A5081057517- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Disaster Response and Management
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
- Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Family Support in Illness
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Gambling Behavior and Treatments
TOBB University of Economics and Technology
2020-2024
North Carolina State University
2014-2020
North Central State College
2020
Middle East Technical University
2010-2019
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association
2019
University of New Brunswick
2011
University of Manitoba
2006
National Geophysical Research Institute
2006
Eastern Mediterranean University
1999
University of Hull
1985
This study examined the predictive power of personal resources (i.e., self-esteem, optimism, and perceived control), severity earthquake experience material human loss threat), coping self-efficacy (CSE) on general distress, intrusion, avoidance symptoms among survivors 1999 Marmara in Turkey. Specifically, we expected that CSE would mediate links between resources, experience, distress. Survivors (N = 336) filled out various measures exposure, CSE, Results path analyses indicated...
Abstract Türkiye has a long history of devastating earthquakes, and on February 6, 2023, the region experienced two major earthquakes with magnitudes 7.7 7.6, striking Pazarcık Elbistan, Kahramanmaraş, respectively, East Anatolian Fault Zone. These resulted in significant loss life property, impacting multiple cities across 11 cities, leaving lasting impact country. The 2023 Kahramanmaraş Earthquakes rank among deadliest most damaging Türkiye, alongside historical significance 1939 Erzincan...
A community disaster training program focusing on earthquakes, floods and landslides was implemented in Çankiri, Turkey, 2002. It covered mitigation, preparedness response aspects of natural management. Four thousand members participated the delivered by 95 local trainers. This study evaluated impact participation this program. One year later, 400 randomly selected participants a comparable sample who did not participate any (nonparticipants) were surveyed. Disaster-related cognitions (i.e.,...
Abstract A survey of earthquake victims in Erzincan (a town Eastern Anatolia, Turkey) was conducted 16 months after a major to explore the relations earthquake-related cognitions and preparedness behavior set personal, residential, experiential, affect variables. Data from sample 461 adults representing different households indicated that expectations could be predicted by fear, perceived control, educational background. Results also damage anticipation related height strength residence as...
BackgroundPosttraumatic growth (PTG) is conceptualized as a positive transformation resulting from coping with and processing traumatic life events. This study examined the contributory roles of personality traits, posttraumatic stress (PTS) severity their interactions on PTG its domains, assessed Posttraumatic Growth Inventory Turkish form (PTGI-T). The also differences in domains between survivors accidents, natural disasters unexpected loss loved one.MethodThe Basic Personality Traits...
Abstract. The level of community is considered to be vital for building disaster resilience. Yet, resilience as a scientific concept often remains vaguely defined and lacks the guiding characteristics necessary analysing enhancing on ground. emBRACE framework presented in this paper provides heuristic analytical tool understanding, explaining measuring natural hazards. It was developed an iterative process existing scholarly debates, empirical case study work five countries participatory...
Background: A worldwide health threat, the COVID-19 pandemic, has highlighted need to focus on its mental impact. However, literature effects including post-traumatic consequences of pandemic is scarce. Objective: The current study examined stress (PTS), growth (PTG), and depreciation (PTD) during explored factors associated with these outcomes in an adult community sample from Turkey. Method: total 685 participants responded online survey that gathered data sociodemographic characteristics,...
The long‐term psychological after‐effects of the 1992 Erzincan earthquake are examined. 461 subjects from were administered a semi‐structured interview. Emotional distress was measured by symptom checklist containing 40 items. 129 Ankara, capital Turkey, also used as comparison sample. factor analysis revealed that symptoms can be grouped into phobic anxiety, somatization, depression and hostility. Ankara samples showed sample had higher anxiety scores, females compared to males both Ankara....
This study aimed to examine the roles of personality traits, traumatic event types, coping, rumination, and social support in explaining posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTS) growth (PTG) a representative community sample 498 Turkish adults. The results 2 multiple regression analyses showed that PTS was associated with neuroticism, experiencing events involving intentional/assaultive violence, intrusive deliberate fatalistic coping. In contrast, PTG related conscientiousness, openness...
Abstract The present study aimed to examine the validation of use stress‐related growth scale and variables related among Turkish breast cancer patients. Participants were 90 Consistent with literature, results revealed that both social support problem‐solving coping strategies higher levels growth. Furthermore, income level participants depression scores also found be associated From these variables, positively whereas negatively These findings discussed in light relevant literature....
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic disease, which can lead to considerable psychological distress. The present study evaluated anxiety and depression symptoms for this painful illness within the framework of conservation resources (COR) theory. Coping strategies, coping self-efficacy, religiousness social support are very important personal resources, have been found protect individuals from aim was examine predictive values socio-demographic illness-related variables, perceived support,...
This study was designed to explore the role of attachment and coping as facilitators posttraumatic growth (PTG) in a sample Turkish university students who experienced traumatic life events. Participants reported event from list were asked choose most distressing one; answer questions related impact trauma; fill out measures styles, ways coping, PTG. PTG regressed on gender, trauma-related factors, styles order examine associations with Felt helplessness horror, fatalistic optimistic...
There is substantial evidence suggesting that Western and non-Western caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease have different caregiving experiences depending on the cultural values they adopt. Although family-centered constructs such as familism filial piety taken some attention, there still a paucity research how norms shape appraisals, coping strategies, formal service use specifically in Eastern-oriented contexts. The aim this study was to investigate Turkish adult children...
This study aimed to explore factors associated with psychological resilience in a sample of 360 survivors the two earthquakes Van, Turkey 2011. Using survey measures on various pre-, within-, and post-disaster variables, it has been shown that was influenced by multiple factors, providing empirical evidence for multifactorial understanding resilience. Furthermore, extended traditional ways assessment including stress-coping ability severity trauma-related symptoms as indicators...