An Examination of Doctoral Theses on Psychological Well-Being in Türkiye
Chapter from the book: Gülaçtı, F. (ed.) 2025. Educational Sciences from the Past to the Future II.

Fikret Gülaçtı
Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University
Uğur Saruhan
Gümüşhane University
Yeşim Saruhan
Gümüşhane University

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The aim of this study is to evaluate doctoral theses on psychological well-being in Turkey. This study was conducted within the scope of a qualitative research approach and the data was obtained through document review. The obtained data were analyzed using frequency (f) and percentage (%) values ​​and the results are presented in tables. The research sample consists of 83 doctoral theses with full-text access in the YÖK National Thesis Database. The research is limited to doctoral theses on psychological well-being in Turkey whose full text can be accessed by searching with the keywords “psychological well-being and psychological well-being”. The accessible theses were examined according to the variables of the thesis publication year, department in which the thesis was written, institute, the university to which the institute is affiliated, subject studied, method, model, sample group and data collection tool. The “content analysis” technique was used in the analysis of the data. According to the findings; It was found that most theses were written in 2023, most studies were conducted with quantitative method in theses, relational research design was used most in theses, phenomenological method was used in the most number of studies in which qualitative research designs were used, the majority of theses were written in the psychological counseling and guidance department, most theses were written at Ankara University, most theses were written at the Institute of Social Sciences in , most studies were conducted with university students in theses, mostly surveys/scales were used as data collection tools in theses, Anova analyses were made most in the studies, and the topics studied were mostly related to virtues and character strengths, spirituality, psychoeducation and organizational factors.

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Gülaçtı, F. & Saruhan, U. & Saruhan, Y. (2025). An Examination of Doctoral Theses on Psychological Well-Being in Türkiye. In: Gülaçtı, F. (ed.), Educational Sciences from the Past to the Future II. Özgür Publications. DOI: https://doi.org/10.58830/ozgur.pub879.c3593

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October 18, 2025

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