Meliksah Demir
Biographic Data
| ID | 3794205 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Meliksah Demir |
| GIVEN NAMES | Meliksah |
| FAMILY NAME | Demir |
| SIGNATURE | DEMIR M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wayne State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Close Relationships and Happiness across Cultures
Same-Sex Friendships
Volunteer Bias in Research on Friendship Among Emerging Adults
Five studies ( N = 5,150) relying on an exhaustive procedure addressed whether volunteer bias (VB) exists in friendship research among emerging adults (EAs). Consistently, the studies showed that women are more willing than men to participate in research on same-sex best friendship (SSBF). Studies 2 through 5 showed that friendship duration is not related to volunteering. Studies 3 and 4 showed that the friendships of volunteers were higher in po…
Pathways From Personality to Happiness: Sense of Uniqueness as a Mediator
Personal sense of uniqueness, a major construct in humanistic psychology, has been recently shown to be a robust correlate of happiness. Yet the antecedents of this experience are not known. To address this limitation, we focused on extraversion and openness to experience, the two traits referred to as plasticity in higher-order framework of personality, as predictors of uniqueness and happiness. In light of theory and past empirical research, we…
Parental Support for Basic Psychological Needs and Happiness: The Importance of Sense of Uniqueness
Predicting friendship quality with rejection sensitivity and attachment security
We examined the interplay between friends' rejection sensitivity (RS) and attachment security in predicting friendship quality. Three competing hypotheses were tested concerning friendship quality, the unique effects of attachment anxiety, avoidance, and RS, as well as the moderating and mediating effects of RS. Results from emerging adults in Turkey ( N = 407) revealed that unlike attachment anxiety and avoidance, RS had neither a unique nor a m…
Research Articles: Church attendance and well‐being among adolescents
The aim of the present study was to understand the relationship between church attendance and well‐being among adolescents. Measures of well‐being included happiness and depressed mood. Results showed that adolescents frequently attending church were happier and less depressed than those adolescents who were not attending church frequently. Results are discussed in the light of the literature and suggestions for future research are made
Self-Concordance and Subjective Well-Being in Four Cultures
Sheldon and colleagues have recently focused research attention on the concept of self-concordance, in which people feel that they pursue their goals because the goals fit with their underlying interests and values rather than because others say they should pursue them. Self-concordant individuals typically evidence higher subjective well-being (SWB). But is this also true in non-Western cultures, which emphasize people's duty to conform to socie…
Self-Concordance and Subjective Well-Being in Four Cultures
Sheldon and colleagues have recently focused research attention on the concept of self-concordance, in which people feel that they pursue their goals because the goals fit with their underlying interests and values rather than because others say they should pursue them. Self-concordant individuals typically evidence higher subjective well-being (SWB). But is this also true in non-Western cultures, which emphasize people's duty to conform to socie…
Predicting friendship quality with rejection sensitivity and attachment security
We examined the interplay between friends' rejection sensitivity (RS) and attachment security in predicting friendship quality. Three competing hypotheses were tested concerning friendship quality, the unique effects of attachment anxiety, avoidance, and RS, as well as the moderating and mediating effects of RS. Results from emerging adults in Turkey ( N = 407) revealed that unlike attachment anxiety and avoidance, RS had neither a unique nor a m…
Parental Support for Basic Psychological Needs and Happiness: The Importance of Sense of Uniqueness
Pathways From Personality to Happiness: Sense of Uniqueness as a Mediator
Personal sense of uniqueness, a major construct in humanistic psychology, has been recently shown to be a robust correlate of happiness. Yet the antecedents of this experience are not known. To address this limitation, we focused on extraversion and openness to experience, the two traits referred to as plasticity in higher-order framework of personality, as predictors of uniqueness and happiness. In light of theory and past empirical research, we…
Research Articles: Church attendance and well‐being among adolescents
The aim of the present study was to understand the relationship between church attendance and well‐being among adolescents. Measures of well‐being included happiness and depressed mood. Results showed that adolescents frequently attending church were happier and less depressed than those adolescents who were not attending church frequently. Results are discussed in the light of the literature and suggestions for future research are made
Self-Concordance and Subjective Well-Being in Four Cultures
Sheldon and colleagues have recently focused research attention on the concept of self-concordance, in which people feel that they pursue their goals because the goals fit with their underlying interests and values rather than because others say they should pursue them. Self-concordant individuals typically evidence higher subjective well-being (SWB). But is this also true in non-Western cultures, which emphasize people's duty to conform to socie…
Predicting friendship quality with rejection sensitivity and attachment security
We examined the interplay between friends' rejection sensitivity (RS) and attachment security in predicting friendship quality. Three competing hypotheses were tested concerning friendship quality, the unique effects of attachment anxiety, avoidance, and RS, as well as the moderating and mediating effects of RS. Results from emerging adults in Turkey ( N = 407) revealed that unlike attachment anxiety and avoidance, RS had neither a unique nor a m…
Pathways From Personality to Happiness: Sense of Uniqueness as a Mediator
Personal sense of uniqueness, a major construct in humanistic psychology, has been recently shown to be a robust correlate of happiness. Yet the antecedents of this experience are not known. To address this limitation, we focused on extraversion and openness to experience, the two traits referred to as plasticity in higher-order framework of personality, as predictors of uniqueness and happiness. In light of theory and past empirical research, we…
Parental Support for Basic Psychological Needs and Happiness: The Importance of Sense of Uniqueness
Volunteer Bias in Research on Friendship Among Emerging Adults
Five studies ( N = 5,150) relying on an exhaustive procedure addressed whether volunteer bias (VB) exists in friendship research among emerging adults (EAs). Consistently, the studies showed that women are more willing than men to participate in research on same-sex best friendship (SSBF). Studies 2 through 5 showed that friendship duration is not related to volunteering. Studies 3 and 4 showed that the friendships of volunteers were higher in po…
Same-Sex Friendships
Close Relationships and Happiness across Cultures
Psychology (8 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Happiness (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (4 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (3 works) · Behavioral Health and Interventions (2 works) · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (2 works) · Friendship (2 works)