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Peer-reviewedCC BY-NC-NDPsikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar

Relationships Between Place Identity, Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms, and Psychological Well-Being After the Earthquake in Hatay

  • Gülşen Filazoğlu Çokluk1
  • Feyruz Usluoglu1
  • Meral Atıcı2
  • Ece Yolcu3
  • Saadet Tuğçe Tezer4
  • Delal Karakoç
  • Gülay Akış5
  • Can Devrim Özen
  • Hayrunisa Kayacı1
5 affiliations
  1. 1TOROS ÜNİVERSİTESİ
  2. 2ÇUKUROVA ÜNİVERSİTESİ
  3. 3CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY
  4. 4MİMAR SİNAN GÜZEL SANATLAR ÜNİVERSİTESİ
  5. 5Youth Worker, Ministry of Youth and Sports, Mersin, Turkey
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Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to examine whether place identity, post-traumatic stress symptoms, and psychological well-being differ according to age and gender among adults exposed to the earthquakes that occurred on February 6 and February 20, 2023, and subsequent aftershocks. Method: The study included 408 adults (200 women, 208 men) exposed to the earthquakes. Data were collected face-to-face using a sociodemographic information form, the Place Identity Scale, the PERMA Scale, and the PTSD Checklist for DSM-5. Results: Post-traumatic stress symptoms differed by age, with higher scores in the 26–43 group than in the 52+ group. Place identity also differed by age. Post-traumatic stress symptoms were negatively correlated with psychological well-being. The direct effect on psychological well-being was significant and negative, but the indirect effect through place identity was not significant. Conclusion: The findings indicate that post-traumatic stress symptoms are associated with lower psychological well-being, whereas place identity did not significantly mediate this relationship.

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@article{cokluk2026relationships,
  title = {{Relationships Between Place Identity, Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms, and Psychological Well-Being After the Earthquake in Hatay}},
  author = {Gülşen Filazoğlu Çokluk and Feyruz Usluoglu and Meral Atıcı and Ece Yolcu and Saadet Tuğçe Tezer and Delal Karakoç and Gülay Akış and Can Devrim Özen and Hayrunisa Kayacı},
  journal = {Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.18863/pgy.1970250},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.18863/pgy.1970250},
  note = {CC BY-NC-ND},
}
RIS
TY  - JOUR
TI  - Relationships Between Place Identity, Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms, and Psychological Well-Being After the Earthquake in Hatay
AU  - Gülşen Filazoğlu Çokluk
AU  - Feyruz Usluoglu
AU  - Meral Atıcı
AU  - Ece Yolcu
AU  - Saadet Tuğçe Tezer
AU  - Delal Karakoç
AU  - Gülay Akış
AU  - Can Devrim Özen
AU  - Hayrunisa Kayacı
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/25
JO  - Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar
DO  - 10.18863/pgy.1970250
UR  - https://doi.org/10.18863/pgy.1970250
AB  - Objective: This study aimed to examine whether place identity, post-traumatic stress symptoms, and psychological well-being differ according to age and gender among adults exposed to the earthquakes that occurred on February 6 and February 20, 2023, and subsequent aftershocks. Method: The study included 408 adults (200 women, 208 men) exposed to the earthquakes. Data were collected face-to-face using a sociodemographic information form, the Place Identity Scale, the PERMA Scale, and the PTSD Checklist for DSM-5. Results: Post-traumatic stress symptoms differed by age, with higher scores in the 26–43 group than in the 52+ group. Place identity also differed by age. Post-traumatic stress symptoms were negatively correlated with psychological well-being. The direct effect on psychological well-being was significant and negative, but the indirect effect through place identity was not significant. Conclusion: The findings indicate that post-traumatic stress symptoms are associated with lower psychological well-being, whereas place identity did not significantly mediate this relationship.
SN  - 1309-0674
SN  - 1309-0658
ER  -