Harma, Mehmet

Harma, Mehmet

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Mehmet Harma

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Doç. Dr.

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Mehmet.harma@khas.edu.tr

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Psychology

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Citation - WoS: 6
Citation - Scopus: 7
Different Types of Religiosity and Lay Intuitions About Free Will/Determinism in Turkey
(Routledge Journals Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2018) Yılmaz, Onurcan; Harma, Mehmet; Harma, Mehmet; Psychology
Religiosity has been found to be positively associated with belief in free will (FW) in the Western world. In the Muslim world however religiosity exhibits several characteristics that set it apart from the Western world including an overemphasis on fate or divine predestination. We therefore investigated FW/determinism beliefs and different types of religiosity and conservatism in two samples in Turkey a predominantly Muslim country (N=1690). In Study 1 a confirmatory factor analysis showed that FAD-Plus provided good fit to the data. Study 2 revealed that FW belief is not related to any of the religiosity measures (intrinsic extrinsic quest) whereas fatalistic determinism is consistently related to religiosity. The unique predictor of free will turned out to be belief in a just world. Overall these findings indicate that FW belief is not inherently related to religiosity in Turkey whereas fatalistic determinism is central to Turkish people's belief systems.
Citation - WoS: 4
Negative Life Events Behavior Problems and Self-Regulation of Adolescents From Low Socio-Economic Status
(Turkish Psychologists Assoc, 2017) Metin, Güntülü Tercanli; Harma, Mehmet; Harma, Mehmet; Gökçay, Gülbin; Bahçıvan-Saydam, Reyhan; Psychology
The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between negative life events and emotional-behavioral problems among adolescents from low SES and the mediator role of self-regulation (SR) in this relationship. The study consisted of a sample of 358 7th and 8th grade-students living in Esenler neighborhood Istanbul. Students were asked to complete a series of questionnaires including Demographic Information Form Life Events Checklist Self-Regulation Inventory and Youth Self Report (YSR). Path Analysis was run to examine the associations between negative life events and internalizing-externalizing problems via self-regulation. Stability of these relationships across gender was also examined by multiple-group path analysis. Results showed that negative life events predicted both internalizing and externalizing problems directly and indirectly via self-regulation. As the number of negative life events increased the level of self-regulation skills deteriorated in turn it predicted internalizing and externalizing problems. Negative life events more strongly predicted internalizing problems than externalizing problems whereas self-regulation more strongly predicted externalizing problems than internalizing problems. Besides the relationship between negative life events and emotional-behavioral problems and the mediator role of self-regulation in the link between negative life events and problem behaviors did not change across gender. These findings were discussed in relation to the relevant literature focusing on the indicators and outcomes of self-regulation skills among adolescents.
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; Psychology
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: 12
Implicit Evaluations About Driving Skills Predicting Driving Performance
(Elsevier Science, 2018) Bıçaksız, Pinar; Doğruyol, Burak; Harma, Mehmet; Harma, Mehmet; Doğruyol, Burak; Lajunen, Timo; Özkan, Türker; Psychology
Self-reported measures of driving skills have the potential shortcomings of the general self report methodology such as social responding and self-enhancement biases. In the present study the Implicit Association Test (IAT) procedure was adapted to measure the implicit evaluations of driving skills. The performance of IAT and an explicit self-report measure of driving skills were compared in predicting driver behaviors and performance. Ninetyone Turkish male drivers participated in the study. The results showed that the implicit test and the self-reported driving skills scale showed different patterns of relationships with the outcome measures in the regression analyses. In addition the implicit measure of driving skills moderated the relationship between self-reported driving skills and some of the outcome measures used in the current study. These results support the need to use the implicit measures in addition to self-report measures to better understand drivers evaluations of their driving skills which has the potential to influence their risky driving. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Humans Vs. Animals: a Contemporary Moral Perspective Toward Dietary and Ethical Lifestyles
(Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2019) Bayramoğlu, Yunus; Harma, Mehmet; Harma, Mehmet; Psychology
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; Psychology
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.
Citation - WoS: 16
Citation - Scopus: 17
Executive Function and Theory of Mind as Predictors of Socially Withdrawn Behavior in Institutionalized Children
(Wiley, 2018) Selçuk, Bilge; Harma, Mehmet; Yavuz, H. Melis; Etel, Evren; Harma, Mehmet; Ruffman, Ted; Psychology
False belief understanding and executive functions are two main sociocognitive abilities reliably linked to child social competence. Although institution reared children are especially at risk for behavioral problems and cognitive delays, the role that executive function and false belief understanding might play in the social withdrawal of institutionalized children has not been examined. The current study used twöwave data to investigate the concurrent and longitudinal relations of social withdrawal with executive function and false belief understanding in institutionalized children; it also allowed investigation of the directionality between executive function and false belief understanding. Data were collected from 66 Turkish children (T1 M = 57.83 months, SD = 9.20; T2 M = 69.58 months, SD = 8.45) residing in institutions, at two time points, approximately 1 year apart. We measured false belief understanding and executive function via individual assessments, and social withdrawal via care provider reports at both time points. Results showed that both executive function and false belief understanding increased between T1 and T2, while social withdrawal did not show a significant change. Path analysis revealed that when T1 age and language were controlled, T1 executive function predicted T2 executive function, and in turn, T2 executive function predicted lessened social withdrawal at T2. In addition, T1 executive function predicted T2 false belief understanding. T1 false belief understanding was not related to T2 false belief understanding, executive function, or social withdrawal. Findings suggested that executive function is an important predictor of social withdrawal in high risk populations.
Citation - Scopus: 1
Negative Life Events, Behavior Problems and Self-Regulation of Adolescents From Low Socio-Economic Status;
(Turkish Psychological Association, 2017) Metin,G.; Harma, Mehmet; Harma,M.; Goksay,G.; Bahçivan-Saydam,R.; Psychology
The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between negative life events and emotional-behavioral problems among adolescents from low SES; and the mediator role of self-regulation (SR) in this relationship. The study consisted of a sample of 358 7th and 8th grade-students living in Esenler neighborhood, Istanbul. Students were asked to complete a series of questionnaires, including Demographic Information Form, Life Events Checklist, Self-Regulation Inventory and Youth Self Report (YSR). Path Analysis was run to examine the associations between negative life events and intemalizing-externalizing problems via self-regulation. Stability of these relationships across gender was also examined by multiple-group path analysis. Results showed that negative life events predicted both internalizing and externalizing problems directly and indirectly via self-regulation. As the number of negative life events increased, the level of self-regulation skills deteriorated, in turn, it predicted internalizing and externalizing problems. Negative life events more strongly predicted internalizing problems than externalizing problems, whereas self-regulation more strongly predicted externalizing problems than internalizing problems. Besides, the relationship between negative life events and emotional-behavioral problems, and the mediator role of self-regulation in the link between negative life events and problem behaviors did not change across gender. These findings were discussed in relation to the relevant literature focusing on the indicators and outcomes of self-regulation skills among adolescents. © 2017 Turkish Psychological Association. All rights reserved.
Citation - WoS: 7
The Relationship Between Attachment To God Prosociality and Image of God
(Sage Publications Ltd, 2018) Bayramoğlu, Yunus; Yılmaz, Onurcan; Harma, Mehmet; Harma, Mehmet; Yılmaz, Onurcan; Psychology
Although religiosity fosters some antisocial behaviors (e.g. support for suicide attacks) it is well-known that it also enhances in-group cooperation and prosociality (e.g. donating to charity). Supernatural punishment hypothesis suggests that the fear of punishment from an invisible potent and powerful supernatural agent can keep everyone in line and encourage prosociality. We first investigated this relationship in a predominantly Muslim country and then tested a model suggesting that attachment to God can lead people to think God as authoritarian which in turn leads them to report more prosocial intentions. The results demonstrate that (1) there are some findings suggesting that Attachment to God Inventory is a reliable measure in Turkey (2) seeing God as authoritarian is positively correlated with prosociality and (3) our abovementioned model was supported by the data. Results generally support the supernatural punishment hypothesis and additionally show the utility of attachment theory in explaining the religiosity-prosociality link.
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; Psychology
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.

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