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Öğe Correlation Between Suicidal Behavior and Depression, Anxiety, Stress Levels and Sociodemographic Characteristics in University Students(2025) Karakuş, Kadir; Uygur, Abdullah Burak; Celik, Selime; Al, Ahmet; Gölgeli, Umut; Öz, Ali EmreAim: Studies conducted on university students have reported high levels of depression, anxiety and stress as well as suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts. This study aimed to determine the correlation between suicidal behavior and depression, anxiety, stress levels and sociodemographic characteristics in university students. Method: Participants who agreed to participate in this online study were asked to fill in the sociodemographic data form and the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21). Among the 530 participants, 517 (97.6%), having read information about the study, agreed to participate, while 13 (2.4%) declined. Results: In this study, 36% of the participating university students had a history of major suicidal ideation, 6.4% currently experienced major suicidal ideation and 14.7% had attempted suicide. Depression, anxiety and stress scores were found to be higher in university students who had attempted suicide or currently experienced major suicidal ideation compared to those who had/did not (p?0.001). With regard to sociodemographic factors; perceived and actual academic performance levels, socioeconomic status, current dieting status, sleep problems, smoking, daily time spent online, chronic diseases, and past or current psychiatric treatment were found to be common risk factors for both current major suicidal ideation and suicide attempt status (p?0.05). Conclusion: Having found high levels of depression, anxiety and stress among university students in this study, we consider that it is necessary to investigate the factors associated with suicidal ideation and suicide attempts, and that comprehensive psychosocial support units and programs should be developed to protect students' mental health and reduce risk of suicide.Öğe Evaluation of Coronavirus Anxiety Levels and Coping Strategies of Major Depressive Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and Panic Disorder Patients During the Covid-19 Pandemic(2023) Celik, Selime; Uygur, Abdullah Burak; Karakuş, KadirObjectives: This study aims to compare patients with major depressive disorder (MDD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), and panic disorder (PD), whom we have frequently seen in our hospital practice during the pandemic, with healthy controls (HC) in terms of coronavirus anxiety levels and coping strategies. Methods: In this study, the Sociodemographic Data Form, Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS), Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale, and Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (COPE) scale were applied to the participants. 30 MDD patients, 32 GAD patients, 31 PD patients and 38 HCs, totaling 131 participants, constituted the sample of the study. Results: Evaluation of the CAS scores of the participants revealed that HC scored 3.306 (p=0.002) points lower than GAD patients and 3.014 (p=0.005) points lower than PD patients, while HC and major depression patients were not statistically different in terms of CAS scores (p=0.880). In the comparison of coping strategies, HC scored 3.151 (p<0.001) points higher than MDD patients and 2.059 (p=0.004) points higher than GAD patients in terms of“active coping.”In terms of“planning,”HC scored 2.726 (p<0.001) points higher than MDD patients, 2.589 (p=0.001) points higher than GAD patients, and 2.171 (p=0.006) points higher than PD patients. Conclusion: This study found higher coronavirus anxiety levels in GAD and PD patients but no difference in MDD patients com- pared to HC during the COVID-19 pandemic, which may indicate that MDD patients can COPE better with coronavirus anxiety. Determining the coping strategies that individuals use to COPE with coronavirus anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic may help mental health professionals to control disease-related stressors and contribute to the treatment process.Öğe Evaluation of Coronavirus Anxiety Levels and Coping Strategies of Major Depressive Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and Panic Disorder Patients During the Covid-19 Pandemic(Kare Publ, 2023) Erden, Selime Celik; Uygur, Abdullah Burak; Karakus, KadirObjectives: This study aims to compare patients with major depressive disorder (MDD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), and panic disorder (PD), whom we have frequently seen in our hospital practice during the pandemic, with healthy controls (HC) in terms of coronavirus anxiety levels and coping strategies. Methods: In this study, the Sociodemographic Data Form, Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS), Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale, and Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (COPE) scale were applied to the participants. 30 MDD patients, 32 GAD patients, 31 PD patients and 38 HCs, totaling 131 participants, constituted the sample of the study. Results: Evaluation of the CAS scores of the participants revealed that HC scored 3.306 (p=0.002) points lower than GAD patients and 3.014 (p=0.005) points lower than PD patients, while HC and major depression patients were not statistically different in terms of CAS scores (p=0.880). In the comparison of coping strategies, HC scored 3.151 (p<0.001) points higher than MDD patients and 2.059 (p=0.004) points higher than GAD patients in terms of active coping. In terms of planning, HC scored 2.726 (p<0.001) points higher than MDD patients, 2.589 (p=0.001) points higher than GAD patients, and 2.171 (p=0.006) points higher than PD patients. Conclusion: This study found higher coronavirus anxiety levels in GAD and PD patients but no difference in MDD patients com-pared to HC during the COVID-19 pandemic, which may indicate that MDD patients can COPE better with coronavirus anxiety. Determining the coping strategies that individuals use to COPE with coronavirus anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic may help mental health professionals to control disease-related stressors and contribute to the treatment process.Öğe Evaluation of temperament and character traits and their subscale dimensions associated with major depressive disorder(The Medical Bulletin of Sisli Etfal Hospital, 2022) Uygur, Abdullah Burak; Özdemir Öktem, Ece; Çelik, SelimeObjectives: The relationship between major depressive disorder (MDD) and, especially harm avoidance, self-directedness, and cooperativeness has been determined based on Cloninger’s psychobiological personality model; there are not enough studies in the literature on the role of the subdimensions. Therefore, the aim of this study was to compare the patients with MDD and healthy controls in terms of temperament and character traits and especially subdimensions and thus to determine the role and predictive value of temperament and character subdimensions in major depression patients. Methods: The sample of this cross-sectional study consisted of 105 participants, 65 of whom were MDD patients, and 40 healthy controls, who voluntarily agreed to participate in the study. Sociodemographic data form, temperament and character inventory, and Hamilton depression rating scale were administered to the participants. Results: Compared with healthy controls, patients with MDD had lower self-directedness (p<0.001), cooperativeness (p=0.017), persistence (p<0.001), self-transcendence (p=0.001), and higher harm avoidance (p<0.001) scores. While there was no significant difference in novelty seeking (p=0.774); it was determined that MDD patients got higher scores in “Impulsiveness” (p=0.013) and lower scores in “Exploratory excitability” (p=0.001) subscales. Reward dependence has been identified as the only personality trait that there was no significant difference between major depression patients and healthy controls (p=0.511). As a result of the logis tic regression analysis performed to determine the predictors of temperament and character subdimensions in major depression patients, only three temperament and character traits “Fatigability, Purposefulness, and Spiritual Acceptance” were determined as significant predictors (p<0.001). Fatigability was determined to be a serious risk factor, increasing the probability of MDD 3.6 times (p<0.001); purposefulness and spiritual acceptance were found to be protective personality traits that together reduced the prob ability of MDD by 0.8 times (p<0.001). Conclusion: This study shows that the risk of developing MDD is increased in individuals with low self-directedness, cooperative ness, persistence, and self-transcendence profiles, and whereas with prominent Harm avoidance personality traits. Therapeutic in terventions, especially considering the temperament and character traits of “Fatigability, Purposefulness, and Spiritual Acceptance” determined in our study, may contribute positively to MDD treatment.Öğe Evaluation of Temperament and Character Traits and Their Subscale Dimensions Associated with Major Depressive Disorder(2022) Uygur, Abdullah Burak; Özdemir Öktem, Ece; Çelik, SelimeObjectives: The relationship between major depressive disorder (MDD) and, especially harm avoidance, self-directedness, and cooperativeness has been determined based on Cloninger's psychobiological personality model; there are not enough studies in the literature on the role of the subdimensions. Therefore, the aim of this study was to compare the patients with MDD and healthy controls in terms of temperament and character traits and especially subdimensions and thus to determine the role and predictive value of temperament and character subdimensions in major depression patients. Methods: The sample of this cross-sectional study consisted of 105 participants, 65 of whom were MDD patients, and 40 healthy controls, who voluntarily agreed to participate in the study. Sociodemographic data form, temperament and character inventory, and Hamilton depression rating scale were administered to the participants. Results: Compared with healthy controls, patients with MDD had lower self-directedness (p<0.001), cooperativeness (p=0.017), persistence (p<0.001), self-transcendence (p=0.001), and higher harm avoidance (p<0.001) scores. While there was no significant difference in novelty seeking (p=0.774); it was determined that MDD patients got higher scores in "Impulsiveness" (p=0.013) and lower scores in "Exploratory excitability" (p=0.001) subscales. Reward dependence has been identified as the only personality trait that there was no significant difference between major depression patients and healthy controls (p=0.511). As a result of the logistic regression analysis performed to determine the predictors of temperament and character subdimensions in major depression patients, only three temperament and character traits "Fatigability, Purposefulness, and Spiritual Acceptance" were determined as significant predictors (p<0.001). Fatigability was determined to be a serious risk factor, increasing the probability of MDD 3.6 times (p<0.001); purposefulness and spiritual acceptance were found to be protective personality traits that together reduced the probability of MDD by 0.8 times (p<0.001). Conclusion: This study shows that the risk of developing MDD is increased in individuals with low self-directedness, cooperativeness, persistence, and self-transcendence profiles, and whereas with prominent Harm avoidance personality traits. Therapeutic interventions, especially considering the temperament and character traits of "Fatigability, Purposefulness, and Spiritual Acceptance" determined in our study, may contribute positively to MDD treatment.Öğe Paracetamol alters empathy scores in healthy and headache subjects: Functional MRI correlates(Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2020) Çankaya, Şeyda; Öktem, Ece Özdemir; Saatçi, Özlem; Vehoğlu, Halil Aziz; Uygur, Abdullah Burak; Özşimşeka, Ahmet; Yuluğ, BurakIntroduction: Although previous evidence suggest that paracetamol decreases psychological reactivity in healthy subjects, there is still no confirmed correlation between the empathy scores and brain activity in healthy and headache patients after paracetamol treatment. Material and methods: The study group included 16 patients with tension-type headache, and 12 healthy age-and sex-matched controls. After a detailed neurological examination Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) and Empathy for Pain Scale (EPS) were applied to all subjects. Next, 1000 mg paracetamol tablet was administered orally, after administration of paracetamol, EPS were repeated, and fMRI was performed to all subjects. Results: We have revealed increased empathy scores in the headache group after the paracetamol treatment which were associated with significant alterations in brain regions which play a critical role in the processing of empathy. Discussion: The observed neuroimaging and clinical difference between healthy and headache subjects could be related to the fact that pain perception in healthy subjects might differ in some aspects from the mechanisms of empathy in headache-experienced patients. Conclusion: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study that evaluated the paracetamol treatment and neural networks' correlation with pain empathy in healthy and headache individuals. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Öğe Psikiyatrik Hastalıklarda İntihar ve Acil Serviste İntihar Girişimine Müdahale: Güncel Bir Gözden Geçirme(İbrahim İKİZCELİ, 2023) Çelik, Selime; Yılmaz, Banu Karakus; Uygur, Abdullah BurakDünya Sağlık Örgütü’ne göre intihar kişinin hayatını sona erdirme niyetiyle gerçekleştirdiği kendine zarar verici bir eylem olarak tanımlanmaktadır. Epidemiyolojik olarak intihar, önlenebilir erken ölümlerin önde gelen nedenlerinden biridir. Ülkemizde ve dünyada giderek artan bir halk sağlığı sorunu haline gelen intihar nedeniyle, dünya çapında her yıl 800.000’den fazla insan ölmektedir. İntihar; intihar girişimi ve tamamlanmış intihar (ölümle sonuçlanan) olarak gruplandırılmaktadır. Acil servisler genellikle intihar olgularıyla ilk karşılaşılan hastane birimidir ve intihar sonucu ölen insanların yaklaşık %40’ının ölümlerinden önceki yıl içinde en az bir kez acil servis başvurularının olduğu görülmektedir. Bu nedenle, acil servis hizmetleri fiziksel sağlık sorunlarıyla ilgilenmenin yanı sıra hastanın ruh sağlığı ihtiyaçlarını değerlendirmek açısından da kritik bir öneme sahiptir ve ciddi bir fırsatı temsil eder. İntihar girişimine acil serviste müdahale ve sonrasında yapılması gerekenler büyük önem arz etmektedir. İntihar ve intihar girişimleri çoğu durumda ruhsal bozukluklarla ilişkilendirilmiştir. İntihar girişimi sonucu ölenlerin %90’ından fazlasında bir psikiyatrik bozukluk olduğu düşünülmektedir. En sık rastlanan temel tanılar ise duygudurum bozuklukları, şizofreni ve madde kullanım bozukluklarıdır. Bireylerin intihar riskinin değerlendirilmesi ve risk altındaki bireylerin erken teşhis ve tedavilerinde çok sayıda değişkenin dikkate alınması gerekmektedir. Bu değişkenlerin en önemlilerinden biri de intihar için risk oluşturan eşlik eden psikiyatrik hastalıklardır. İntihar davranışı ile psikiyatrik hastalıkların birlikteliği düşünüldüğünde intihar girişiminde bulunan tüm hastalar için psikiyatri konsültasyonunun gerekli olduğu görülmektedir. Fakat gerçekleştirilen çalışma sonuçlarından da görüldüğü üzere; intihar girişimi sonrası acil servisten istenen psikiyatri konsültasyon sayıları oldukça düşüktür. Bu durum aynı zamanda hastaların yetersiz psikiyatrik destek aldıklarının da bir göstergesidir. İntihar girişimi sonrası hastalara yeterli destek sağlanabilmesi için psikiyatri konsültasyonlarının sayısının artırılması ve acil servis çalışanlarının "intihar" ile ilgili eğitim almalarının hastalara katkı sağlayabileceği görülmektedir. Bu derlemede psikiyatrik hastalıklarda intihar davranışı ve acil serviste intihar girişimine yaklaşım konusunun ele alınması amaçlanmıştır.Öğe Şizofreni hastalarının ihtiyaçları ve öngörülebilirliği(2019) Uygur, Abdullah Burak; Danacı, Ayşen EsenAmaç: Bu çalışmada amacımız, şizofreni hastalarının ihtiyaçlarını tespit etmek ve bu ihtiyaçlar ile ilişkili sosyodemografik ve klinik değişkenleri belirleyebilmektir. Yöntem: Çalışma, DSM-IV-TR tanı ölçütlerine göre, şizofreni tanısı olan 94 hasta ve bakım verenleriyle gerçekleştirilmiştir. Hastaların ihtiyaçları, hem hasta hem de bakım veren görüşlerini yansıtan Camberwell İhtiyaçları Değerlendirme Ölçeği (CİDÖ) temel alınarak değerlendirilmiştir. Veri toplama aracı olarak, CİDÖ’ye ek olarak, Pozitif ve Negatif Sendrom Ölçeği, Calgary Şizofrenide Depresyon Ölçeği, Bireysel ve Sosyal Performans Ölçeği, Şizofreni Hastaları için Yaşam Niteliği Ölçeği ve Algılanan Aile Yükü Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: ‘Psikotik belirtiler’ en çok tespit edilen ihtiyaç olarak öne çıkarken, ‘Para ve ilişkiler’ ise, hastaların en mağdur oldukları ihtiyaçlar olarak belirlenmiştir. Kadın olmak, evli olmak, toplum içinde yaşamak, lise ve üstü eğitim düzeyine sahip olmak; daha az ihtiyaçla ilişkili bulunmuştur. Hastaların tespit ettiği ihtiyaçların %45,1, karşılanmayan ihtiyaçlarınsa %23,4’ü öngörülmüştür. Hastalara göre, ‘Calgary Şizofrenide Depresyon Ölçeği ve Algılanan Aile Yükü Ölçeği’; bakım verenlere göreyse, ‘PANSS-Pozitif Belirtiler Ölçeği’ anlamlı yordayıcılar olarak dikkat çekmektedir. Sonuç: Şizofreni hastaları için sadece belirtileri hedef alarak yapılan tedaviler yetersiz kalmaktadır. Tedavi planlaması hastaların ihtiyaçlarına odaklanılarak yapılmalı ve tedavinin merkezinde hastaların tespit ettiği ihtiyaçlar olmalıdır. ‘’İhtiyaç tespiti’’ sadece tedavinin planlanmasında değil aynı zamanda toplum akıl sağlığı hizmetlerinin planlanmasında ve hizmetlerin etkinliğinin arttırılmasında önemli katkı sağlayacaktır.Öğe The Relationship Between Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Levels and Eating Behavior in Emergency Service Workers(Cureus Inc, 2023) Erden, Selime Celik; Yilmaz, Banu Karakus; Kozaci, Nalan; Uygur, Abdullah Burak; Yigit, Yavuz; Karakus, Kadir; Aydin, Ismail ErkanIntroduction It is seen that shift work causes various biological, psychological, and behavioral problems in individuals. This study aimed to determine the eating attitudes and behaviors of health workers working in shifts in a stressful environment such as the emergency service and to examine the relationship between depression, anxiety, and stress levels and eating behaviors (emotional eating, restrictive eating, and external eating) in terms of sociodemographic and clinical characteristics. Material and Methods Sociodemographic data form; Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS); and Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ) were used. The study sample consisted of 92 employees (doctor, nurse, emergency medical technician (EMT), medical secretary, and security, staff) who were actively on duty in the emergency department of Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University Medical Faculty Training and Research Hospital. Results In our study, when the eating behavior of emergency service workers was evaluated in terms of emotional, external, and restricted eating sub-dimensions, depression (p=0.043), anxiety (p=0.017), increased stress levels (p=0.002), being female (p=0.022), nurse-emergency medical technician profession (p=0.001), working in 24-hour shifts (p=0.001), and diet history (p=0.013) were associated with emotional eating. In addition, an increase in depression levels (p=0.048), being single (p=0.015), working in 24-hour shifts (p=0.005), a decrease in age (p<0.001) with extrinsic eating, an increase in body mass index (BMI) (p=0.020) and waist circumference (p=0.049), and diet history (p<0.001) were associated with restricted eating. Conclusions In our study, among the sociodemographic factors, being female, being single, working in 24-hour shifts, diet history, nurse-EMT profession, and undergraduate education level were found to increase the tendency to develop eating behavior problems. An increase in depression levels, being single, working in 24-hour shifts, and a decrease in age were associated with extrinsic eating. There is a correlation between depression, anxiety, and stress scores and emotional eating scores. Additionally, we found significant correlations between body mass index, waist circumference, diet history, and restricted eating scores. In the approach to eating behavior problems, it is important to determine the individual eating behavior disorder. Due to the increased risk of eating behavior disorder in those who work in long shifts such as 24 hours, it will be possible to organize work programs and increase the quality of service.Öğe The Relationship Between Sociodemographic Factors, Severity of Depression and Anxiety, and Internet Addiction and Severity Among University Students in Alanya(2022) Uygur, Abdullah Burak; Celik, Selime; Güleken, Mehmet Diyaddin; Karakuş, Kadir; İdil, EzgiObjective: This study was conducted to reveal the relationship between sociodemographic factors, severity of depression and anxiety, and internet addiction and severity among university students in Alanya. Methods: The sample consists of 537 students from different faculties who voluntarily accepted to participate in the research. The Sociodemographic Data Form, Beck Depression Inventory, Beck Anxiety Inventory, and Young Internet Addiction Scale were applied to the students. Results: Of the students, 74.5% (N=400) were defined as normal users, 25.3% (N=136) as mild–moderate internet addicts, and 0.2% (N=1) as severe internet addicts. Gender (P=.029), the purpose of internet usage being gaming (P=.012), information (P=.05), or pornography (P=.001), monthly income (P=.001), time spent on the internet (P=.001), tobacco use (P=.001), alcohol use (P=.001), number of siblings (P=.014), and history of psychiatric treatment (P=.049) were found to be sociodemographic factors associated with internet addiction. In addition, it was observed that students with internet addiction had higher depression (P=.001) and anxiety (P=.004) scores. Conclusion: The findings in the present study indicated that mild–moderate internet addiction is a relatively common problem among university students and carries a potential risk of developing into severe internet addiction. Simultaneous evaluation of university students for internet addiction when they attend psychiatric outpatient clinics for complaints of depression, anxiety, tobacco and alcohol addiction will make a significant contribution to the fight against internet addiction.Öğe The Relationship Between Sociodemographic Factors, Severity of Depression and Anxiety, and Internet Addiction and Severity Among University Students in Alanya(2022) Uygur, Abdullah Burak; Çelİk, Selime; Güleken, Mehmet Diyaddin; Karakuş, Kadir; Idil, EzgiObjective: This study was conducted to reveal the relationship between sociodemographic factors, severity of depression and anxiety, and internet addiction and severity among university students in Alanya. Methods: The sample consists of 537 students from different faculties who voluntarily accepted to participate in the research. The Sociodemographic Data Form, Beck Depression Inventory, Beck Anxiety Inventory, and Young Internet Addiction Scale were applied to the students. Results: Of the students, 74.5% (N = 400) were defined as normal users, 25.3% (N = 136) as mild–moderate internet addicts, and 0.2% (N = 1) as severe internet addicts. Gender (P = .029), the purpose of internet usage being gaming (P = .012), information (P = .05), or pornography (P = .001), monthly income (P = .001), time spent on the internet (P = .001), tobacco use (P = .001), alcohol use (P = .001), number of siblings (P = .014), and history of psychiatric treatment (P = .049) were found to be sociodemographic factors associated with internet addiction. In addition, it was observed that students with internet addiction had higher depression (P = .001) and anxiety (P = .004) scores. Conclusion: The findings in the present study indicated that mild–moderate internet addiction is a relatively common problem among university students and carries a potential risk of developing into severe internet addiction. Simultaneous evaluation of university students for internet addiction when they attend psychiatric outpatient clinics for complaints of depression, anxiety, tobacco and alcohol addiction will make a significant contribution to the fight against internet addiction. © 2022, Istanbul Universitesi. All rights reserved.Öğe The relationship between the changes in inflammatory parameters and response to treatment in major depression patients starting antidepressant treatment(2021) Uygur, Abdullah Burak; Çankaya, ŞeydaAim: Changes in inflammatory parameters such as cytokines, stress hormones and C reactive protein that occur in depression, are important in understanding the pathophysiology of depression and developing new treatment approaches. The main purpose of this study was to determine the changes in inflammatory markers in patients with major depression, before and after antidepressant treatment, as well as to determine the effect of antidepressant treatment types on these changes. Methods: This study was a single center, retrospective study. According to the retrospective records of the last five years in the psychiatry outpatient clinic of Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University Training and Research Hospital, the patients diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), started on single antidepressant treatment for the first time and who used antidepressant treatment for at least 6-8 weeks, were included in the study. Patients whose Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS), complete blood count, C reactive protein and cortisol values were reached from the system during MDD treatment, constituted the sample of the study. Results: In the present study, after the antidepressant treatment, while HDRS scores decreased significantly in patients with Major Depression compared to before treatment (p<0,001), no significant correlation was found between the changes in inflammatory parameters and the response to treatment (p>0,05). This condition was independent of the type of antidepressant used in the treatment (p>0,05 in the SSRI treatment group, p>0,05 in the SNRI treatment group). In addition, it was observed that the decrease in depression scores was not associated with the type of antidepressant (p=0,001, in the SSRI treatment group, p=0,005, in the SNRI treatment group). Conclusion: Results to support the inflammatory hypothesis in Major Depressive Disorder were not conclusive in this study. Considering that the pathophysiology of depression is quite complex, it could be argued that a single group of blood tests may not be sufficient to explain the link between inflammation and depression. Considering all the limitations of the study, a future a prospective study to prove the inflammatory hypothesis in MDD, including the detailed blood, BOS tests, along with more comprehensive neuroimaging parameters on the brain pathways, might provide more effective resultsÖğe The Relationship of Gambling Disorder With Behavioral İnhibition-Activation Systems and Sociodemographic Factors(Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, 2022) Uygur, Abdullah BurakObjective: Our aim in this study is to reveal the relationship between gambling disorder with behavioral inhibition-activation systems and sociodemographic factors and to bring to light the differences specific to our culture by testing Gray's biopsychological personality model for the first time in our country on those with gambling disorders. Material and Methods: In the study conducted on the internet, the participants who accepted to participate in the study were asked to fill in the sociodemographic data form, the South Oaks Gambling Screening Test (SOGS) and the Behavioral Inhibition System/Behavioral Activation System (BIS/BAS Scale). Of the 415 participants who participated in the study, 401 (96.6%) read the information about the study and agreed to participate in the study, while 14 (3.4%) refused to participate in the study. 24 (5.98%) of 401 participants who accepted to participate in the study were excluded due to inappropriate data and the study was conducted with 377 participants. Results: Among the 377 participants who participated in the study, the rate of severe gambling disorder (gambling addiction) (SOGST score: 8 and above) was 2.9% and the rate of mild gambling disorder (problem gambling) (SOGST score: 3-7) was 8.2%. When mild and severe gambling disorder were evaluated together, 11.1% of the participants were having a gambling disorder. Among sociodemographic factors; being a male, smoking, alcohol use, and the presence of suicidal ideation were determined as risk factors for gambling disorder. The "behavioral inhibition" subscale mean of the participants with gambling disorder was found to be 1.001 points lower than the participants who did not show gambling disorder (p = 0.048). Conclusion: It is seen that gambling disorder has the potential to turn into a serious problem for our country in the near future. Our findings suggest that attention should be paid to cognitive processes, especially for behavioral inhibition, in the treatment and follow-up processes of individuals with gambling disorders and behavioral inhibition focused coping approach may be protective against gambling disorder.
