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Overview

Gökmen Arslan is affiliated with Mehmet Akif Ersoy University in Turkey. Their primary field of study is psychology, with a total of 312 publications. Within psychology, the main subfields of Arslan's work include clinical psychology, social psychology, applied psychology, education, and health.

The main research topics covered in Arslan's work consist of:

  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
  • Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression

Recent publications by Arslan encompass several papers, including:

  • "Coronavirus Stress, Optimism-Pessimism, Psychological Inflexibility, and Psychological Health: Psychometric Properties of the Coronavirus Stress Measure" (2020) published in the International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
  • "School belongingness, well-being, and mental health among adolescents: exploring the role of loneliness" (2021) published in the Australian Journal of Psychology
  • "Exploring the association between coronavirus stress, meaning in life, psychological flexibility, and subjective well-being" (2021) published in Psychology Health & Medicine

Some frequently collaborated co-authors of Arslan include:

  • Murat Yıldırım
  • Kelly-Ann Allen
  • Kıvanç Uzun
  • Paul T. P. Wong
  • Ahmet Tanhan

Arslan's work appears regularly in several publication venues, the most frequent being:

  • Current Psychology
  • Child Indicators Research
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
  • PsycTESTS Dataset

In addition to journal articles, Arslan has contributed to book publications. One notable book is titled Okulda Pozitif Psikoloji Kuramdan Uygulamaya (2021), published by Ankara Pegem Akademi Yayıncılık eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Psychological maltreatment, emotional and behavioral problems in adolescents: The mediating role of resilience and self-esteem

    Gökmen Arslan

  • Coronavirus Stress, Optimism-Pessimism, Psychological Inflexibility, and Psychological Health: Psychometric Properties of the Coronavirus Stress Measure.

    Gökmen Arslan;Murat Yıldırım;Murat Yıldırım;Ahmet Tanhan;Metin Buluş

  • Exploring the associations between resilience, dispositional hope, preventive behaviours, subjective well-being, and psychological health among adults during early stage of COVID-19.

    Murat Yıldırım;Gökmen Arslan

  • Perceived Risk and Mental Health Problems among Healthcare Professionals during COVID-19 Pandemic: Exploring the Mediating Effects of Resilience and Coronavirus Fear.

    Murat Yıldırım;Gökmen Arslan;Ahmet Özaslan

  • School belongingness, well-being, and mental health among adolescents: exploring the role of loneliness

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  • Exploring the association between coronavirus stress, meaning in life, psychological flexibility, and subjective well-being .

    Gökmen Arslan;Kelly Ann Allen;Kelly Ann Allen

  • Mediating role of the self–esteem and resilience in the association between social exclusion and life satisfaction among adolescents

    Gökmen Arslan

  • School Belonging: The Importance of Student and Teacher Relationships

    Kelly-Ann Allen;Christopher D. Slaten;Gökmen Arslan;Sue Roffey

  • Exploring the Impacts of School Belonging on Youth Wellbeing and Mental Health among Turkish Adolescents

    Gökmen Arslan;Kelly-Ann Allen;Tracii Ryan

  • Loneliness, College Belongingness, Subjective Vitality, and Psychological Adjustment during Coronavirus Pandemic: Development of the College Belongingness Questionnaire

    Gökmen Arslan

  • Initial Development and Validation of the School Belongingness Scale

    Gokmen Arslan;Erdinc Duru

  • The School Absenteeism among High School Students: Contributing Factors *

    Murat Balkis;Gökmen Arslan;Erdinç Duru

  • Coronavirus stress, meaningful living, optimism, and depressive symptoms: a study of moderated mediation model

    Gökmen Arslan;Murat Yıldırım;Murat Yıldırım

  • Psychological maltreatment, forgiveness, mindfulness, and internet addiction among young adults: A study of mediation effect

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  • Optimism and dispositional hope to promote college students’ subjective well-being in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

    Emel Genç;Gökmen Arslan

  • Meaningful Living to Promote Complete Mental Health Among University Students in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

    Gökmen Arslan;Murat Yıldırım;Murat Yıldırım;Zeynep Karataş;Zekavet Kabasakal

  • A proposed framework based on literature review of online contextual mental health services to enhance wellbeing and address psychopathology during covid-19

    Ahmet Tanhan;K. Fatih Yavuz;J. Scott Young;Ahmet Nalbant

  • Psychological Maltreatment, Social Acceptance, Social Connectedness, and Subjective Well-Being in Adolescents

    Gökmen Arslan

  • Meaningful living, resilience, affective balance, and psychological health problems among Turkish young adults during coronavirus pandemic.

    Murat Yıldırım;Gökmen Arslan;Paul T. P. Wong

  • School Bullying, Mental Health, and Wellbeing in Adolescents: Mediating Impact of Positive Psychological Orientations

    Gökmen Arslan;Kelly Ann Allen;Kelly Ann Allen;Ahmet Tanhan;Ahmet Tanhan

  • Coronavirus Anxiety and Psychological Adjustment in College Students: Exploring the Role of College Belongingness and Social Media Addiction.

    Gökmen Arslan;Murat Yıldırım;Murat Yıldırım;Masood Zangeneh

  • An international study on psychological coping during COVID-19: Towards a meaning-centered coping style

    Nikolett Eisenbeck;David F. Carreno;Paul T.P. Wong;Joshua A. Hicks

  • Subjective vitality and loneliness explain how coronavirus anxiety increases rumination among college students

    Gökmen Arslan;Murat Yıldırım;Murat Yıldırım;Mert Aytaç

Frequent Co-Authors

Murat Yıldırım
Murat Yıldırım Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University
Tyler L. Renshaw
Tyler L. Renshaw Utah State University
Paul T. P. Wong
Paul T. P. Wong Trent University
Dianne Vella-Brodrick
Dianne Vella-Brodrick University of Melbourne
Lea Waters
Lea Waters University of Melbourne
Joshua A. Hicks
Joshua A. Hicks Texas A&M University

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