Faruk Gençöz
Biographic Data
| ID | 236136 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Faruk Gençöz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Faruk |
| FAMILY NAME | Gençöz |
| SIGNATURE | GENÇÖZ F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Middle East Technical University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7476-1361 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
How do sadomasochistic dynamics of transference and countertransference unfold in nonpsychoanalytic psychotherapy?
To illuminate transference and countertransference dynamics in sadomasochism, this study explored the intricate relational patterns that emerge in the psychotherapy process of individuals with sadistic, masochistic, and sadomasochistic personality characteristics. This study used a qualitative research design because the main purpose was to discover the relational patterns co-constructed by clients and psychotherapists in the interpersonal realit…
Lacanian view of the ambiguous loss: The Signal series review
The Signal is a four-episode Netflix series categorized as science fiction and drama, directed by Sebastian Hilger and Philipp Leinemann. The series begins with the story of Paula, a successful scientist, returning to Earth after her mission at the International Space Station. Paula’s husband Sven and daughter Charlie eagerly await Paula’s return to Earth, but there is no news from Paula after her return. This situation puts Charlie in an uncerta…
A psychoanalytic review of “Sick of Myself”
Kristoffer Borgli’s, 2022 film ‘Sick of Myself (Syk Pike)’ has made quite an impact. Despite considered disturbing by viewers, this film has been widely watched and has received numerous awards. This situation raises the question of what makes this film so appealing. In this study, how psychoanalysis and Lacanian psychoanalytic theory began to be used in film analysis is discussed. Following this, ‘Sick of Myself’ is analyzed within the framework…
Surface and Latent Meanings in Male’s Suicide Notes: A Two-Legged Qualitative Study
This study aims to investigate the phenomenon of suicide, which is a global health problem, by utilizing suicide notes. Our main concern in this article is to understand why a person leaves suicide notes before committing suicide; indeed, this question may shed light on particular personal characteristics of the note-leavers. 12 documents containing suicide notes, belonging to Turkish males, were obtained from Prosecutor office. By using an induc…
Shame Experiences Underlying Depression of Adult Turkish Women
Shame is a major component of many mental health problems and affects symptoms, coping styles, remission, and therapeutic ruptures. There are few qualitative studies aimed at understanding shame and its role for patients diagnosed with depression. In this research, we explored the origins of shame, and the coping strategies that patients diagnosed with depression employ to cope with shame. This qualitative research aimed at an in-depth analysis o…
Suicidality, Problem-Solving Skills, Attachment Style, and Hopelessness in Turkish Students
Among 180 Turkish university students, the probability of suicide was strongly predicted by both hopelessness and deficiencies in problem solving. In addition, for women, unhealthy attachment styles (preoccupied and dismissing) also predicted suicidality. The clinical implications of these findings are that psychotherapists should focus on helping suicidal adolescents improve their problem solving skills and decreasing their hopelessness and, for…
A Brief Research Note: Helplessness, Hopelessness, and Haplessness as Predictors of Suicidal Ideation: A Cross-Cultural Study
Scales to measure helplessness and hopelessness were found to have good reliability and were significantly correlated with suicidal ideation in both Turkish and American respondents
Hopelessness and Suicidality in Turkish and American Respondents
In samples of both Turkish and American students, the correlates of suicidal ideation were found to be similar, with depression, hopelessness, and attitudes toward the ownership of life predicting the level of suicidal ideation in both samples. Results using a Western measure of religiosity, however, were different in the two cultures, indicating the need for measures of religiosity specifically tailored for Turkish culture
Hierarchical Dimensions of Coping Styles: A Study Conducted With Turkish University Students
An empirical examination was carried out of the hierarchical dimensions of coping styles in a Turkish sample. Ways of coping data were collected from 194 university students, subjected to factor analysis and 5 factors were obtained. These factors were subjected to second-order factor analysis which revealed 3 main dimensions. As predicted the first two dimensions were problem-focused coping and emotion-focused coping. The third dimension consiste…
Psychometric Properties of the Reassurance-Seeking Scale in a Turkish Sample
This study examined the psychometric properties of the Reassurance-Seeking Scale in a sample of 102 Turkish undergraduate students. High internal consistency reliability was found for the Reassurance-Seeking Scale (alpha=.86). Factor analysis of the scale identified a single component that accounted for 71% of the total variance. The scale was significantly positively correlated with the Beck Depression Inventory and Beck Anxiety Inventory and ha…
The Cognitive, Emotional, and Social Impacts of the September 11 Attacks: Group Differences in Memory for the Reception Context and the Determinants of Flashbulb Memory
The authors examined group differences in memories for hearing the news of and reactions to the September 11 attacks in 2001. They measured memory for reception context (immediate memory for the circumstances in which people first heard the news) and 11 predictors of the consistency of memory for reception context over time (flashbulb memory). Shortly after 9/11, a questionnaire was distributed to 3,665 participants in 9 countries. U.S. vs. non-U…
Patterns of hemispheric perceptual asymmetries: Left hemispatial biases predict changes in anxiety and positive affect in undergraduate women
Consistent with the tripartite model of anxiety and depression, hemispheric asymmetries may be differentially associated with depressive and anxious symptoms. Indeed, research has demonstrated that asymmetries do exist when examining hemispatial biases in both anxious and depressed individuals; however, the magnitude and direction of these asymmetries has been variable. The Chimeric Faces Task was used here to measure these asymmetries, along wit…
Are Happy People Healthier? The Specific Role of Positive Affect in Predicting Self-Reported Health Symptoms
Physiological Hyperarousal as a Specific Correlate of Symptoms of Anxiety Among Young Psychiatric Inpatients
Neuropsychological, cognitive, and factor-analytic models of anxiety and depression consistently view the physiological hyperarousal (PH) factor as a specific component of anxiety disorders and symptoms. In the present study, young psychiatric inpatients were assessed on self-report measures of PH, anxiety, and depression. PH was associated with symptoms of anxiety, but not depressive symptoms, consistent with the specificity of PH to symptoms of…
Are Happy People Healthier? The Specific Role of Positive Affect in Predicting Self-Reported Health Symptoms
The Cognitive, Emotional, and Social Impacts of the September 11 Attacks: Group Differences in Memory for the Reception Context and the Determinants of Flashbulb Memory
The authors examined group differences in memories for hearing the news of and reactions to the September 11 attacks in 2001. They measured memory for reception context (immediate memory for the circumstances in which people first heard the news) and 11 predictors of the consistency of memory for reception context over time (flashbulb memory). Shortly after 9/11, a questionnaire was distributed to 3,665 participants in 9 countries. U.S. vs. non-U…
Suicidality, Problem-Solving Skills, Attachment Style, and Hopelessness in Turkish Students
Among 180 Turkish university students, the probability of suicide was strongly predicted by both hopelessness and deficiencies in problem solving. In addition, for women, unhealthy attachment styles (preoccupied and dismissing) also predicted suicidality. The clinical implications of these findings are that psychotherapists should focus on helping suicidal adolescents improve their problem solving skills and decreasing their hopelessness and, for…
Shame Experiences Underlying Depression of Adult Turkish Women
Shame is a major component of many mental health problems and affects symptoms, coping styles, remission, and therapeutic ruptures. There are few qualitative studies aimed at understanding shame and its role for patients diagnosed with depression. In this research, we explored the origins of shame, and the coping strategies that patients diagnosed with depression employ to cope with shame. This qualitative research aimed at an in-depth analysis o…
Physiological Hyperarousal as a Specific Correlate of Symptoms of Anxiety Among Young Psychiatric Inpatients
Neuropsychological, cognitive, and factor-analytic models of anxiety and depression consistently view the physiological hyperarousal (PH) factor as a specific component of anxiety disorders and symptoms. In the present study, young psychiatric inpatients were assessed on self-report measures of PH, anxiety, and depression. PH was associated with symptoms of anxiety, but not depressive symptoms, consistent with the specificity of PH to symptoms of…
Patterns of hemispheric perceptual asymmetries: Left hemispatial biases predict changes in anxiety and positive affect in undergraduate women
Consistent with the tripartite model of anxiety and depression, hemispheric asymmetries may be differentially associated with depressive and anxious symptoms. Indeed, research has demonstrated that asymmetries do exist when examining hemispatial biases in both anxious and depressed individuals; however, the magnitude and direction of these asymmetries has been variable. The Chimeric Faces Task was used here to measure these asymmetries, along wit…
Are Happy People Healthier? The Specific Role of Positive Affect in Predicting Self-Reported Health Symptoms
The Cognitive, Emotional, and Social Impacts of the September 11 Attacks: Group Differences in Memory for the Reception Context and the Determinants of Flashbulb Memory
The authors examined group differences in memories for hearing the news of and reactions to the September 11 attacks in 2001. They measured memory for reception context (immediate memory for the circumstances in which people first heard the news) and 11 predictors of the consistency of memory for reception context over time (flashbulb memory). Shortly after 9/11, a questionnaire was distributed to 3,665 participants in 9 countries. U.S. vs. non-U…
Psychometric Properties of the Reassurance-Seeking Scale in a Turkish Sample
This study examined the psychometric properties of the Reassurance-Seeking Scale in a sample of 102 Turkish undergraduate students. High internal consistency reliability was found for the Reassurance-Seeking Scale (alpha=.86). Factor analysis of the scale identified a single component that accounted for 71% of the total variance. The scale was significantly positively correlated with the Beck Depression Inventory and Beck Anxiety Inventory and ha…
Hierarchical Dimensions of Coping Styles: A Study Conducted With Turkish University Students
An empirical examination was carried out of the hierarchical dimensions of coping styles in a Turkish sample. Ways of coping data were collected from 194 university students, subjected to factor analysis and 5 factors were obtained. These factors were subjected to second-order factor analysis which revealed 3 main dimensions. As predicted the first two dimensions were problem-focused coping and emotion-focused coping. The third dimension consiste…
Hopelessness and Suicidality in Turkish and American Respondents
In samples of both Turkish and American students, the correlates of suicidal ideation were found to be similar, with depression, hopelessness, and attitudes toward the ownership of life predicting the level of suicidal ideation in both samples. Results using a Western measure of religiosity, however, were different in the two cultures, indicating the need for measures of religiosity specifically tailored for Turkish culture
A Brief Research Note: Helplessness, Hopelessness, and Haplessness as Predictors of Suicidal Ideation: A Cross-Cultural Study
Scales to measure helplessness and hopelessness were found to have good reliability and were significantly correlated with suicidal ideation in both Turkish and American respondents
Suicidality, Problem-Solving Skills, Attachment Style, and Hopelessness in Turkish Students
Among 180 Turkish university students, the probability of suicide was strongly predicted by both hopelessness and deficiencies in problem solving. In addition, for women, unhealthy attachment styles (preoccupied and dismissing) also predicted suicidality. The clinical implications of these findings are that psychotherapists should focus on helping suicidal adolescents improve their problem solving skills and decreasing their hopelessness and, for…
Shame Experiences Underlying Depression of Adult Turkish Women
Shame is a major component of many mental health problems and affects symptoms, coping styles, remission, and therapeutic ruptures. There are few qualitative studies aimed at understanding shame and its role for patients diagnosed with depression. In this research, we explored the origins of shame, and the coping strategies that patients diagnosed with depression employ to cope with shame. This qualitative research aimed at an in-depth analysis o…
Surface and Latent Meanings in Male’s Suicide Notes: A Two-Legged Qualitative Study
This study aims to investigate the phenomenon of suicide, which is a global health problem, by utilizing suicide notes. Our main concern in this article is to understand why a person leaves suicide notes before committing suicide; indeed, this question may shed light on particular personal characteristics of the note-leavers. 12 documents containing suicide notes, belonging to Turkish males, were obtained from Prosecutor office. By using an induc…
A psychoanalytic review of “Sick of Myself”
Kristoffer Borgli’s, 2022 film ‘Sick of Myself (Syk Pike)’ has made quite an impact. Despite considered disturbing by viewers, this film has been widely watched and has received numerous awards. This situation raises the question of what makes this film so appealing. In this study, how psychoanalysis and Lacanian psychoanalytic theory began to be used in film analysis is discussed. Following this, ‘Sick of Myself’ is analyzed within the framework…
Lacanian view of the ambiguous loss: The Signal series review
The Signal is a four-episode Netflix series categorized as science fiction and drama, directed by Sebastian Hilger and Philipp Leinemann. The series begins with the story of Paula, a successful scientist, returning to Earth after her mission at the International Space Station. Paula’s husband Sven and daughter Charlie eagerly await Paula’s return to Earth, but there is no news from Paula after her return. This situation puts Charlie in an uncerta…
How do sadomasochistic dynamics of transference and countertransference unfold in nonpsychoanalytic psychotherapy?
To illuminate transference and countertransference dynamics in sadomasochism, this study explored the intricate relational patterns that emerge in the psychotherapy process of individuals with sadistic, masochistic, and sadomasochistic personality characteristics. This study used a qualitative research design because the main purpose was to discover the relational patterns co-constructed by clients and psychotherapists in the interpersonal realit…
Psychology (13 works) · Clinical Psychology (9 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Turkish (6 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (4 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Cognition (3 works)