Self-construals, perceived parenting styles and well-being in different cultural and socio-economic contexts

Self-construal differences in perceived work situation and well-being Beydoğan, Başak; İmamoğlu, Emine Olcay; Department of Psychology (2008) Based on the theoretical framework provided by Balanced Integration Differentiation (BID) Model ( mamoglu, 1998; 2003) and Self-Determination Theory (SDT) (Deci and Ryan, 1985), this study aimed to explore possible determinants of Turkish employees’ subjective (i.e., life satisfaction) and psychological well-being. Previous SDT research demonstrated that autonomus causality orientation and perceived autonomy supportiveness of context predicted need satisfaction at work and in turn, employee well-being (e.g....
Early parenting support: application of an intervention program to enhance maternal sensitivity in Turkey Metin Orta, İrem; Sümer, Nebi; Department of Psychology (2015) The present study aimed to adapt, apply and test the effectiveness of the Video-Feedback Intervention to Promote Positive Parenting-Sensitive Discipline (VIPP-SD) in the Turkish context. The sample consisted of 56 mothers from relatively underdeveloped regions of Ankara and Istanbul having infants between 10 and 33 months old. The sample was randomly divided into two groups and four thematic sessions were conducted among 38 intervention mothers. In each session, mother and child were videotaped during daily...
Secure exploration :conceptualization, types, and relationship with secure attachment, self-construals and other self-related variables İmamoğlu, Selen; İmamoğlu, Emine Olcay; Department of Psychology (2005) The aim of the present study was to enhance understanding of secure exploration within the perspective of attachment theory and Imamoglu's (2003) Balanced Integration-Differentiation (BID) model. A two-dimensional model of exploration was proposed consisting of trust for self and approaching the unknown, and scales were developed to study exploration separately from attachment both as a general and a domain-specific (i.e., cognitive, relational, self-related, spatial, and time-related) orientation. A questi...
Looming vulnerability and perfectionism as mediating factors among parental bonding, social anxiety and depression Altan-Atalay, Ayşe; Ayvaşık, H. Belgin; Fısıloğlu, Hürol; Department of Psychology (2011) Looming Maladaptive Style (LMS) was proposed to be an anxiety specific cognitive vulnerability factor. Perfectionism also acts as a vulnerability to both anxiety disorders and depression. Parenting is another factor associated with both anxiety and depression, with a majority of studies focusing on care and overprotection dimensions of parenting. These parenting dimensions have been reported to be associated with vulnerabilities to psychological disorders. The present study, aims to investigate the parental...
Perceived parenting styles, self-ambivalence, cognitive and emotional regulation in relation to obsessive-compulsive symptomatology Özekin Üncüer, Filiz; Karancı, Ayşe Nuray; Department of Psychology (2015) The main objective of this dissertation is to examine the factors contributing to the development and maintenance of general obsessive-compulsive symptomatology (OCS) in a community sample. On the basis of cognitive models (Salkovskis, 1985; Rachman, 1997; Clark, 2004), Guidano and Liotti‟s model of selfambivalence, and Gross‟ (1999) process model of emotion regulation, the present study aimed to investigate the role of perceived parental styles, self-ambivalence, maladaptive appraisals, and emotion regulat...

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Z. Karakitapoğlu-Aygün, “Self-construals, perceived parenting styles and well-being in different cultural and socio-economic contexts,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 2002.