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Neslihan Keser Özcan

Other affiliations: RMIT University
Bio: Neslihan Keser Özcan is an academic researcher from Istanbul University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Aggression & Mental health. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 25 publications receiving 692 citations. Previous affiliations of Neslihan Keser Özcan include RMIT University.

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TL;DR: Several gender specific risk factors identified can be utilized in health promotion programmes, including avoiding fat and cholesterol, physically inactivity, current tobacco use and childhood physical abuse.
Abstract: Obesity among young people increases lifetime cardiovascular risk. This study assesses the prevalence of overweight/obesity and its associated factors among a random sample of university students from 22 universities in 22 low, middle income and emerging economy countries. This cross-sectional survey comprised of a self-administered questionnaire and collected anthropometric measurements. The study population was 6773 (43.2%) males and 8913 (56.8%) females, aged 16 to 30 years (mean 20.8 years, SD = 2.6). Body mass index (BMI) was used for weight status. Among men, the prevalence of underweight was 10.8%, normal weight 64.4%, overweight 18.9% and obesity 5.8%, while among women, the prevalence of underweight was 17.6%, normal weight 62.1%, overweight 14.1% and obesity 5.2%. Overall, 22% were overweight or obese (24.7% men and 19.3% women). In multivariate regression among men, younger age, coming from a higher income country, consciously avoiding fat and cholesterol, physically inactivity, current tobacco use and childhood physical abuse, and among women older age, coming from a higher income country, frequent organized religious activity, avoiding fat and cholesterol, posttraumatic stress symptoms and physical childhood abuse were associated overweight or obesity. Several gender specific risk factors identified can be utilized in health promotion programmes.

202 citations

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TL;DR: The most common purpose for using the Internet was playing games, followed by general information search; female users mostly preferred searching for general information; male users preferred playing games; the most preferred type of game was violent games.
Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate Internet use habits and problematic Internet use (PIU) in Turkish adolescents. Participants were 3,975 undergraduate students, 7.6% of whom used the Internet for more than 12 hours weekly. The Online Cognition Scale (OCS) was used. The most common purpose for using the Internet was playing games, followed by general information search. Female users mostly preferred searching for general information; male users preferred playing games (p < 0.001, gamma = 995.205). The most preferred type of game was violent games. While preference for strategy and fantasy role-play (FRP) games increased with age, preference for other games decreased (p < 0.0001, gamma = 283.767). Participants who used the Internet mostly for general information searches and school-related searches had lower OCS scores (p < 0.0001). The highest OCS scores were related to violent games, followed by FRP, strategy, and sports and motor racing games. Computers and the Internet are useful, important inventions, but like other inventions, if used improperly, they may be harmful. Risk of harm raises concerns about who should use the Internet and computers, and where, when, and why the Internet and computers should be used.

123 citations

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TL;DR: It was determined that as the OSC score increased, students' performance of Internet activities such as general information searches and academic research decreased and that performance of interactive and entertainment Internet activitiessuch as chat, financial transactions, game playing, sex, downloading programs, and listening to MP3s increased.
Abstract: This study was carried out to determine the general characteristics of Internet use among university students in Turkey and to examine the relation between the Internet use and the psychosocial conditions of the students. Among the 730 university students who participated, the average age was 20.84 (SD = 1.95), and the majority were females. The average Internet use period of the students was detected as 2.80 (SD = 1.33) years for females and 3.59 (SD = 1.60) years for males. The average score of the Online Cognition Scale (OCS) used for determining problematic use was 84.64 (SD = 33.50): for females, 77.99 (SD = 30.70); for males, 92.16 (SD = 34.96). Students of social sciences scored highest on the OCS. It was determined that as the OSC score increased, students' performance of Internet activities such as general information searches and academic research decreased and that performance of interactive and entertainment Internet activities such as chat, financial transactions, game playing, sex, downloadi...

110 citations

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TL;DR: PIU was related to time spent online at weekends, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, hostility and paranoid ideation among the total sample of women; among men phobic anxiety was also significant; and PIU was more prevalent among women in the respective samples, including thetotal sample.

92 citations

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TL;DR: The prevalence of PPD in Turkey was found to be 23.8%, and the risk factors were economic status and the employment status of the spouse, planned pregnancy and having a stressor/illness during pregnancy, health problems in the newborn, and a history of psychiatric illness in the family.

71 citations


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TL;DR: Differences in attention and cognition impact on emotions, decisions, behaviors and interpersonal interactions that can contribute to the association between loneliness and cognitive decline and betweenoneliness and morbidity more generally.

1,277 citations

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TL;DR: There was no statistical difference in prevalence between different screening time points, but an increasing prevalence was observed beyond six months postpartum, and future studies should place equal emphasis on this neglected group of mothers so that targeted interventions and follow-ups can be introduced at appropriate time points.

457 citations

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TL;DR: Results indicate that psychological distress is related to maladaptive use of both the Internet and the mobile phone; females scored higher than males on the mobilePhone questionnaire, showing more negative consequences of its mal Adaptive use.

412 citations

07 Aug 2000
TL;DR: Examination of excessive Internet use of Taiwanese adolescents and a psychological aspect of users, sensation seeking, thus to differentiate motivation of Internet dependent and non-dependents indicated that Internet dependents spent more time on-line than non- Dependents.
Abstract: The present study examined excessive Internet use of Taiwanese adolescents and a psychological aspect of users, sensation seeking, thus to differentiate motivation of Internet dependents and non-dependents. Seven hundred and fifty three Taiwanese high school students were selected using cluster sampling and 88 of them were categorized as Internet dependent users. Results indicated that Internet dependents spent more time on-line than non-dependents. While Internet dependents perceived significantly more negative Internet influences on daily routines, school performance, and parental relation than non-dependents, both Internet dependents and non-dependents viewed Internet use as enhancing peer relations. Making friends through the Internet has become a popular activity among adolescents, potentially leading to its excessive use. Internet dependents scored significantly higher on overall sensation seeking and disinhibition than Internet non-dependents. However, both groups did not differ in the life experience seeking subscale and thrill and adventure seeking subscale. This finding contradicts that of Lavin, Marvin, McLarney, Nola, and Scott [CyberPsychol. Behav. 2 (2000) 425]. Possible reasons for this discrepancy and for the relation between Internet dependence and disinhibition in Taiwanese adolescents are also discussed.

395 citations