Biography

Ph.D., University of Hull, 1980.
M.S., University of Liverpool, 1976.
B.S., Middle East Technical University, 1973.

Research Interests

Psychological impact of disasters. Preparedness and mitigation behaviors for disaster management. Community awareness and training programs for disaster awareness and management. Expressed emotion in caregivers of schizophrenic patients and patients with physical illnesses. Various projects in disaster/earthquake preparedness and mitigation. Cross cultural research in psychopathology and vulnerability factors.

Representative Publications

Karanci, N. A., & Dirik, G. (2003). Predictors of pre and post-operative anxiety in emergency surgery patients. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 55(4), 363-369.

Karanci, N. A., & Inandilar, H. (2002). Predictors of components of expressed emotion in major caregivers of Turkish patients with schizophrenia. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 37(2), 80-88.

Karanci, N. A., & Aksit, B. (2000). Building disaster resistant communities: Lessons learned from past earthquakes in Turkey and suggestions for the future. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, 18(3), 403-416.

Karanci, N. A., Alkan, N., Aksit, B., Sucuoglu, H., & Balta, E. (1999). Gender differences in psychological distress, coping, social support and related variables following the 1995 Dinar (Turkey) earthquake. North American Journal of Psychology, 1(2), 189-204.

Karanci, N. A., & Aksit, B. (1999). Strengthening community participation in disaster management by strengthening governmental and non-governmental organisations and networks: A case study from Dinar and Bursa (Turkey). The Australian Journal of Emergency Management, 13(4), 35-39.