Betul Dilara Seker

• Doctor of Psychology
• Faculty Member at Van Yuzuncu Yil University

Küreselleşme ve artan hareketlilikle birlikte dünyada kültürel çeşitliliğin arttığı görülmekte ve özellikle Türkiye gibi çeşitli etnik ve dini grupların bir arada yaşadığı ülkelerde sosyal hizmet uygulamalarının önemi vurgulanmaktadır. Türkiye’de artan kültürel çeşitlilik sosyal-psikolojik kavramlarla değerlendirilmiştir. Sosyal hizmet uzmanlarının...

In the contemporary landscape, we confront the global refugee crisis, a complex phenomenon rooted in a confluence of political, economic, and social factors. Refugees are compelled to immerse themselves in unfamiliar cultures, often markedly distinct from their places of origin. As they navigate the intricacies of integrating into novel social and...

This study delves into the nuanced attitudes of the host community in Izmir, Turkey, towards Syrian refugees, employing a robust threat and benefit theoretical model. It scrutinizes the multifaceted factors contributing to perceived threats and benefits, elucidates the reasons behind the variation in these attitudes, identifies the individuals resp...

Göç, günümüzde yaşanan çatışma ve karmaşalar nedeniyle devam etmektedir. Göç süreci, güvenli bir alana yeniden yerleşim ve kaynaklara erişim fırsatları sunmaktadır. Birey açısından bu konular belirsizlikler de taşımaktadır. Mülteciler/geçici sığınmacılar göç sürecini planlamadan ve zorunluluklar nedeniyle aniden hızla verilen kararlarla deneyimlerl...

Turkey is the country with the largest Syrian refugee population in the world. This research examines how Syrian-educated refugee women perceive their acculturation experiences and their life experiences pre- and post-migration. Women (ten participants) who were educated in their country and had working experience participated in the study. The stu...

Sistemi meşrulaştırma kuramı toplumda varolan sistemlerin sürdürülmesi için destekleyici nitelikteki ideolojileri ve kalıp yargıları kullanır. Bu çalışmanın temel amacı, bireylerin içinde bulundukları sistemi meşrulaştırmada, etkili olan bilişsel yapının rolünü bilişsel kapalılık ihtiyacıyla, sosyal tutumların rolünü ise sağ kanat yetkeciliği ve to...

Life satisfaction is affected by various factors as it is an overall evaluation of individual’s satisfaction in life. Migration process is one of these variables. This study aims at examining the impact of ethnic and religious belonging levels, perceived level of discrimination, acculturation strategies and demographic characteristics of women who...

In this article, the education of refugees’ children, discussed as the problems faced by the educational process. With this study, refugee children status, their educational needs, by drawing attention to their problems, to raise awareness about the importance of this issue and is currently non-existent national work, which aims to contribute to a...

The aim of this research is to study the levels of psychological well-being and life satisfaction of both international and Turkey-citizen students at Celal Bayar University. Psychological well-being and life satisfaction variables were taken into consideration for the purpose of evaluating the general psychological adjustment of the students. This...

The purpose of this study, is to investigate acculturation preferences of Iranian temporary asylum seekers who are forced to migrate from their country. After migrating to Turkey, to what extend they are satisfied and able to adapt themselves to Turkish society is determined through self assessment. The sample of the study consists of 145 people (3...

The emotional, cognitive and behavioral responses o f the police personnel in Van after the earthquake and their daily life changes and awareness are evaluated in this study. In the research a questionnaire was applied to 203 Van City Police Department personnel. The results showed some differences o f daily habits and expectations, nightmares, rel...

The purpose of this study is testing the validity and reliability of Need for Cognitive Closure Scale (NFCS) Turkish version. Tr-NFCS, Social Dominance Orientation Scale (SDOS), Intolerance for Uncertainity Scale (IUS) and Authoritarian Personality Scale (APS) is were applied to total 721 university students. Then three weeks later test-retest appl...

The cognitive needs of individuals are considered to be a part of the substructure of basic values, but there is no research to test this association using a Turkish sample. In this research, the relationship between need for cognitive closure and Schwartz's ten values was examined in the context of individual differences within a Turkish sample. T...

This book apparently came out of a long-standing joint research and scholarly conversation between Cohen and Sirkeci, who separately worked on migration research in Mexico and Turkey. According to the authors, migration scholars have produced an extensive literature significantly advancing our understanding of migration and migrants which ranges fr...

Until recently, migration studies addressed women in such a frame whereby they embraced the decisions of men and outcomes of these decisions. The transformation in international migration movements and the soaring number of women migrants require a new gender-oriented approach to migration research. The purpose of this study is to reveal the gender...

LITTLE TURKEY IN GREAT BRITAIN by Ibrahim Sirkeci, Tuncay Bilecen, Yakup Costu, Saniye Dedeoglu, M. Rauf Kesici, B. Dilara Seker, Fethiye Tilbe, K. Onur Unutulmaz is about Turkish movers in Britain. Turkish migration to British Isles has a long history but sizeable diaspora communities and enclaves of Turkish origin have emerged only in the last fo...

I examined the level and predictors of life satisfaction among 504 participants who had experienced the 2011 Van (Turkey) earthquake (hit group), and 326 participants who, living in another city, had not (nonhit group). Participants completed measures of overall life satisfaction, belief in a just world, and hope. Results of group comparisons revea...

Amac: Bu calismada uluslararasi ogrencilerin cesitli demografik ozellikleri ile psikolojik ve sosyokulturel sureclerinin uyum degiskenleri ele alinarak incelenmesi amaclanmistir.Gerec ve Yontem: Calismada temel olarak psikolojik, sosyokulturel uyum ve algilanan ayrimcilik degiskenleri arasindaki iliskiler incelenmistir. Celal Bayar Universitesinin...

Abstract Öz Purpose: The aim of this to investigate the various demographic characteristics, psychological and sociocultural mechanisms of international students in accordance with adaptation variables. Material and Methods: On the basis of the study, the associations among the psychological adaptation, sociocultural adaptation and perceived discri...

In this study, we focus on the challenges faced by refugee children at schools in Van, an eastern province at the Iranian border. Focusing on the teachers’ assessment of problems encountered by refugee children at school, this paper is based on qualitative interviews conducted at three schools in the city centre of Van province. The qualitative int...

Turkish migration to Europe and beyond for over five decades resulted in strong minorities in many countries. Sizeable Turkish communities have formed in Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, and the UK. The dynamic nature of international human mobility, changing attitudes, and policies towards immigration have brought these diaspora pop...

Bu calismanin amaci, Celal Bayar Universitesi’nde egitim goren uluslararasi ve Turkiye vatandasi ogrencilerin psikolojik iyi olma ve yasam doyumu duzeylerinin karsilastirilmasidir. Calismada psikolojik iyi olma ve yasam doyumu degiskenleri ele alinarak ogrencilerin genel anlamda sahip olduklari psikolojik uyumun degerlendirilmesi amaclanmistir. Ara...

Yakın bir sürediryaşanan Suriyeli kitlesel akını, Türkiye'de en azından başka bir dil konuşan yaklaşık 2 milyon yeni bir nüfusun varlığıyla ilişkili olarak " göçmen uyumu " konusunun akademik tartışmalarda öne çıkmasında bir etkendir. Dolayısıyla hem bugün yaşanmakta olan yeni deneyimlerin hem de başka başka sosyal gruplaraözgü geçmişteki tecrübele...

In this article, the education of refugees’ children, discussed as the problems faced by the educational process. With this study, refugee children status, their educational needs, by drawing attention to their problems, to raise awareness about the importance of this issue and is currently non-existent national work, which aims to contribute to a...

Bu calisma, Van Depremi sonrasinda kentte calismaya devam eden polis memurlarin depreme yonelik duygusal, bilissel ve davranissal tepkileri, afet sonrasi gunluk yasamlarindaki degisimleri ve farkindalik duzeylerini degerlendirmektir. Arastirmada, Van Ilinde gorevli 203 polis memuruna arastirmacilar tarafindan hazirlanan anket formu uygulanmistir. C...

Bu çalışmanın amacı, Polis Akademisi Bornova Polis Meslek Yüksek Okulunda okuyan öğrencilerin bireycilik-toplulukçuluk eğilimlerini ortaya koymaktır. Özellikle Türkiye gibi farklı kültürlerin, sistemlerin, insanların ve sosyal yapıların ortasında bulunan bir ülke için, bu tip çalışmalar doğası itibari ile, ülkelerin gelişmesi ile doğrudan ilişkilid...

In this study Acculturational Scale, developed by Berry was applied Bulgarian and East and Southeast Anatolian, have migrated two diffrent samples. The results of this study provide support to our expectations that have migrated Bulgarian Turks sample demostrated asimilation strategy and from East and South East Anatolian migrated sample observed t...