Psychological Maltreatment of Women Inventory Short Form - Turkish adaptation

Ersoy NC, Hünler OS, Namer Y. Kadına Psikolojik Eziyet Envanteri Kısa Formu Türkçe Uyarlaması. Klinik Psikiyatri Dergisi. 2017;20(4):276-286

Psychology Education in Foundation Universities

Namer Y, Hünler OS, Düzen E. Vakıf Üniversitesinde Psikoloji Eğitimi. Eleştirel Psikoloji Bülteni. 2015;(6):81-91.Psychology education in Turkey is currently facing difficulties such as campaigning for professional regulation under an independent ‘psychologists act’, the Council of Higher Education’s simultaneous authorization of competent as well as unfit bodies to accredit psychology departments, and unjust distribution of access to professional specialization. Psychology education in foundation universities, while trying to persevere within the aforementioned circumstances, has to cope with student numbers exceeding teaching resources, overcrowded graduate classes which is contrary the nature of specialization in psychology, and the precarious conditions of the teaching staff who often teach on the basis of hourly pay or yearly contacts. These constrains deem it very difficult to nurture psychologists who campaign for their rights, advocate for others’ rights and work for the community. This article attempts to develop a critical outlook on psychology education in Turkey with a specific focus on the difficulties of nurturing advocate psychologists, and hopes to propose alternative solutions

LGBT trauma in turkey and psychological consequences of working/volunteering with LGBT trauma

Namer Y, Hünler OS. LGBT trauma in turkey and psychological consequences of working/volunteering with LGBT trauma. In: Pereira H, Costa P, eds. Coming-out for LGBT psychology in the current international scenario. Lisbon: University of Beira Interior; 2014: 194-198.Around the world, LGBT populations are under the risk of having traumatic experiences. LGBT individuals could and do experience physical or sexual assaults, same-sex domestic violence, or bullying. Sometimes psychological/ psychiatric/legal interventions could be traumatic instead of alleviating. In Turkey, albeit being LGBT is not illegal or prohibited, being LGBT makes people vulnerable to exclusion, stigma, isolation, abuse or insult. LGBT organizations have a peculiar importance in this context. In Turkey, LGBT organizations in different geographical locations have different target groups with slightly different political perspectives. These organizations have wide variety of functions, such as creating public visibility, providing role models for young LGBTs, educating and supporting families, offering legal counseling, providing social, emotional and economical support and creating a peer group. Majority of these organizations are working on a volunteer basis. Unfortunately, not only hectic workload and diversity of duties but also continuously witnessing survivors and sometimes non-survivors of trauma could be exhausting for volunteers. Because of this reason, it is essential for LGBT organization members/volunteers to understand the concept of trauma, be familiar with the types of it and be informed about different ways of intervening and coping with it while supporting the traumatized member

La liberté académique

This book analyses the threats to academic freedom in the twenty-first century across the globe, and the various ways to face them

Dindarlığın evlilik doyumu üzerindeki etkileri ve algılanan evlilik sorunları çözümü becerilerinin , dindarlık ve evlilik doyumu ilişkisi üzerindeki arabulucu rolü

This study aimed at revealing the mediational role of perceived marital problem solving between religiousness and marital satisfaction relationship in a Turkish sample. The participants were 92 married couples, who were the parents of Middle East Technical University students. Hierarchical Regression Analyses were performed in order to test the mediational role of marital problem solving between religiousness and marital satisfaction relationship. Moreover, some additional Hierarchical Regression Analyses were performed with the variables related to religiousness, namely hopelessness and submissive acts. In the first hypothesis it was expected that marital problem solving will play a mediational role between Hireligiousness and marital satisfaction. In the second hypothesis, it was suggested that marital problem solving will play a mediator role between hopelessness and marital satisfaction. Similarly, in the third hypothesis, it was expected that marital problem solving will play a mediator role between submissive acts and marital satisfaction. According to the results of these analyses, it was found that religiousness had a main effect on marital satisfaction, but mediational role of problem solving did not emerged, thus first hypothesis was only partially confirmed. Second and the third hypotheses were supported. Results were discussed by referring the relevant literature.Bu çalışma, evli Türkiyeli çiftler örnekleminde, dindarlığın evlilik doyumu üzerindeki etkileri ve algılanan evlilik sorunları çözümü becerilerinin bu ilişki üzerindeki arabulucu rolünü araştırmayı amaçlamaktadır. Katılımcılar, Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi öğrencilerinin anne ve babalarından oluşan 92 çifttir. Hiyerarşik Regresyon Analizi kullanılarak algılanan evlilik sorunları çözümü becerilerinin, dindarlık ve evlilik doyumu ilişkisindeki arabulucu rolü test edilmiştir. Ayrıca, dindarlıkla ilişkili olan umutsuzluk ve boyun eğici davranışlar içinde ayrı Hiyerarşik Regresyon Analizleri yapılmıştır. İlk hipotezde, algılanan evlilik sorunları çözme becerisinin, dindarlık ve evlilik doyumu ilişkisi üzerinde arabulucu rolü oynaması beklenmektedir, ikinci hipotezde, algılanan evlilik sorunları çözme becerilerininumutsuzluk ve evlilik doyumu üzerinde arabulucu rolü oynaması beklenmektedir. Benzer olarak, üçüncü hipotezde de algılanan evlilik sorunları çözme becerilerinin boyun eğici davranışlar ve evlilik doyumu ilişkisinde arabulucu rolü oynaması beklenmektedir. Analiz sonuçlarına gore, dindarlığın evlilik doyumu üzerinde temel etkiye sahip olduğu bulunurken, sorun çözme becerilerinin arabulucu rolü gözlenmemiştir. Bu durumda, ilk hipotezin bir bölümü doğrulanabilmiştir. Umutsuzluk ve boyun eğici davranışları ele alan ikinci ve üçüncü hipotezler desteklenmiştir. Sonuçlar literatür bilgisi ışığında tartışılacaktır.M.S. - Master of Scienc

Hollanda'ya Türkiye'den yeni göç etmiş göçmenlerin psikolojik problemleri ve yaşam doyumlarıyla ilgili etmenler.

The aim of this study is to investigate the vulnerability stress model in prediction of the psychological problems and life satisfaction of newcomer Turkish immigrants in the Netherlands. Vulnerability factors were considered to be personal characteristics of immigrants which they had both prior and after to their arrival. Stress factors, on the other hand, were selected based on the immigrants’ experiences after their arrival. Depending upon this distinction, attachment, independent and interdependent self construals, ethnic identity and ethnic self-esteem, religiousness, religious support, and social support were all organised as vulnerability factors. Migration related factors, namely time spent in the Netherlands, level of spoken Dutch, level of socialisation with Dutch natives, level of media use, satisfaction with life in the Netherlands, perceived discrimination, and acculturation orientations were organised as stress factors. Psychological problems of the immigrants were measured by their scores of depression, anxiety, and psychosomatic complaints. The participants of the study were 109 newcomer Turkish immigrants who arrived in the Netherlands after 1998. In the regression analysis that attempted to predict the psychological problems of immigrants, the results revealed several significant effects including gender, host culture acculturation orientation, perceived discrimination, and independent self construals. Furthermore, the interaction of independent self construal and host culture acculturation orientation as well as the interaction of religion and host culture orientation showed significant effects on psychological problems. In the regression analysis to predict life satisfaction, only independent self construal revealed a significant relationship with life satisfaction.Ph.D. - Doctoral Progra

Submissive behaviours and marital satisfaction relation: Mediator role of perceived marital problem solving Boyun Eǧici Davranişlar ve Evlilik Doyumu İlişkisi: Algilanan Evlilik Problemleri Çözümünün Rolü

Bu çalışmanın amacı boyun eğici davranışların evlilik doyumu üzerindeki etkilerini incelemek ve boyun eğici davranışlar ve evlilik doyumu arasındaki ilişkide algılanan evlilik problemleri çözümleme becerisinin oynadığı kritik rolü araştırmaktır. Araştırmaya çocuklarından en az biri üniversite öğrencisi olan 92 evli çift katılmıştır. Çalışmanın ilk bölümünde, araştırmada kullanılan ölçme ve değerlendirme araçlarının geçerlik ve güvenirlik çalışmaları yapılmış, ikinci bölümde ise değişkenlerin birbirleriyle olan korelasyonları değerlendirilmiş ve hiyerarşik regresyon analizi kullanılarak çalışmanın hipotezi test edilmiştir. Elde edilen verilere göre, çiftlerin boyun eğici davranışlarındaki artışlar algılanan problem çözme becerilerinin düşmesine, bu da evlilik doyumlarının azalmasına neden olmaktadır. Çalışmanın sınırlılıkları ve psikoterapi uygulamalarına katkıları literatür ışığında tartışılmıştır