Toplu Demirtaş, Ezgi
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06.01. Department of Guidance and Psychological Counseling
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| Journal of Interpersonal Violence | 9 |
| Archives of Sexual Behavior | 3 |
| Violence and Victims | 2 |
| Current Psychology | 2 |
| International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | 1 |
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Article Citation - WoS: 22Citation - Scopus: 25Perceptions of Dating Violence: Assessment and Antecedents(SAGE Publications, 2020) Toplu-Demirtaş, Ezgi; Fincham, Frank D.; Öztemür, GizemChallenging perceptions of violence is crucial to prevent dating violence (DV), because such perceptions intervene in the organization and interpretation of violent events. However, these perceptions have received limited attention. This likely reflects the lack of a psychometric tool to do so. The current study had two purposes: to develop a measure of perceptions of psychological, sexual, and physical DV, and to explore how vertical collectivism, through hostile sexism and violence myth acceptance, shapes perceptions of DV. A total of 491 college students (55.3% women; M = 20.76 years, SD = 1.77 years) completed measures of the vertical collectivism, hostile sexism, domestic violence myth acceptance, and perceptions of DV. The results of exploratory factor analyses revealed a 15-item single-factor measure of perceptions of DV as initial construct validity, which had satisfactory internal consistency. A gender difference emerged in perceptions of DV; college women perceived psychological, sexual, and physical DV as more serious compared with college men. Moreover, the association between vertical collectivism and perceptions of DV was serially mediated via hostile sexism and violence myth acceptance. The findings are discussed in terms of previous research and the need to address the role of vertical collectivism in sexism, myth acceptance, and perceptions of violence in prevention/intervention efforts to reduce vulnerability to DV perpetration and victimization. Several recommendations are outlined to facilitate future research.Conference Object Reliability and Construct Validity of the Conflict in Adolescent Dating Relationships Inventory-Modified (cadri-M)(2018) Toplu Demirtaş, Ezgi; Morelli, Mara; Bianchi, Dora; Baiocco, Roberto; Chirumbolo, Antonio; Laghi, Fiorenzo; Dora BianchiThis study aimed to test the applicability of a dating violence measure, the modified version of the Conflict in Adolescent Dating Relationships Inventory (CADRI-M; Wolfe et al., 2001), in a sample of dating participants in Turkey, and to provide some validity, particularly construct validity and reliability evidences.Master Thesis Erkekliğe Yönelik Algılanan Tehdit ile Yaşam Doyumu Arasındaki İlişkide Varoluşsal Kaygıların Aracı Rolü(2025) Hızar, Elif; Demirtaş, Ezgi TopluErkeklik kadınlığın aksine elde edilmesi ve sürekli kanıtlanması gereken bir yapıya sahiptir. Erkeklik 'üstün' bir statü olarak görülmekte ve bu statüye ulaşmak için çeşitli aşamalardan geçilmesi gerekmektedir. Erkeklik kazanılması zor bir statüdür ancak kaybedilmesi de bir o kadar kolaydır. Kırılgan erkeklik kuramı bağlamında; erkeklik kadınlığa göre zor kazanılıp kolay kaybedildiğinden ve sürekli ispat gerektirdiğinden ötürü daha kırılgan bir yapıdadır ve bundan dolayı erkeklerin cinsiyetlerine yönelik tehdit algıları daha yüksektir. Yetişkin bir erkek için 'erkeklik' rolü benliğin bir parçası, varoluş amacı ve anlamı haline gelebildiğinden erkekliğe yönelik algılanan tehdidin varoluşsal kaygıları tetikleyebileceği ve yaşam doyumunu azaltabileceği düşünülmektedir. Bundan dolayı bu araştırmanın amacı, genç yetişkin erkeklerde, erkekliğe yönelik algılanan tehdit ile yaşam doyumu arasındaki ilişkide varoluşsal kaygıların aracı rolünü incelemektir. Bu araştırmanın örneklemi 20 – 40 yaş aralığında cinsiyetlerini erkek olarak tanımlayan 250 kişiden oluşmaktadır. Araştırmada, Demografik Bilgi Formu, Kırılgan Erkeklik Ölçeği, Varoluşsal Kaygı Ölçeği ve Yaşam Doyumu Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın hipotezlerini test etmek amacıyla Hayes PROCESS analiz programı kullanılarak Basit Aracılı Değişken Analizi (Model 4) uygulanmıştır. Araştırmanın bulguları, genç yetişkin erkeklerde erkekliğe yönelik algılanan yüksek tehdidin varoluşsal kaygılar aracılığıyla yaşam doyumunu azalmasına yol açabileceğini ortaya koymuştur. Elde edilen bulgular akademik literatür ışığında tartışılmıştır ve araştırmacılar ve ruh sağlığı uzmanları için hem araştırmaya hem de uygulamaya dair öneriler sunulmuştur. Anahtar Kelimeler: Erkekliğe yönelik algılanan tehdit, kırılgan erkeklik kuramı, varoluşsal kaygı, yaşam doyumu, genç yetişkinlik.Article Citation - WoS: 38Citation - Scopus: 40Predictors of Enhancing Human Physical Attractiveness: Data From 93 Countries(Elsevier, 2022) Sorokowski, Piotr; Pisanski, Katarzyna; V. Valentova, Jaroslava; A.C.Varella, Marco; A. Frederick, David; Kowal, Marta; Toplu-Demirtaş, EzgiPeople across the world and throughout history have gone to great lengths to enhance their physical appearance. Evolutionary psychologists and ethologists have largely attempted to explain this phenomenon via mating preferences and strategies. Here, we test one of the most popular evolutionary hypotheses for beauty-enhancing behaviors, drawn from mating market and parasite stress perspectives, in a large cross-cultural sample. We also test hypotheses drawn from other influential and non-mutually exclusive theoretical frameworks, from biosocial role theory to a cultural media perspective. Survey data from 93,158 human participants across 93 countries provide evidence that behaviors such as applying makeup or using other cosmetics, hair grooming, clothing style, caring for body hygiene, and exercising or following a specific diet for the specific purpose of improving ones physical attractiveness, are universal. Indeed, 99% of participants reported spending >10 min a day performing beauty-enhancing behaviors. The results largely support evolutionary hypotheses: more time was spent enhancing beauty by women (almost 4 h a day, on average) than by men (3.6 h a day), by the youngest participants (and contrary to predictions, also the oldest), by those with a relatively more severe history of infectious diseases, and by participants currently dating compared to those in established relationships. The strongest predictor of attractiveness-enhancing behaviors was social media usage. Other predictors, in order of effect size, included adhering to traditional gender roles, residing in countries with less gender equality, considering oneself as highly attractive or, conversely, highly unattractive, TV watching time, higher socioeconomic status, right-wing political beliefs, a lower level of education, and personal individualistic attitudes. This study provides novel insight into universal beauty-enhancing behaviors by unifying evolutionary theory with several other complementary perspectives.Article The Ill Fortune of Attachment Insecurity and Dyadic Distrust in Marital Satisfaction: a Dyadic Perspective in Turkish Couples(Springernature, 2025) Cetinkaya Yildiz, Evrim; Araci Iyiaydin, Ayseguel; Toplu Demirtas, EzgiObjective: The objective of the current study is to explore the actor, partner and mediating effects of dyadic trust in the relationship between insecure romantic attachment and marital satisfaction in a Turkish sample of heterosexual married couples.BackgroundAlthough the vital role of dyadic trust in a romantic relationship has been recognized for many years, the mediating role of dyadic trust in the relationship between insecure attachment and marital satisfaction has not been explored much in previous research.MethodThe sample comprised 174 married couples living in suburban areas in the central Anatolian region of T & uuml;rkiye. Couples were recruited through personal networks and online mailing lists of local governmental institutions. Two Actor-Partner Interdependence Mediation Model analyses were carried out to estimate mediation with dyadic data using MEDYAD.ResultsThe actor effects between insecure romantic attachment and marital satisfaction were found to be mediated by dyadic distrust. Moreover, two partner mediating effects were found significant. Husbands' anxious attachment predicted wives' dyadic distrust, which in turn predicted wives' marital dissatisfaction. Likewise, husbands' anxious attachment also predicted their own dyadic distrust, which in turn predicted their wives' marital dissatisfaction.ConclusionThe findings show that for insecurely attached individuals, dyadic trust has an important role in marital satisfaction and thus should be the central topic in couple counseling.Article Citation - WoS: 15Citation - Scopus: 19Untangling the Relationship Between Internalized Heterosexism and Psychological Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration: a Comparative Study of Lesbians and Bisexual Women in Turkey and Denmark(SAGE Publications, 2021) Jessen, Reidar Schei; Toplu-Demirtaş, Ezgi; Umak, EsraPsychological intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration is not limited to heterosexual relationships and can affect all genders and sexual orientations, including lesbians and bisexual women (LB) both in Denmark and Turkey. Internalized heterosexism might be one of the factors increasing the risk of LB's use of psychological IPV perpetration. However, it is still unclear how being LB in Turkey and Denmark interact in the internalized heterosexism and psychological IPV perpetration relationship. The current study, therefore, presents an investigation of (a) the prevalence of sexual orientation (LB) and country (Denmark and Turkey) differences in perpetrating psychological IPV and (b) the moderating roles of sexual orientation and country on the association between internalized heterosexism and psychological IPV perpetration. A sample of 449 LB from Denmark and Turkey completed the Lesbian Internalized Homophobia Scale and the Multidimensional Measure of Emotional Abuse Scale. The results of chi-square analyses indicated that LB from Turkey and bisexual women from both countries reported significantly higher psychological IPV perpetration. The results of moderation analyses revealed that country had direct effects on the use of psychological IPV perpetration. No moderation effects were found for both sexual orientation and country in three of the four types of psychological IPV perpetration. These findings suggest that LB are not an exception to the perpetration of IPV. Furthermore, the findings were discussed from the perspectives of intersectionality and minority stress.Master Thesis Paths From Fragile Masculinity To the Perpetration of Psychological Violence in Young Adult Men: a Test of a Serial Mediator Model(MEF Üniversitesi, 2024) Göksu, Fatma Buse; Demirtaş, Ezgi TopluIn the literature, research on the relationships between fragile masculinity, perception towards psychological violence, jealousy and perpetration of psychological violence is quite limited in Turkey and in a sample of young adult men. Therefore, this study examines psychological violence on the basis of fragile masculinity, perception towards psychological violence and cognitive jealousy. The sample of the study consists of 160 young adult men between the ages of 18-30 with romantic relationship experience. The research data were collected through social media channels via an online form. The Fragile Masculinity Scale, Perceptions of Dating Violence Scale, Multidimensional Jealousy Scale and Multidimensional Emotional Abuse Scale Short Form were used to collect the data. Serial Multiple Mediating Variable Analysis was conducted using the PROCESS program. The study reveals that as the level of fragile masculinity of young adult men increases, perceptions towards psychological violence and the tendency to commit psychological violence through jealousy also increase. The findings obtained from the research were discussed within the scope of the literature and suggestions were made regarding the findings.Article Citation - WoS: 8Citation - Scopus: 8I Just Thought Maybe This Is [the] Way of Doing Things: Exploring Lesbian-, Gay-, and Bisexual-Specific Intimate Partner Violence in Norway(Educational Publishing Foundation-american Psychological Assoc, 2024) Ummak, Esra; Turken, Salman; Jessen, Reidar; Toplu-Demirtas, EzgiObjective: Intimate partner violence (IPV) in lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) relationships seems to be at least as high as in heterosexual relationships. However, there are uncertainties regarding how IPV is more specifically experienced in LGB relationships. We explore how LGB individuals exposed to IPV make sense of the potentially more specific ways in which IPV is enacted and experienced in LGB relationships. Method: We conducted 26 in-depth interviews with LGB individuals (aged between 19 and 70) in Norway who had experienced IPV. We used a (reflexive) thematic analysis to discern the specific themes that captured how our participants related to IPV. Results: We first illustrate the four types of IPV that our participants talked about: psychological, physical, sexual, and economical. We then present the three main themes that we generated based on the participants' interviews, exploring the more specific ways in which IPV may be experienced in LGB relationships: (a) being dominated, (b) invalidation of sexual orientation, and (c) jealousy-based vulnerability. Conclusions: These findings underscore the prominent role that sexual orientation plays in IPV experiences. Being an LGB individual may generate specific IPV experiences among this group in Norway. The potentially distinct ways in which IPV is enacted and experienced in LGB relationships are important to consider, not only to make the IPV problem among this group visible but also to tailor the psychosocial interventions to the specific needs of this group.Correction Citation - Scopus: 1Validation of the Short Version (tls-15) of the Triangular Love Scale (tls-45) Across 37 Languages (oct, 10.1007/S10508-023-02702-7, 2023)(Springer/plenum Publishers, 2024) Sorokowski, Piotr; Frederick, David A.; Pisanski, Katarzyna; Kowal, Marta; Dinic, Bojana M.; Sternberg, Robert J.; Gjoneska, Biljana; Demirtaş, Ezgi Toplu[No Abstract Available]Article Citation - WoS: 4Citation - Scopus: 6Aggression Begets Aggression: Psychological Dating Aggression Perpetration in Young Adults From the Perspective of Intergenerational Transmission of Violence(Springer, 2021) Toplu-Demirtaş, Ezgi; Hatipoğlu-Sümer, ZeynepThe aim of this study was threefold: (1) to evaluate the factorial validity of the Psychological Aggression (PA) subscale of the Conflict Tactics Scales–Adult Recall version (CTS2-CA), (2) to investigate the prevalence of and gender differences in psychological dating aggression perpetration (PDAP; restrictive engulfment, denigration, hostile withdrawal, and dominance/intimidation), and (3) to explore a proposed path from witnessing interparental psychological aggression perpetration to PDAP via acceptance of psychological aggression as a mediator and gender as a moderator of the mediation. For the first purpose, college students (N = 275) completed father to mother and mother to father forms of the PA subscale of the CTS2-CA. Exploratory factor analyses yielded a single-factor solution for the father to mother (55.86% of the variance) and mother to father (49.12% of the variance) forms. For the second and third purposes, a separate sample of 1015 dating college students (69.6% women) completed the Multidimensional Measure of Emotional Abuse and Abuse subscale of the Intimate Partner Violence Attitude Scale-Revised, along with the PA subscale of the CTS2-CA. Gender differences emerged in the prevalence of restrictive engulfment (85.8% for women and 80.3% for men) and hostile withdrawal (96.3% for women and 91.1% for men). Moderated-mediation analyses revealed that women college students who witnessed more mother to father psychological aggression perpetration tended to hold more accepting attitudes towards psychological aggression and, in turn, perpetrated more psychological aggression against their partners. Common assumptions that boys are more likely to imitate fathers, whereas girls are more likely to imitate mothers and women [but not men] commit verbal aggression may together explain our findings from the perspective of the intergenerational transmission of violence hypothesis. For future research, we suggest investigating the proposed model with the experience of psychological aggression from the parents to the child, which may provide further insights.
