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- ArticleAçık Erişim2026Who Is Ready to Counsel Refugees? Latent Profiles of Prejudice, Labeling, and Counseling Attitudes Among Turkish Counselor Candidates: A Mixture SEM Study
Koc, Muharrem; Ağirkan, Murat; Qin, Sang
This study aimed to explore the associations among Turkish counseling students’ attitudes toward providing psychological counseling to refugees, their multicultural counseling competencies, prejudice against asylum seekers, and tendencies toward labeling refugees. The study group consisted of 362 participants (246 females [68.0%], 116 males [32.0%]) aged 17 to 26 (M=21.1, SD=1.32). Data were analyzed using Mixture Structural Equation Modeling (MSEM), which simultaneously estimated structural relationships among the variables and identified latent subgroups. Results indicated that prejudice against asylum seekers and multicultural counseling competencies were directly associated with attitudes toward giving psychological counseling. Prejudice against asylum seekers and labeling of refugees were directly associated with multicultural counseling competencies, and prejudice against asylum seekers was also directly related to labeling refugees. Indirect associations were also found, including links from prejudice to attitudes via labeling and multicultural counseling competencies. The latent profile component of the MSEM distinguished four subgroups: “Empathetic and Competent Advocates,” “Prejudiced and Disengaged Counselors,” “Reluctant Helpers,” and “Well-Intentioned but Developing.” These findings offer preliminary, education-focused insights into the interplay between prejudice, multicultural counseling competencies, refugee labeling, and attitudes toward psychological counseling among Turkish counseling students, and suggest that targeted counselor-education strategies may help reduce prejudice, strengthen multicultural competencies, and improve attitudes toward working with asylum seekers and refugees.
RDL Kalıcı Kaydıİncele - ArticleYalnız künye2026Unpacking Profiles of School Burnout in High-Achieving Students in Türkiye: A MSEM Analysis
Ağirkan, Murat; Haspolat, Namık Kemal; Özdoğan, Ahmet Çağlar
Although high-achieving students are often perceived as well-adjusted, there is limited understanding of the varied ways they experience school burnout. Prior research tends to treat burnout as a uniform phenomenon, overlooking subgroups that may differ in psychological risk and academic outcomes. This study addresses this gap by identifying distinct profiles of school burnout and examining their psychological and academic correlates in high-achieving adolescents, defined by their mean grade of 85 or above out of 100 and placement in the top 2%, which earned them admission to science high schools based on their performance on Türkiye’s High School Entrance Exam (LGS). Participants included 443 students (225 females, 50.8%) aged 14 to 19 years (M = 15.9, SD = 1.11). Given the broad age range spanning early to late adolescence, developmental variability in academic expectations and emotional regulation is likely, which may influence how students experience burnout. Using Mixture Structural Equation Modeling (MSEM), in which latent profiles and structural pathways were estimated simultaneously, the study found that parental achievement pressure, self-oriented perfectionism, and socially prescribed perfectionism predicted fear of failure, which in turn negatively impacted grade point average. Both fear of failure and grade point average were significant predictors of burnout, with fear increasing burnout and grade point average serving as a protective factor. Latent Profile Analysis revealed three distinct student profiles: “Calm but Underachieving”, “Burnout Under Pressure”, and “Self-Driven High Achiever”. Three-step regression analyses revealed that psychological symptoms varied meaningfully across profiles. Specifically, the “Calm but Underachieving” group had significantly higher odds of depression compared to the “Self-Driven High Achiever” group, despite reporting lower stress levels. Meanwhile, anxiety levels did not significantly differ across any profile, indicating that anxiety may be a more generalized emotional response among students regardless of their academic engagement. These findings underscore the importance of considering developmental differences and psychological risks unique to high-achieving adolescents. By identifying distinct burnout profiles, this study provides nuanced insights that address gaps in current understanding and support the development of targeted mental health interventions for high-achieving adolescents.
RDL Kalıcı Kaydıİncele - ArticleYalnız künye2025Profiles of social and emotional learning skills in adolescents: a latent profile analysis
Ağirkan, Murat; Haspolat, Namık Kemal
This study aimed to identify distinct latent profiles of social and emotional learning (SEL) skills in adolescents and examine how these profiles are associated with distal outcomes such as academic success, absenteeism, disciplinary status, participation in school activities, and relationships with peers and teachers. By treating these factors as outcomes related to SEL profiles, the study provides a nuanced understanding of their long-term impact. Data were collected from 1234 adolescents (528 females, 42.8%; 706 males, 57.2%) and Latent Profile Analysis (LPA) was used to identify distinct groups. Three latent profiles emerged: ‘SEL-Risk’; ‘Prosocial-Low Intrapersonal’; and ‘SEL-Competent’. The findings offer a comprehensive view of the interaction between SEL skills and distal outcomes, addressing a critical gap in the literature. By clarifying these interactions as both co-occurring and influencing immediate and long-term outcomes, this study provides valuable insights for educational practices and interventions.
RDL Kalıcı Kaydıİncele - ArticleYalnız künye2025What are the Psychosocial Predictors of Peer Bullying Among Middle School Students?
Yöntem, Zuhal; Ağirkan, Murat
This study aimed to examine the psychosocial predictors of peer bullying among middle school students. For this purpose, structural equation modeling (SEM), including peer bullying, school culture, parental rejection, basic psychological needs, and social emotional learning (SEL) skills, was tested. The data were collected from 565 middle school students [286 (50.6%) female, 279 (49.4%) male]. Based on SEM, school culture and SEL skills directly predict peer bullying; basic psychological needs predict peer bullying through SEL skills; school culture predicts peer bullying through basic psychological needs and SEL skills; parental rejection predicts peer bullying through SEL skills; parental rejection predicts peer bullying through basic psychological needs and SEL skills. In addition, the model explains approximately 34% of the total variance of peer bullying.
RDL Kalıcı Kaydıİncele - ArticleAçık Erişim2024Exploring different technology addiction types in young adults: a latent profile analysis
Ağirkan, Murat; Haspolat, Namık Kemal; Çelik, Oğuzhan
This study aimed to examine the different latent profiles of technology addiction in young adults, and the criteria for belonging to these profiles, in relation to sociodemographic factors (gender and SES) and technology use status (daily social network usage time, daily instant messaging usage time, daily online gaming usage time, daily website usage time, and connection location). Data were collected from a sample of 1,431 young adults [988 (69.1%) female, 443 (30.9%) male]. Latent Profile Analysis (LPA) was used to identify the latent profiles, and Multinomial Regression Analysis was employed to examine the relationships between the latent profiles and sociodemographic and technology use. The LPA revealed four latent profiles of technology addiction in young adults: “Non-Addicts (NA)”, “Moderate Technology Addicts-Gamers (MTAG)”, “High Technology Addicts-Non-Gamers (HTANG)”, and “High Technology Addicts-Gamers (HTAG)”. The criteria for belonging to these four profiles were statistically significantly related to sociodemographic and technology use factors, except for connection location, and age. These findings provided further support for our knowledge about planning programs or multi-layered intervention models to prevent technology addiction in young adults.
RDL Kalıcı Kaydıİncele - ArticleYalnız künye2024When Parents Press for Achievement: The Relationship between Academic Stress, Insomnia, Adolescent-Parent Relationships, and Life Satisfaction
Haspolat, Namık Kemal; Ağirkan, Murat
This study aimed to examine the relationships among parental achievement pressure, adolescent-parent relationships, academic stress, insomnia, and life satisfaction in high-achieving students. Data were collected from 327 science high school students (162 females [49.5%], 165 males [50.5%]) aged between 14 and 18 years old (Mean = 15.98, SD = 1.22). Structural Equation Modeling was used to analyze the data. Parental achievement pressure predicted academic stress and adolescent-parent relationships; academic stress predicted insomnia; both insomnia and adolescent-parent relationships predicted life satisfaction. Academic stress and insomnia had multiple mediator roles between parental achievement pressure and life satisfaction. Adolescent-parent relationships had a mediating role between parental achievement pressure and life satisfaction. Regarding indirect relationships between the variables, it was found that parental achievement pressure could predict life satisfaction through academic stress, insomnia, and adolescent-parent relationships. Variables explained approximately 42% of the total variance regarding life satisfaction. The findings suggest complex relationships among parental achievement pressure, adolescent-parent relationships, academic stress, insomnia, and life satisfaction in high-achieving students. These results highlight the importance of addressing parental achievement pressure, academic stress, and insomnia to improve life satisfaction among high-achieving students.
RDL Kalıcı Kaydıİncele - Review ArticleYalnız künye2023The reflections of COVID-19 pandemic to counselling: bibliometric analysis of online psychological counselling research
Ağirkan, Murat
The COVID-19 has had an impact on almost every aspect of life throughout the world. The quarantine, limited social life, and fear of contamination have triggered psychological symptoms in societies. The need for mental health services has increased, and online psychological counselling, which provides psychological help with no risk of infection, has become more popular. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the COVID-19 on psychological counselling services and compare the general situation of publications on online psychological counselling before and during the pandemic. For this purpose, 463 publications related to online psychological counselling in the Web of Science (WoS) database were examined. The results were discussed in the context of trends and differences before and during COVID-19.
RDL Kalıcı Kaydıİncele - ArticleAçık Erişim2023The effects of student and school characteristics on SEL skills of adolescents: A hierarchical linear modelling
Ağirkan, Murat; Keklik, İbrahim; Ergene, Tuncay
This study aimed to examine student and school characteristics that could affect adolescents' social and emotional learning (SEL) skills. The study group consisted of randomly selected 3017 high school students from 42 schools in Turkey. According to two-level Hierarchical Linear Modelling analysis findings, the mean SEL scores of schools differed statistically significantly. The variables of academic achievement, participation in events (scientific, artistic, sports, community services), adolescent-parent relationships, and absenteeism status variables were important predictors of SEL scores at the student level. The variables of the relationship between students, teacher–student relationships, number of students/teachers, music class (active use), number of student clubs in the school, parental involvement, presence of school counselor, and disciplinary action rate were important predictors of SEL scores at the school level. Findings were thoroughly discussed in relation to the existing literature, and recommendations were made for future studies and applications.
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