Figure 1 Biopsychosocial and ecological interactions (from Gilbert, 2005) According to Hofstede insights, Turkey with a score of 37 (over 100 on individualism dimension) is a collectivistic society, in which individuals’ self-image is defined in terms of we rather than I, indicating the degree of interdependence our society maintains among its members. In line with the views shared by the respondents of the current work, this means that we is still important in our society, that people seek belongingness in- groups (i.e. families, clans, communities), avoid conflict, strive for harmo- ny of the group, and relationships need a moral base to survive. Nisbett et al. (2001) explains this structure with collective approach treating the envi- ronment in terms of interconnected patterns. This means, the concept of spirituality as well as the needs emerged ac- eS a ME MK ECs BE ER a Oe SOC: (ew OT EE: Geena a TS MPC, sone