Zeynep Sümer
Biographic Data
| ID | 6531303 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Zeynep Sümer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Zeynep |
| FAMILY NAME | Sümer |
| SIGNATURE | SÜMER Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | Middle East Technical University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9163-2622 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Peace education in action
Rooted in empathy, mutual respect, and nonviolence, peace education aims to equip students with the skills required to constructively resolve conflicts and contribute to a more harmonious environment. This study examines the effectiveness of the adapted version of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's Learning to Live Together peace education program in enhancing conflict resolution skills among fourth-grade stude…
Dual-career marriages
This study examined the potential mediating roles of relationship satisfaction and dual-career lifestyle satisfaction in the association between investments and commitment to a relationship. The participants comprise 213 Turkish dual-career married couples (N = 426) between the ages of 19–60, who have been married for at least seven months. Two models were proposed, and the Actor-Partner Interdependence Mediation Model (APIMeM) was conducted to t…
The mediational role of intimate partner acceptance and psychological adjustment in the relationship between intimate partner control and marital adjustment
Grounded in Interpersonal Acceptance-Rejection Theory (IPARTheory), this exploratory study investigated the associations among perceived intimate partner rejection, intimate partner control, psychological maladjustment, and marital adjustment. Perceived behavioral control in intimate partner relationships has been under-researched within the context of IPARTheory. Although the role of behavioral control in child/adolescent-parent relationships ha…
The mediator role of perceived social support in the relationship between difficulties in emotion regulation and suicide tendency
While literature maintained a strong association between emotion regulation skills and suicidal behavior, relatively less is known as to what extent this relationship goes through different dimensions of perceived social support. The purpose of the present study is to examine the possible mediator role of divergent aspects of perceived social support (family, friends, and significant other) in the relationship between difficulties in emotion regu…
Aggression begets aggression
Nuclear Family Emotional Functioning and Marital Satisfaction
The purpose was to investigate the mediating role of interrelational and self-developmental orientations (self-construals) in the relationships between nuclear family emotional functioning and marital satisfaction. Six hundred and eighteen married individuals completed Family Genogram Interview, Balanced Integration Differentiation Scale, Relationship Assessment Scale, and Demographic Information Form. Findings indicated that nuclear family emoti…
Preliminary Analysis of the Past and Planned Investments Measure in Turkish Dual-Career Married Individuals
This study documents the basic psychometrics of the Past and Planned Investments Measure (PPIM; Goodfriend & Agnew, 2008) in a Turkish sample. Two hundred and sixty-four dual-career married individuals participated and completed the Turkish version of the PPIM (PPIM-TR) along with the Investment Model Scale (IMS; Rusbult, Martz, & Agnew, 1998) and a demographic information form. A four-factor structure of PPIM was confirmed via confirmatory facto…
How to maintain a marriage
Attachment insecurity and restrictive engulfment in college student relationships
Purpose Studies on restrictive engulfment (RE) – a subtype of psychological aggression in intimate relationships – have focused either on insecure attachment or relationship satisfaction, not both. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to investigate relationship satisfaction as a potential mediator of the associations between anxious and avoidant attachment and RE perpetration among college students. Design/methodology/approach A sample of 322…
Intimate Partner Violence in Turkey
Gender, Religiosity, Sexual Activity, Sexual Knowledge, and Attitudes Toward Controversial Aspects of Sexuality
Cytotoxic and antibacterial activity of the mixture of olive oil and lime cream in vitro conditions
The mixture of olive oil and lime cream has been traditionally used to treat external burns in the region of Hatay/Antakya and middle Anatolia. Olive oil and lime cream have been employed by many physicians to treat many ailments in the past. A limited number of studies have shown the antibacterial effect of olive oil and that it does not have any toxic effect on the skin. But we did not find any reported studies on the mixture of olive oil and l…
Effects of gender and sex-role orientation on sexual attitudes among Turkish university students
My purpose was to investigate the effects of gender and sex-role orientation on attitudes toward autoeroticism/masturbation, abortion, pornography, homosexuality, premarital sex, and sexual coercion among Turkish university students. Participants were 468 undergraduate students from 3 large urban universities in Ankara. The Turkish version of the Bem Sex-Role Inventory (BSRI; Bem, 1974) and the Sexual Knowledge and Attitude Test for Adolescents (…
Cytotoxic and antibacterial activity of the mixture of olive oil and lime cream in vitro conditions
The mixture of olive oil and lime cream has been traditionally used to treat external burns in the region of Hatay/Antakya and middle Anatolia. Olive oil and lime cream have been employed by many physicians to treat many ailments in the past. A limited number of studies have shown the antibacterial effect of olive oil and that it does not have any toxic effect on the skin. But we did not find any reported studies on the mixture of olive oil and l…
Effects of gender and sex-role orientation on sexual attitudes among Turkish university students
My purpose was to investigate the effects of gender and sex-role orientation on attitudes toward autoeroticism/masturbation, abortion, pornography, homosexuality, premarital sex, and sexual coercion among Turkish university students. Participants were 468 undergraduate students from 3 large urban universities in Ankara. The Turkish version of the Bem Sex-Role Inventory (BSRI; Bem, 1974) and the Sexual Knowledge and Attitude Test for Adolescents (…
Gender, Religiosity, Sexual Activity, Sexual Knowledge, and Attitudes Toward Controversial Aspects of Sexuality
Intimate Partner Violence in Turkey
Attachment insecurity and restrictive engulfment in college student relationships
Purpose Studies on restrictive engulfment (RE) – a subtype of psychological aggression in intimate relationships – have focused either on insecure attachment or relationship satisfaction, not both. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to investigate relationship satisfaction as a potential mediator of the associations between anxious and avoidant attachment and RE perpetration among college students. Design/methodology/approach A sample of 322…
How to maintain a marriage
The mediational role of intimate partner acceptance and psychological adjustment in the relationship between intimate partner control and marital adjustment
Grounded in Interpersonal Acceptance-Rejection Theory (IPARTheory), this exploratory study investigated the associations among perceived intimate partner rejection, intimate partner control, psychological maladjustment, and marital adjustment. Perceived behavioral control in intimate partner relationships has been under-researched within the context of IPARTheory. Although the role of behavioral control in child/adolescent-parent relationships ha…
The mediator role of perceived social support in the relationship between difficulties in emotion regulation and suicide tendency
While literature maintained a strong association between emotion regulation skills and suicidal behavior, relatively less is known as to what extent this relationship goes through different dimensions of perceived social support. The purpose of the present study is to examine the possible mediator role of divergent aspects of perceived social support (family, friends, and significant other) in the relationship between difficulties in emotion regu…
Aggression begets aggression
Nuclear Family Emotional Functioning and Marital Satisfaction
The purpose was to investigate the mediating role of interrelational and self-developmental orientations (self-construals) in the relationships between nuclear family emotional functioning and marital satisfaction. Six hundred and eighteen married individuals completed Family Genogram Interview, Balanced Integration Differentiation Scale, Relationship Assessment Scale, and Demographic Information Form. Findings indicated that nuclear family emoti…
Preliminary Analysis of the Past and Planned Investments Measure in Turkish Dual-Career Married Individuals
This study documents the basic psychometrics of the Past and Planned Investments Measure (PPIM; Goodfriend & Agnew, 2008) in a Turkish sample. Two hundred and sixty-four dual-career married individuals participated and completed the Turkish version of the PPIM (PPIM-TR) along with the Investment Model Scale (IMS; Rusbult, Martz, & Agnew, 1998) and a demographic information form. A four-factor structure of PPIM was confirmed via confirmatory facto…
Dual-career marriages
This study examined the potential mediating roles of relationship satisfaction and dual-career lifestyle satisfaction in the association between investments and commitment to a relationship. The participants comprise 213 Turkish dual-career married couples (N = 426) between the ages of 19–60, who have been married for at least seven months. Two models were proposed, and the Actor-Partner Interdependence Mediation Model (APIMeM) was conducted to t…
Peace education in action
Rooted in empathy, mutual respect, and nonviolence, peace education aims to equip students with the skills required to constructively resolve conflicts and contribute to a more harmonious environment. This study examines the effectiveness of the adapted version of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's Learning to Live Together peace education program in enhancing conflict resolution skills among fourth-grade stude…
Psychology (11 works) · Social Psychology (11 works) · Developmental psychology (9 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Turkish (6 works) · Structural equation modeling (5 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (4 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (4 works) · Medicine (4 works)