Thesis Archive
PhD theses completed by our graduate students are listed below.
| Name – Surname of the Student | Year | Title | Thesis Advisor | |
| İlkyaz Kaya Yıldırım | 2025 | Developing and testing effects of an internet- delivered, bibliotherapy-focused intervention for perinatal anxiety and depression | Prof. Gülay Dirik | |
| Mahsa Rouhı Malekı | 2025 | Investigating disordered eating behaviors and at- titudes toward cosmetic surgery within the scope of the tripartite influence model across Iranian and Turkish women | Prof. Gülay Dirik | |
| Zehra Gem | 2025 | The effect of Narrative Exposure Therapy on post-traumatic stress, psychological distress, functional impairment, and well-being: An inves- tigation through a controlled group comparison among firefighters in İzmir | Prof. Orçun Yorulmaz | |
| Esra Altın Gök | 2025 | Development of a therapist- supported and internet-based psychological intervention program for university students from Turkey in Turkish states and investigation of its effect on psychological health | Prof. Orçun Yorulmaz | |
| Gizem Bozyel | 2025 | Development of an internet-based self-help program for physicians based on acceptance and commitment therapy and its impact on psychological health | Prof. Orçun Yorulmaz | |
| Büşra Aktakka Yıldırım | 2025 | Towards a lifelong development model of authenticity: A grounded theory study | Prof. A. Esin Yılmaz Samancı | |
| Hasan Arslan | 2025 | A study to develop an internet-based intervention program with tested effectiveness for the treatment of post-traumatic stress symptoms in individuals who experienced a traumatic event | Prof. A. Esin Yılmaz Samancı | |
| Ufuk Sarıgül | 2025 | Social psychological factors in juvenile delinquency and the development of school-based preventive psychosocial intervention program | Prof. Serap Akfırat | |
| Tolga Ergiyen | 2025 | From individual to collective: The effect of person-group congruence on environmental collective action | Prof. Serap Akfırat | |
| Veysel Karazor | 2025 | An analysis of contemporary collective action models in the context of pro-status quo collective actions: The example of the July 15 Democracy Watches | Prof. Serap Akfırat | |
| Hasan Yentür | 2025 | Examination of attitudes towards immigrants based on the identity leadership model and group dynamics | Prof. Serap Akfırat | |
| Fatih Bayrak | 2025 | Why we fall for fake news? cognitive, identity, social and cultural foundations of belief in fake news | Prof. İnci Boyacıoğlu Bal | |
| Sarra Znatı | 2025 | Parental impact on self-compassion: An analysis of guilt memory-sharing by Turkish emerging adults with a focus on the parental listener’s role | Prof. İnci Boyacıoğlu Bal | |
| Gülfem Özçelik | 2025 | The role of autobiographical memory functions, child rearing attitudes and peer relations in the relationship between self- disclosure and need for autonomy and relatedness during emerging adulthood | Prof. İnci Boyacıoğlu Bal | |
| Gözde Emik Aksoy | 2025 | An intervention program on the effect of attentional bias modification for positive stimuli on negative affect | Assoc. Prof. Derya Durusu Emek Savaş | |
| Başak Durdu Akgün | 2024 | Developing a caregiver-supported cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) based intervention program to reduce the psychological distress of stroke survivors, improve their quality of life, and enhanced social support, and investigating its effectiveness | Prof. Gülay Dirik | |
| Özge Sarıyer Yılmaz | 2024 | An investigation of the relationship quality in couples during the period of illness through the framework of a stress management theory | Prof. Arzu Araz | |
| Ayça Gürbüz | 2024 | Development of an intervention program based on acceptance and commitment therapy and examining its effect on panic disorder symptoms and death anxiety | Prof. Orçun Yorulmaz | |
| Zeynep Akyüz | 2024 | The investigation of transdiagnostic model components for behavioral addictions in a Turkish sample | Prof. A. Esin Yılmaz Samancı | |
| Ünal Alpay | 2024 | Investigation of dyadic adjustment and psychological symptoms in terms of relationship oriented cognitive factors and relationship maintenance strategies in married individuals | Prof. A. Esin Yılmaz Samancı | |
| Ömer Külhancı | 2024 | The development of leadership concept in pre- adolescent children and adolescents within the framework of developmental intergroup theory | Prof. Serap Akfırat | |
| Nagihan Sadıklar | 2024 | Investigation of the effect of attachment orientations on romantic relationships in the context of autobiographical memory functions, self- change and conflict resolution styles | Prof. İnci Boyacıoğlu | |
| Aybike Çavdar | 2024 | Investigation of the role of basic psychological needs in the relationship between perception of uncertainty and anxiety in the context of value orientations | Prof. İnci Boyacıoğlu Bal | |
| Emine Akman Direkçi | 2024 | The role of time perspective and moral emotions in the relationship between future thinking and moral decision making | Prof. İnci Boyacıoğlu Bal | |
| Çağla Aktaş | 2024 | The role of autobiographical memory functions in the relationship of attachment and, anxiety and depression | Prof. İnci Boyacıoğlu | |
| Burcu Ebru Aydoğdu | 2023 | An examination of the written emotional disclosure paradigm in women in transition to menopause | Prof. Gülay Dirik | |
| Cennet Yastıbaş Kaçar | 2023 | An investigation of the effectiveness of an online group therapy focused on post-traumatic growth in women with breast cancer | Prof. Gülay Dirik | |
| Selva Ülbe | 2023 | Developing and testing effectiveness of an online individual intervention program to make meaning of experiences after a breast cancer diagnosis | Prof. Gülay Dirik | |
| Samet Baş | 2023 | Examining the effectiveness of an internet-based intervention program for bereaved individuals at risk | Prof. Orçun Yorulmaz | |
| Şerife İnci Şalvarlı | 2023 | An investigation of internet gaming disorder in the framework of the interaction of person-affect cognition execution model | Prof. A. Esin Yılmaz Samancı | |
| Başak Öksüzler Cabılar | 2023 | Examining post divorce adjustment within the framework of family stress and adjustment model | Prof. A. Esin Yılmaz Samancı | |
| Emir Üzümçeker | 2023 | The norm of reciprocity in intergroup context | Assoc. Prof. Serap Akfırat | |
| Esen Yangın Kiremit | 2023 | The role of social and psychological resources in the well-being of employing and nonemploying refugee women | Assoc. Prof. Serap Akfırat | |
| Pelin Bintaş Zörer | 2022 | Emotion regulation in romantic relationships: A dyadic study from the emotionally focused couple therapy and attachment diathesis-stress process model framework | Prof. Orçun Yorulmaz | |
| Gamze Gültekin | 2022 | Virtual simulation application in psychological interview: A comparative evaluation of psychology students’ self-efficacy, anxiety and skill levels | Prof. Orçun Yorulmaz | |
| Özlem Serap Özkan | 2022 | Common Identity, Common Future and the Legitimacy of Relationships as Determinants of Group-Based Emotions in Intergroup Processes | Assoc.Prof. Serap Akfırat | |
| Ürün Perçin Boyacıoğlu | 2022 | Perceiving social change in the frame of social identity theory | Assoc.Prof. Serap Akfırat | |
| Ayçe Feride Yılmaz | 2022 | The functions of autobiographical memories related to discrimination and identity undermining experiences and their roles in collective action participation | Assoc. Prof. İnci Boyacıoğlu | |
| Beyza Boyacı | 2022 | The relationship between acculturation orientations, self-esteem, psychological well-being, and autobi- ographical memory characteristics for syrian and turkish youth | Assoc. Prof. İnci Boyacıoğlu Bal | |
| Özge Erarslan İngeç | 2021 | Adaptation and investigation of the effect of the unified protocol for transdiagnostic treatment of anxiety and depressive symptoms | Prof. Orçun Yorulmaz | |
| Elçin Yorulmaz | 2021 | Development of cognitive behavioral therapy based intervention for family caregivers of individuals with dementia diagnosis and investigation of its effects |
Prof. Gülay Dirik | |
| Sıla Derin | 2021 | Investigation of the effect of combined cognitive bias modification on obsessive compulsive symptoms | Prof. Orçun Yorulmaz | |
| Mete Sefa Uysal | 2021 | Populism, identity and leadership in supporting pro-refugee policies: Social identity approach | Assoc.Prof. Duygu Güngör Culha | |
| Gökçe Vogt | 2021 | Exposure with virtual reality use in acrophobia treatment | Prof. Gülay Dirik | |
| Umut Çıvgın | 2020 | Examining the effects of written emotional disclosure paradigm on the psychological health of individuals with breast cancer | Prof. Gülay Dirik | |
| Merve Denizci Nazlıgül | 2019 | The influence of emotional maltreatment, emotional schemas, and avoidance on gaming addiction and exercise addiction | Assoc.Prof. A. Esin Yılmaz Samancı | |