Risk Guide (ICRG), Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem), and lastly, the Corruption Perception Index (CPI). Furthermore, the Chow test also confirms that 2011 constitutes a structural break in the history of the MENA region. The outcomes indicate that specific policies need to be implemented to alleviate the adverse impacts of corruption in MENA countries.","PeriodicalId":344498,"journal":{"name":"Current Research in Social Sciences","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122176707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}