Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Personal profile
Research interests
In my research, I aim to understand what drives people to help others specifically outgroup members. Currently, my research focuses on helping refugees. I explore how refugees' migration motivation affects helping them.
I use quantitative methodologies in my studies including surveys and experimental methods.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Psychology, BA, Hacettepe University
Psychology, MS, Middle East Technical University
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Psychological drivers of prosocial behaviour in global humanitarian contexts
Bilgen, E., 2024, 250 p.Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis
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Unity in Diversity: Exploring the effect of oneness with humanity on the willingness to donate to Syrian and Ukrainian refugees
Bilgen, E., Zagefka, H. & Bjornsdottir, R. T., May 2024, In: Personality and Individual Differences. 222, 10 p., 112591.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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'Are they refugees or economic migrants?’ The effect of asylum seekers’ motivation to migrate on intentions to help them
Bilgen, E., Zagefka, H., Bjornsdottir, R. T. & Abayhan, Y., Oct 2023, In: Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 53, 10, p. 996-1011 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Fearing the Trojan horse: Motives attributed to the outgroup and rejection of outgroup help
Zagefka, H., dela Paz, E., Macapagal, M. E. J., Ghazal, S., Bilgen, E. & Cheso, D., Jun 2023, In: Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 53, 6, p. 519-530 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Testing the theory of cultural inertia: How majority members’ perceptions of culture change relate to prejudice
Lefringhausen, K., Moftizadeh, N., Zagefka, H., Bilgen, E. & Barn, R., Nov 2022, In: International Journal of Intercultural Relations. 91, p. 229-241 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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