Hamdullah Tunç
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Old Medical School (Doorway 6),
School of Health in Social Science, - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 9AG
Background
I am a PhD candidate in Clinical Psychology. My doctoral research focuses on personal values and valued living and their relationships with adolescents' depression and anxiety.
My postgraduate education (MSc and PhD) is funded by the study abroad programme of the Ministry of National Education of Türkiye.
Qualifications
2012 – 2016; Istanbul University – Psychology (BSc)
2018 – 2019; University of Bath – Applied Clinical Psychology (MSc); Dissertation Title: "The Effect of Value Fulfilment on Depression, Anxiety and Stress"
Responsibilities & affiliations
- Member of the Centre for Applied Developmental Psychology (CADP)
- Member of the British Psychological Society (BPS)
- Member of the Association for Contextual Behavioural Science (ACBS)
- Member of the Turkish Psychological Association (TPD)
Postgraduate teaching
- MSc Mental Health in Children and Young People: Psychological Approaches
- Tutor in "Research Methods in Applied Psychology" course
- Tutor in "Inferential Statistics in Applied Psychology" course
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MSc in Psychology of Mental Health (Conversion)
- Tutor in "Psychological Research Methods: Data Management and Analysis" course
- Tutor in "Research Methods in Applied Psychology" course
Current research interests
I am currently working on projects investigating the impact of valued living on depression, anxiety and well-being.Knowledge exchange
PUBLICATIONS
Tunç, H., Morris, P. G., Williams, J. M. & Kyranides, M. N. (2024). The role of value priorities and valued living on depression and anxiety among young people: A cross-sectional study. Personality and Individual Differences, 225, 112680. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2023.02.004
Tunç, H., Morris, P. G., Kyranides, M. N., McArdle, A., McConachie, D., & Williams, J. (2023). The relationships between valued living and depression and anxiety: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 28, 102-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2023.02.004
Hanel, P. H. P., Tunç, H., Bhasin, D., Litzellachner, L., & Maio, G. R. (2023). Value fulfillment and well- being: Clarifying directions over time. Journal of Personality, 00, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12869
Affiliated research centres
Project activity
- Valued Living, Depression, Anxiety: Systematic Review Project: PROSPERO ID: CRD42021236882; Details: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=236882
- My Values, My Mental Health!: https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/htunc/
- A Daily Diary Project: Values and Mental Health!: https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/valuesproject/
Publications:
Tunç, H., Morris, P. G., Williams, J. M. & Kyranides, M. N. (2024). The role of value priorities and valued living on depression and anxiety among young people: A cross-sectional study. Personality and Individual Differences, 225, 112680. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2023.02.004
Tunç, H., Morris, P. G., Kyranides, M. N., McArdle, A., McConachie, D., & Williams, J. (2023). The relationships between valued living and depression and anxiety: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 28, 102-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2023.02.004
Hanel, P. H. P., Tunç, H., Bhasin, D., Litzellachner, L., & Maio, G. R. (2023). Value fulfillment and well- being: Clarifying directions over time. Journal of Personality, 00, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12869
Papers delivered
Tunç, H., Morris, P. G., Kyranides, M. N., Williams, J. (2024, April 22). Using response surface analysis to explore the impact of perceived value congruence between young people and their parents on mental well-being [Poster presentation]. Edinburgh Mental Health Annual Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, The United Kingdom.
Tunç, H., Morris, P. G., Kyranides, M. N., Williams, J. (2022, June 14-19). The Association Between Valued Living, Depression and Anxiety: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis [Poster presentation]. ACBS World Conference, San Francisco, CA, The United States. https://contextualscience.org/files/WC2022%20Poster%20Details%206.14.pdf
Tunç, H., Morris, P. G., Kyranides, M. N., Williams, J. (2022, May 19-20). Associations Between Valued Living, Depression and Anxiety: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis [Oral presentation]. HiSS Annual PGR Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, The United Kingdom.