Harma, Mehmet

Harma, Mehmet

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Harma, Mehmet
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Mehmet Harma

Job Title

Doç. Dr.

Email Address

Mehmet.harma@khas.edu.tr

Main Affiliation

Psychology

Status

Former Staff

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24

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17

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0

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Citation - WoS: 2
Citation - Scopus: 2
Examining Actor-Partner Effects Between Social Dominance, Relationship Power, Sexism, and Marital Quality
(Wiley, 2023) Ymamgulyyeva, Aysoltan; Harma, Mehmet; Kafescioglu, Niluefer; Harma, Mehmet
Objective: This study aimed to investigate the actor-partner effects of attitudes toward group-based inequality as measured by social dominance orientation (SDO) and marital quality, and the indirect actor-partner effects of SDO on marital quality via ambivalent sexism and partners' perceptions of their own relationship power toward their partner. Background: Previous research suggests that certain social attitudes play a role in relationship processes. However, it is unclear whether broader views on social inequality could have an effect on partners' marital quality. Method: Ninety heterosexual married couples in Turkey (N = 180) responded via an online survey on SDO, marital quality, relationship power, and ambivalent sexism. Actorpartner interdependence model (APIM) and actor-partner interdependence model of mediation (APIMeM) were conducted to examine the direct and indirect actor-partner effects. Results: For indirect effects, men's SDO was negatively associated with their marital quality through their relationship power and hostile sexism. No significant indirect effects were found for women. However, women's relationship power was positively and their benevolent sexism was negatively associated with their own and their partners' marital quality. Conclusion: Our findings help develop a more comprehensive understanding of how the political, social, and personal aspects of our lives are connected with one another. Implications: Our study points to the importance of exploring the topic of men's and women's views toward social inequality and its effects on their close relationships in clinical practice and relational education.
Citation - WoS: 0
Citation - Scopus: 0
The Mediator Role of Willingness To Sacrifice in the Association Between Socio-Economic Status and Relationship Satisfaction
(Springer, 2023) Topal, Mustafa Anil; Harma, Mehmet; Aktas, Busra Eylem; Basoglu, Selim; Harma, Mehmet
This study aimed to investigate the potential underlying mechanisms for why couples from lower socioeconomic status (SES) tend to experience poor-quality romantic relationships from two distinct perspectives: the self-protection hypothesis and social class from a culture perspective. We examined the indirect effect of willingness to sacrifice personal interests on the association between SES and relationship satisfaction using a representative sample from Turkey through cross-sectional self-report scales (N = 1170; M-age=47.44; SD = 11.68). Participants completed a series of questions, including willingness to sacrifice, relationship satisfaction, and SES questions. Multiple regression analyses revealed that willingness to sacrifice did not have a buffering or facilitator role in the association between SES and relationship satisfaction. These findings suggest that willingness to sacrifice is essential for relationship satisfaction regardless of SES. Overall, this study contributes to understanding the role of willingness to sacrifice in romantic relationships and its relationship with SES.
Citation - WoS: 6
Citation - Scopus: 8
Validation of Morality as Cooperation Questionnaire in Turkey, and Its Relation to Prosociality, Ideology, and Resource Scarcity
(Hogrefe Publishing GmbH, 2021) Yılmaz, Onurcan; Doğruyol, Burak; Harma, Mehmet
The theory of morality as cooperation (MAC) argues that there are seven distinct and evolved universal moral foundations. Curry, Chesters, and Van Lissa (2019) developed a scale to test this theoretical approach and showed that the Relevance subscale of the MAC questionnaire (MAC-Q) fits data well, unlike the Judgment and full-form. However, an independent test of the validity of this questionnaire has not been hitherto conducted, and its relation with ideology is unknown. In the first study, we attempted to validate the Turkish form of MAC-Q and then examined the relationship with prosociality and political ideology. The results showed that the fit indices of MAC-Q Relevance are above the standard criteria, unlike the Judgment and full form (n = 445), and significant relationships with prosociality and political ideology provided additional evidence for the validity. We used the MAC-Q Relevance in Study 2 (n = 576, Turkey) and Study 3 (n = 921, US), and investigated whether manipulating resource scarcity influences the endorsement of MAC. Although there was no effect of the manipulation, correlational findings provided some support for the predictive validity of MAC-Q. Overall, MAC-Q Relevance performs well in representing the lay notions of morality in both Turkey and the US, unlike full-form.
Humans Vs. Animals: a Contemporary Moral Perspective Toward Dietary and Ethical Lifestyles
(Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2019) Bayramoğlu, Yunus; Harma, Mehmet; Harma, Mehmet
Dietary practices are linked with ethics and morality based on different sources of motivations (e.g., moral philosophy). Some of these dietary practices can become a lifestyle with different behavioral patterns, habits and consuming choices in daily life (e.g., veganism). Veganism, by definition, opposes anthropocentrism (human-centrism) and regards animal life as having equal moral value as human life. Thus, using a revised version of the trolley problem, including species-incompatible scenarios (e.g., saving five dogs or one human) in the ethical dilemmas, that omnivores favored human life over animal life despite they were outnumbered (thus showing a speciesist attitude), whereas vegans showed species-egalitarian decision-making pattern and disregarded participants' species in dilemmas while making their ethical judgments. We also developed three new measures: Motivations for Veganism Scale (MfVS), Cow's Milk, Dairy and Eggs Commitment Scale (CMDECS) and Vegan Lifestyle Scale (VLS). MfVS included three motivations of ethical, health and environmental and its structural validity was supported by our data, suggesting there were three core motivations in the way of becoming a vegan. CMDECS and VLS were developed to differentiate between dietary vegans and lifestyle vegans, but there were inadequate number participants so this could not be investigated. We also found that vegans were thinking more analytically and more open-minded. Finally, we found significant dietary and ethical lifestyle differences in terms of Moral Foundations. Results were interpreted in the light of the existing body of knowledge about moral psychology.
Citation - WoS: 1
Personal and Familial Predictors of Depressive Feelings in People With Orthopedic Disability
(Termedia Publishing House, 2017) Secinti, Ekin; Harma, Mehmet; Selcuk, Bilge; Harma, Mehmet
BACKGROUND People with orthopedic disability experience limitations in physical ability which can cause psychological problems such as depressive feelings. This paper investigates the role of family environment caregiver characteristics and personal resources in the acceptance of disability and depressive feelings of persons with orthopedic disability. PARTICIPANTS AND PROCEDURE Data were collected from 161 Turkish people with orthopedic disability (mean age = 35.60 years SD = 10.18) and their family caregivers (e.g. parent spouse). The participants with disability completed scales for functional independence acceptance of disability family environment locus of control learned resourcefulness and depression. The family caregivers completed measures of social support their own depression burden of caregiving and acceptance-rejection of their care recipient. RESULTS Analyses via multivariate statistics and SEM showed that depressive feelings of individuals with orthopedic disability and their acceptance of the disability were predicted by multiple factors including the affected persons' learned resourcefulness and locus of control family environment and interactions with their family caregiver but not by their functional independence. CONCLUSIONS Overall a supportive family environment and acceptance of disability appear to lower the risk of having depression for individuals with orthopedic disability. Family caregivers' attitudes towards their care recipients were related to the family environment and feelings of burden appeared to impair the affected individuals' acceptance of their condition.
Attachment Security Priming, Exploration and Energy
(Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2022) LAĞAP, ADAR CEM; Harma, Mehmet; Mehmet Harma
In the current thesis, I directly (study a) and conceptually (study b) replicated the second study published by Luke, Sedikides, and Carnelly (2012) by using the experimental methodology, where they found a significant relationship between attachment security priming and the sense of energy and the exploration. I used convenience sampling to collect data online, and the samples across two studies (NStudyA=281; NStudyB=195) mainly consisted of undergraduate university students. According to the results, there was no empirical support for the mediator role of the energy in the association between secure relationship priming and the sense of exploration. Additionally, energy feeling resulting from the secure relationship priming procedure was not statistically higher than those in the control condition. However, results revealed that secure relationship priming increased people's self-reported sense of security and exploration feelings across two studies. I also found mixed findings regarding the moderator role of the attachment dimensions in the relationship between primings and the exploration measures. Finally, the clarity and vividness of participants' visualizations have significantly explained the variance in the self-report form of exploration. I concluded that I have partially replicated the original article findings’ in my direct replication study.Similarly, I have observed partial support for my hypotheses in the conceptual replication. I discussed modifications I have made in the conceptual replication and their implications for attachment security priming studies. Then, I referred to the possible factors that might cause variances in replication studies in general. Lastly, I addressed the concerns related to the operational definitions of energy and the exploration of studies using similar methodologies.
Citation - WoS: 8
Citation - Scopus: 10
Attachment Anxiety Benefits From Security Priming: Evidence From Working Memory Performance
(Public Library Science, 2018) Gökçe, Ahu; Gökçe, Ahu; Harma, Mehmet; Harma, Mehmet
The present study investigates the relationship between the attachment dimensions (anxious vs. avoidance) and the cognitive performance of individuals specifically whether the attachment dimensions would predict the working memory (WM) performance. In the n-back task reflecting the WM capacity both attachment related and non-attachment related words were used. Participants were randomly assigned into two groups that received either the secure or the neutral subliminal priming. In the secure priming condition the aim was to induce sense of security by presenting secure attachment words prior to the n-back task performance. In neutral priming condition neutral words that did not elicit sense of security were presented. Structural equation modeling revealed divergent patterns for attachment anxiety and avoidance dimensions under the different priming conditions. In neutral priming condition WM performance declined in terms of capacity in the n-back task for individuals who rated higher levels of attachment anxiety. However in the secure priming condition WM performance was boosted in the n-back task for individuals who rated higher levels of attachment anxiety. In other words the subliminal priming of the security led to increased WM capacity of individuals who rated higher levels of attachment anxiety. This effect however was not observed for higher levels of attachment avoidance. Results are discussed along the lines of hyperactivation and deactivation strategies of the attachment system.
Association Between Perceived Partner Responsiveness and Binge Eating Behavior :mediating Role of the Interpersonal Emotion Regulation
(Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2018) Tosyali, Ahmet Furkan; Harma, Mehmet; Harma, Mehmet
Main aim of this study is to investigate whether there were relationship between perceived partner responsiveness (PPR) co-regulation between romantic partners and binge eating. Data were collected from 148 adult females and their male romantic partners (18-61 years old) with mean relationship duration of 8.04 years. Dyadic data was analyzed through actor-partner interdependence model framework. We proposed a model where co-regulation between partners mediates the relationship between PPR and binge eating. Results showed that there was not direct association between any of PPR and binge eating scores of participants. However significant direct associations were found regarding both actor and partner effects of PPR on co-regulation between romantic partners. Besides there were four mediational pathways where co-regulation of females mediated the associations. Co-regulation of females mediated the association between both actor and partner effects of PPR on their binge eating scores. Coregulation of female participants also mediated actor effect of PPR on binge eating scores of male participants. indirect significant associations still remained after controlling for influence of body dissatisfaction on binge eating scores. These findings are the first to illustrate relationship between PPR and binge eating. Also this study is the first attempt to examine binge eating in terms of interpersonal emotion regulation processes.
Citation - WoS: 9
Citation - Scopus: 9
The Role of Co-Regulation of Stress in the Relationship Between Perceived Partner Responsiveness and Binge Eating: a Dyadic Analysis
(International Union of Psychological Science, 2020) Tosyalı, Ahmet Furkan; Harma, Mehmet; Harma, Mehmet
The main aim of this study is to investigate whether there are relationships between perceived partner responsiveness (PPR), co-regulation of negative affect between romantic partners and binge eating. Data were collected from 148 opposite-sex romantic partners (18-61 years old) with the mean relationship duration being 8.04 years. Dyadic data were analysed through the actor-partner interdependence model framework. We proposed a model where co-regulation between partners has indirect effects on the relationship between PPR and binge eating. Results showed that there was no direct association between PPR and binge eating scores of the participants. However, significant direct associations were found regarding both actor and partner effects of PPR on co-regulation between romantic partners. In addition, there were four significant indirect effects: Women's co-regulation had an indirect effect on the link between PPR and women's binge eating scores. Similarly, women's co-regulation had also a significant indirect effect on the link between PPR and men's binge eating. These findings are the first to illustrate a relationship between PPR and binge eating. This study is the first attempt to examine binge eating in terms of co-regulation processes.
Citation - WoS: 3
Citation - Scopus: 4
Is Negativity Bias Intuitive for Liberals and Conservatives?
(Springer, 2023) Salter, Metin Ege; Yılmaz, Onurcan; Duymac, Firat Yavuz; Harma, Mehmet; Yilmaz, Onurcan; Bahcekapili, Hasan G.; Harma, Mehmet
Previous research suggests that conservatives (right-wingers) tend to show more negativity bias than liberals (left-wingers) in several tasks. However, the majority of these studies are based on correlational findings and do not provide information on the cognitive underpinnings of this tendency. The current research investigated whether intuition promotes negativity bias and mitigates the ideological asymmetry in this domain in three underrepresented, non-western samples (Turkey). In line with the previous literature, we defined negativity bias as the tendency to interpret ambiguous faces as threatening. The results of the lab experiment revealed that negativity bias increases under high-cognitive load overall. In addition, this effect was moderated by the participants' political orientation (Experiment 1). In other words, when their cognitive resources were depleted, liberals became more like conservatives in terms of negativity bias. However, we failed to conceptually replicate this effect using time-limit manipulations in two online preregistered experiments during the COVID-19 pandemic, where the baseline negativity bias is thought to be already at peak. Thus, the findings provide no strong evidence for the idea that intuition promotes negativity bias and that liberals use cognitive effort to avoid this perceptual bias.