Özlem Sertel Berk

Biographic Data

ID4872925
NAMEÖzlem Sertel Berk
GIVEN NAMESÖzlem Sertel
FAMILY NAMEBerk
SIGNATUREBERK Ö S
AFFILIATIONSIstanbul University
ORCID0000-0002-3045-3903
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS2
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Psychometric Evaluation of the Turkish Prolonged Grief Assessment–Child Version

    Yahya Esad Özdemir, Murat Coşkun et al.ARTICLEDeath Studies2026

    (DSM-5-TR) has highlighted the need for developmentally appropriate, validated measures. Many measures for bereaved youth predate the DSM-5-TR criteria and do not fully align with them. We evaluated the psychometric properties of the Turkish Prolonged Grief Assessment-Child Version (PGA-C) in 436 participants aged 8-17 years, 6-36 months after parental loss. The PGA-C had α = .92 and a two-week intraclass correlation coefficient of .735. A one-fa…

  • Development and validation of the somatic symptom disorder scale

    Open AccessBurak Duruk, Özlem Sertel BerkARTICLEActa Psychologica2026

    This study developed and validated the Somatic Symptom Disorder Scale (SSDS) to assess Somatic Symptom Disorder (SSD)–related psychological symptom severity consistent with DSM-5. Psychometric analyses were conducted using three samples: (a) an outpatient clinical group ( N = 314), (b) a matched nonclinical sample for known-groups validity ( N = 80), and (c) a separate nonclinical university sample for test–retest reliability ( N = 73). Reliabili…

  • The Bipolar Disorder Medication Adherence Battery

    Open AccessBuket Ünver, Özlem Sertel Berk et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2026

    The BD-MAB offers a comprehensive, clinically actionable assessment of adherence determinants and behavior in bipolar disorder, with initial evidence for reliability, validity, and practical change metrics to guide patient-level monitoring

  • Serial mediation of illness perception and beliefs about medicines in the relationship between patient satisfaction and medication adherence

    Open AccessEsin Temeloglu Sen, Hanife Ozlem Sertel Berk et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Psychology2024Cited by: 1References: 44

    This study examined the effect of patient satisfaction on medication adherence through serial mediation of Self Regulatory Model (SRM) components which are illness perception and beliefs about medicines in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS). The 222 outpatients ( nRA = 112; nAS = 110) were administered a sociodemographic form, the Medication Adherence Report Scale, the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire, t…

  • Coping with the Antecedents of a Violent Episode Explains More Variance than Coping with the Violent Episode

    Open AccessNermin Taşkale, Özlem Sertel BerkARTICLECurrent Psychology2023

  • Factors Affecting Turkish Dog Owners’ Breed Choices, and Their Associations with Socio-demographic and Dog-Related Variables

    Mustafa Ozcan, Bulent Ekiz et al.ARTICLEAnthrozoös2019Cited by: 1References: 21

    The aim of this study was to identify factors affecting dog owners' breed choices at the time of acquisition and whether they were associated with socio-demographics and dog-related variables (size, temperament, function). Answers (n = 581) to a questionnaire formed the data for this study. In order to determine which factors affected breed choice, a principal component analysis (PCA) was conducted. This revealed that owners were influenced by ad…