Turkey is hosting the majority of Syrian refugees. The current study investigates the prevalence of probable posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression among adult Syrians residing in a camp (N = 781) and potential ...
The Brief Symptom Measure-25 (BSM-25) is a
quick and self-administrated measurement, which was originally
developed to assess general psychiatric symptomatology.
The aim of the present study was to examine the ...
Bilge, A. Reyyan; Taylor, Holly(Springer Verlag, 2017-01)
The mental rotation literature commonly reports a
sex difference, almost always favoring men. Two strategies
have been proposed in the literature to account for this difference:
holistic and piecemeal. However, there ...
Using a risk and resilience framework and motivated identity construction
theory, we investigated the moderating role of identity needs in the
association between social identification and perceived discrimination ...
Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate an innovative, protocol-based, group cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) program delivered by trained teachers to reduce emotional distress and improve psychological ...
Grief occurs following the loss of a beloved one and it is a normal experience. However, prolonged (>6 months) grief can serve as a ground for a pathological situation. According to DSM-5, persistent complex bereavement ...
Self-continuity – the sense that one’s past, present, and future are meaningfully connected – is considered a defining feature of personal identity. However, bases of self-continuity may depend on cultural beliefs about ...
Grief is a normal response to loss of someone to whom a bond was formed; however, prolonged grief is considered pathological. Persistent complex bereavement disorder (PCBD) is defined as a persistent longing for the deceased ...
Loss of a loved one is a distressing event that may result in grief characterized by emotional distress, longing of the dead, and dysfunctionality. Persistent complex bereavement disorder (PCBD) is differentiated by extended ...
Eating Disorders (ED) affect an individual's physical and mental health with abnormal eating habits. Traumatic life events may underlie the development of ED as many studies document [1]. In the present study, we examined ...
The present study aimed to assess the acceptability of a 12-week training programme, Youth Disseminating Life Skills Programme whose aims were to help university students acquire knowledge on and to increase sensitivity ...
Cuijpers, Pim; David D., Ebert; Acartürk, Ceren; Andersson, Gerhard; Cristea, Ioana A.(Elsevier, 2016-11)
Personalized medicine is aimed at identifying which characteristics of an individual predict the outcome of a specific treatment, in order to get a better match between the individual and the treatment received. We conducted ...
Variations in acquiescence and extremity pose substantial threats to the validity of cross-cultural research that relies on survey methods. Individual and cultural correlates of response styles when using 2 contrasting ...
Background
Among health problems of our contemporary society, cancer is one of the most important, and sadly, thousands of young ladies are diagnosed with cancer annually, during their reproductive period. The chemotherapy ...
The question of Kurdish language rights has been a central issue in the Turkish– Kurdish conflict. The current study examined endorsement of Kurdish language rights in relation to intergroup factors (i.e. group identifications, ...
Acartürk, Ceren; Konuk, E.; Çetinkaya, M.; Şenay, I.; Sijbrandij, M.; Gülen, B.; Cuijpers, P.(Cambridge University Press, 2016-06-29)
BACKGROUND:
Previous research indicates a high prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression among refugees. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is an effective treatment for PTSD for ...
Markus and Kitayama’s (1991) theory of independent and interdependent self-construals had a major influence on social, personality, and developmental psychology by highlighting the role of culture in psychological processes. ...
Flow theory (Csikszentmihalyi, Beyond boredom and anxiety: Experiencing flow in work and play. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 1975) and cognitive evaluation theory (Deci and Ryan, Intrinsic motivation and self-determination ...
What makes people want to go on with the effort required from life? Every epistemology of behavior must sooner or later cope with this basic question. The question is not so mysterious for nonhuman organisms, which presumably ...