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    Emotion regulation function of autobiographical remembering
    (Turkish Psychologists Association / Türk Psikologlar Derneği, 2020) Öner, Sezin; Department of Psychology; Gülgöz, Sami; Faculty Member; Department of Psychology; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 49200
    In this study, we aimed to investigate emotion regulation function of autobiograhical remembering within an integrative perspective. We asked participants to recall sadness, anger and happiness related events for emotion induction, then they recalled any random memory that came to their mind. In the latter remembering experience. Pre- and post-report emotionality ratings and phenomenological features of the recall were examined to test whether subsequent recall served to upregulate positive emotions. Only in sadness and anger memory groups who recalled memories with high emotional impact reported more positive emotions after subsequent remembering. Also, we found distinct mechanisms by which sadness and anger groups used for emotion regulation such that for the sadness group whereas the emotional intensity accounted for the role of upregulation, for the anger group, importance of the event predicted enhanced positivity. Findings are discussed in the context of the emotion regulation function of autobiographical remembering. / Bellek ve duygusal süreçlerin ilişkisi alanyazında geniş yer tutmaktadır. Bu iki kavramı bütünsel bir bakışla incelemeyi amaçladığımız bu çalışmada otobiyografik belleğin duygu düzenleme işlevine odaklanılmıştır. Üç ayrı gruptaki katılımcılara, üzüntü, öfke veya mutluluk uyandıracak anılar hatırlatılmış ardından da bir yönerge verilmeden herhangi bir anı hatırlamaları istenmiştir. Katılımcılar ayrıca anı özelliklerini belirtmişler ve duygu düzenleme stratejilerini değerlendirmişlerdir. Hatırlamadan önce ve sonra katılımcıların nasıl hissettikleri de sorulmuştur. Bulgulara bakıldığında, duygusal etkisi yüksek anı hatırlayan olumsuz anı grubu katılımcılarının, yönergesiz hatırlama sonrasında duygu durumlarını belirgin olarak olumlulaştırdığı görülürken, bu değişimin üzüntü ve öfke gruplarında farklı anı özellikleri tarafından yürütüldüğünü saptanmıştır. Üzüntü grubunda yönergesiz anının duygusal yoğunluğunun, öfke grubunda ise anının öneminin duygu değişimine aracı olduğu gösterilmiştir. Bulgular, otobiyografik hatırlamanın duygu düzenleme işlevi bağlamında tartışılacaktır.
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    Bayesian Behavioral Systems Theory
    (Elsevier, 2019) Department of Psychology; Balcı, Fuat; Faculty Member; Department of Psychology; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 51269
    Behavioral Systems Theory suggests that observable behavior is embedded in a hierarchy. A CS elicits behavior because, after learning, it activates a pathway through this hierarchy. Much of Timberlake's body of work on Behavioral Systems Theory focuses on the conditions that support the conditioning of these pathways. Most notably, his work shows that the identity of the CS, US, and the CS–US interval all help support conditioning of the system. Here, we use recent experiments in the interval timing literature to motivate a Bayesian implementation of Behavioral Systems Theory. There is a probability distribution over possible pathways through the hierarchy, and the one that maximizes reinforcement is elicited. This probability distribution is conditioned on background information, like the CS–US interval and the animal's motivational state. Lower level actions of the hierarchy, like tracking prey, are conditioned on higher level goals, like the general search for food. Our implementation of Behavioral Systems Theory captures the essential features of Timberlake's verbal model; it acts as a glue, integrating sensory, timing, and decision mechanisms with observed behavior.
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    Suicidal behavior in the Mediterranean countries
    (Bentham Science, 2020) Eskin, Mehmet; Faculty Member; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 2210
    Introduction: suicidal behavior is a serious public health problem worldwide and shows large intersocietal variation. This study aimed at comparatively investigating the aspects of suicidal behavior in 22 countries surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. Methods: the study was conducted with official data retrieved from several sources. The suicidal mortality data were collected from World Health Organization’s data repository. Descriptive statistics, group comparison, correlational and regression statistical analyses were used to summarize the data. Results: the average age standardized suicide rates in the Mediterranean countries are lower than the world average. Except in Morocco, more men kill themselves than women. Suicide rates are lower in Mediterranean Muslim than in Mediterranean Christian countries. Slovenia, France and Croatia have the highest suicide mortality rates. Greatest percentages of suicidal ideation are seen in Croatia, Turkey and Slovenia and the greatest percentages of suicidal attempts are seen in Palestine, Cyprus, Greece and Slovenia. According to the results of the multiple regression analyses, the coefficient of human inequality index was associated with lower both-sex and male suicide rates. Greater percentages of people saying religion is unimportant in daily life in a country were found to be related to higher female suicide rates. Conclusion: the findings from the study have shown that the prevalence of suicidal deaths, thoughts and attempts vary between the Mediterranean countries. Lower suicide rates are observed in the Muslim Mediterranean nations than in the Judeo-Christian ones. However, the rates of suicide mortality in non-Arab Muslim nations being comparable to the rates in non-Muslim countries confirm the concerns over mis/underreporting of suicidal behavior in Arab Muslim countries due to religio-cultural stigma attached to suicide. The average suicidal mortality rates are lower in Mediterranean countries than the world average. Generally, more men than women kill themselves. Results from the multivariate analysis revealed that as the level of human inequality increases the rates for both-sex and male suicidal mortality decreases. Religion seem to be protective against female suicides. The study has also shown that more research is needed about suicidal behavior in the Mediterranean countries.