Gökçe Kurt
Biographic Data
| ID | 1186671 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gökçe Kurt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gökçe |
| FAMILY NAME | Kurt |
| SIGNATURE | KURT G |
| AFFILIATIONS | UNSW Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7820-1230 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Social support coping strategies among sub-Saharan African refugees
Social support is a key coping resource; its specific role for refugees from sub-Saharan Africa in high-income settings remains poorly understood. This systematic review synthesises existing evidence on the sources of social support and how these networks aid coping during resettlement. We applied an optimised search strategy to identify studies examining social support among sub-Saharan African refugees across six academic indexing databases. We…
Refugee stigma and its toll on mental health
BACKGROUND: Unprecedented, forced displacement, especially from conflict and war areas, requires addressing resultant mental health issues. AIM: Refugees experience mental and physical health problems due to post-displacement stressors, and the pervasive stigma associated with refugee status can exacerbate these difficulties, highlighting the need for a comprehensive assessment tool to understand various facets of refugee stigma. METHOD: We devel…
The localisation of humanitarian response to conflict and displacement
INTRODUCTION: The Grand Bargain Agreement at the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit emphasised the need to reform the humanitarian system. Central to these reforms were commitments to localise humanitarian assistance by increasing funding and decision-making for local and national responders and shifting control away from international actors. Localisation has the potential to improve the operational effectiveness of humanitarian assistance, strength…
Testing the role of online group-based supervision for local humanitarian workers following a crisis
The 2023 Türkiye-Syria earthquakes caused widespread destruction, leaving millions without access to basic needs and services. Caring for Carers (C4C), an online group-based supervision program for Syrian mental health workers, started three months prior to the earthquakes. This study examined the role of this program in supporting the mental and occupational health of the participants following this crisis. A mixed-method longitudinal design was…
Reflections on mental health research in post-disaster settings
Natural disasters, such as floods, storms, heat waves, and droughts, are becoming more frequent and intense due to human-induced climate change, leading to significant disruptions in communities worldwide. While these events pose immediate threats to physical safety, their long-term psychological impact is equally profound: Prevalences of 15–38% have been reported for a range of mental ill-health conditions following natural disasters, including …
Contextualising person-centred mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) services
Understanding and responding to patient expectations is crucial for providing high-quality, person-centred mental healthcare, but remains underexplored in humanitarian settings. This study examines the preferences and experiences of Syrian mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) service users in Northwest Syria and Türkiye. We conducted structured interviews with 378 displaced Syrians (55% female, mean age: 31 years). Participants complete…
Profiles of coping resources and their associations with mental health and social functioning among refugees in Indonesia
This study examined the role of coping resources – self-efficacy (problem-focused) and emotion regulation (emotion-focused) – in supporting mental health and social functioning among refugees in a transit setting in Indonesia. Using a latent profile analysis approach with 1,214 participants, three distinct coping profiles were identified: high coping resources, high emotion-focused coping resource, and low coping resources. Results showed that hi…
Kadın Bedeni, Doğum ve Doğa İlişkisine Doulalar Perspektifinden Bakmak
Bu çalışma, doğumun tıbbileştirilmesine eleştirel olarak ortaya çıkan ve "doğal" doğum hareketinin bir parçası olarak profesyonelleşen doulaların, doğum sürecine dair ürettikleri içerikleri incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Doulaların , doğal ve tıbbi doğum pratikleri arasında bir köprü kurduğu düşüncesi, "doğal" doğumun günümüz toplumunda nasıl değerlendirildiğini anlamak için kritik bir öneme sahiptir. Çalışma, doğumun günümüzde çeşitli profesyonel ak…
Clinical Supervision across Australia, Türkiye, Syria, and Bangladesh
Background: Clinical supervision in providing mental health and psychosocial support services (MHPSSs) is an ethical imperative and a key to ensuring quality of care in terms of service users' skills enhancement, well-being, and satisfaction. However, humanitarian contexts in low-resource countries usually lack sufficient infrastructures to ensure staff have access to supervision. Against this backdrop, a pilot supervision program was introduced …
Student engagement in K12 online education during the pandemic
Student engagement has become a challenge for K-12 students and teachers in online education during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study explored the factors underlying student engagement and the strategies teachers developed to engage students. Thematically analyzed interview data coming from 22 teachers and 20 students of public high schools revealed teachers’ and students’ similar perceptions of the factors affecting student engagement. The four …
Traumatic experiences, acculturation, and psychological distress among Syrian refugees in Turkey
The psychological impacts of Covid-19 related stressors on Syrian refugees in Turkey
État d’urgence et involution autoritaire en Turquie
Depuis le début des années 2010, la Turquie a subi des inflexions politiques et juridiques majeures. Des formes de gouvernement plus autoritaires se sont progressivement imposées, marquées notamment par un durcissement de la politique criminelle à l’égard de divers groupes politiques identifiés comme les « ennemis du régime » : le mouvement politique kurde, des journalistes opposants, des avocats, des défenseurs des droits de l’homme, des étudian…
A Program Review
The purpose of this study was to discover the transformation preschool teacher candidates go through in their perceptions about teacher and teaching during their teacher education program. The participants of the study were 35 senior students enrolled in the preschool teacher education program at a university located in the Eastern Anatolian Region of Turkey. A qualitative survey instrument was conducted to examine the preservice teachers’ percep…
Traumatic experiences, acculturation, and psychological distress among Syrian refugees in Turkey
Clinical Supervision across Australia, Türkiye, Syria, and Bangladesh
Background: Clinical supervision in providing mental health and psychosocial support services (MHPSSs) is an ethical imperative and a key to ensuring quality of care in terms of service users' skills enhancement, well-being, and satisfaction. However, humanitarian contexts in low-resource countries usually lack sufficient infrastructures to ensure staff have access to supervision. Against this backdrop, a pilot supervision program was introduced …
A Program Review
The purpose of this study was to discover the transformation preschool teacher candidates go through in their perceptions about teacher and teaching during their teacher education program. The participants of the study were 35 senior students enrolled in the preschool teacher education program at a university located in the Eastern Anatolian Region of Turkey. A qualitative survey instrument was conducted to examine the preservice teachers’ percep…
État d’urgence et involution autoritaire en Turquie
Depuis le début des années 2010, la Turquie a subi des inflexions politiques et juridiques majeures. Des formes de gouvernement plus autoritaires se sont progressivement imposées, marquées notamment par un durcissement de la politique criminelle à l’égard de divers groupes politiques identifiés comme les « ennemis du régime » : le mouvement politique kurde, des journalistes opposants, des avocats, des défenseurs des droits de l’homme, des étudian…
Traumatic experiences, acculturation, and psychological distress among Syrian refugees in Turkey
The psychological impacts of Covid-19 related stressors on Syrian refugees in Turkey
Student engagement in K12 online education during the pandemic
Student engagement has become a challenge for K-12 students and teachers in online education during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study explored the factors underlying student engagement and the strategies teachers developed to engage students. Thematically analyzed interview data coming from 22 teachers and 20 students of public high schools revealed teachers’ and students’ similar perceptions of the factors affecting student engagement. The four …
Clinical Supervision across Australia, Türkiye, Syria, and Bangladesh
Background: Clinical supervision in providing mental health and psychosocial support services (MHPSSs) is an ethical imperative and a key to ensuring quality of care in terms of service users' skills enhancement, well-being, and satisfaction. However, humanitarian contexts in low-resource countries usually lack sufficient infrastructures to ensure staff have access to supervision. Against this backdrop, a pilot supervision program was introduced …
Kadın Bedeni, Doğum ve Doğa İlişkisine Doulalar Perspektifinden Bakmak
Bu çalışma, doğumun tıbbileştirilmesine eleştirel olarak ortaya çıkan ve "doğal" doğum hareketinin bir parçası olarak profesyonelleşen doulaların, doğum sürecine dair ürettikleri içerikleri incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Doulaların , doğal ve tıbbi doğum pratikleri arasında bir köprü kurduğu düşüncesi, "doğal" doğumun günümüz toplumunda nasıl değerlendirildiğini anlamak için kritik bir öneme sahiptir. Çalışma, doğumun günümüzde çeşitli profesyonel ak…
Refugee stigma and its toll on mental health
BACKGROUND: Unprecedented, forced displacement, especially from conflict and war areas, requires addressing resultant mental health issues. AIM: Refugees experience mental and physical health problems due to post-displacement stressors, and the pervasive stigma associated with refugee status can exacerbate these difficulties, highlighting the need for a comprehensive assessment tool to understand various facets of refugee stigma. METHOD: We devel…
The localisation of humanitarian response to conflict and displacement
INTRODUCTION: The Grand Bargain Agreement at the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit emphasised the need to reform the humanitarian system. Central to these reforms were commitments to localise humanitarian assistance by increasing funding and decision-making for local and national responders and shifting control away from international actors. Localisation has the potential to improve the operational effectiveness of humanitarian assistance, strength…
Testing the role of online group-based supervision for local humanitarian workers following a crisis
The 2023 Türkiye-Syria earthquakes caused widespread destruction, leaving millions without access to basic needs and services. Caring for Carers (C4C), an online group-based supervision program for Syrian mental health workers, started three months prior to the earthquakes. This study examined the role of this program in supporting the mental and occupational health of the participants following this crisis. A mixed-method longitudinal design was…
Reflections on mental health research in post-disaster settings
Natural disasters, such as floods, storms, heat waves, and droughts, are becoming more frequent and intense due to human-induced climate change, leading to significant disruptions in communities worldwide. While these events pose immediate threats to physical safety, their long-term psychological impact is equally profound: Prevalences of 15–38% have been reported for a range of mental ill-health conditions following natural disasters, including …
Contextualising person-centred mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) services
Understanding and responding to patient expectations is crucial for providing high-quality, person-centred mental healthcare, but remains underexplored in humanitarian settings. This study examines the preferences and experiences of Syrian mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) service users in Northwest Syria and Türkiye. We conducted structured interviews with 378 displaced Syrians (55% female, mean age: 31 years). Participants complete…
Profiles of coping resources and their associations with mental health and social functioning among refugees in Indonesia
This study examined the role of coping resources – self-efficacy (problem-focused) and emotion regulation (emotion-focused) – in supporting mental health and social functioning among refugees in a transit setting in Indonesia. Using a latent profile analysis approach with 1,214 participants, three distinct coping profiles were identified: high coping resources, high emotion-focused coping resource, and low coping resources. Results showed that hi…
Social support coping strategies among sub-Saharan African refugees
Social support is a key coping resource; its specific role for refugees from sub-Saharan Africa in high-income settings remains poorly understood. This systematic review synthesises existing evidence on the sources of social support and how these networks aid coping during resettlement. We applied an optimised search strategy to identify studies examining social support among sub-Saharan African refugees across six academic indexing databases. We…
Migration, Health and Trauma (8 works) · Mental health (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Refugee (4 works) · Medical education (3 works) · Mental Health Treatment and Access (3 works)