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    A home of hearts: the effectiveness of an intervention program for foster families
    (Hacettepe Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi, 2021) Söylemez, Yudum; Department of Psychology; Kitiş, Selin; PhD Student; Department of Psychology; Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; N/A
    Foster care is one of the most preferred services among the child protection systems. However, most of the children enter foster care system with their earlier adverse caretaking experiences, which have a considerable influence on their interactions with foster parents. Literature demonstrates the difficulties foster families face following the placement of the child. This study presents a shortterm semi-structured play therapy model, adapted from different therapy approaches, with an aim to support foster families in dealing with these difficulties through focusing on parent-child interaction. A preliminary evaluation of the applicability and effectiveness of the intervention is presented through qualitative and quantitative methods following the implementation of the program with six foster families who have three-to-six years old children.To examine the experiences of foster parents during the program, parent interviews were conducted before and after the intervention and were analyzed by using thematic analysis. To assess intervention outcome on children, Child Behavior Checklist, Attachment Story Completion Task, and Play Assessment ratings were collected pre- and post-intervention. Results revealed significant improvements in parenting skills and children’s play capacities. Parents indicated better mentalization and attunement skills on parent-child interaction, and children showed progress in symbolic play capacity. No significant results were found regarding children’s symptoms and attachment patterns after the intervention. These results contribute to the Turkish literature and clinical practice by presenting an applicable and effective intervention for foster families. / Koruyucu ailelik çocuk koruma hizmetleri içerisinde dünyada en çok tercihedilen sistemlerden biridir. Bununla beraber, çocukların birçoğu bu ilişkiye önceki olumsuz bakım deneyimleriyle birlikte başlar ve bu durumun koruyucu ailedeki ebeveyn-çocuk ilişkisi üzerinde önemli bir etkisi vardır. Literatür,koruyucu ailelerin bu konuda yaşadıkları zorlukları göstermektedir. Bu çalışma,koruyucu ailelerin bu zorluklarla baş etmesine yardım etmek amacıyla farklıterapi yaklaşımlarından uyarlanmış ebeveyn-çocuk bağlanma ilişkisine odaklanan kısa dönemli yarı yapılandırılmış bir terapi modeli sunmaktadır. Bu müdahale programının uygulanabilirlik ve etkililik değerlendirmesine dair ön bulgular 3-6 yaş arası çocuğu olan altı koruyucu aile ile yapılan uygulamanın ardından nitel ve nicel yöntemlerle gösterilmiştir. Ebeveynlerin koruyucu aileliğe ve programa dair deneyimlerini değerlendirmek için müdahaleden önce ve sonra ebeveyn görüşmeleri yapılmış ve bu görüşmeler tematik analiz ile incelenmiştir.Müdahalenin çocuklar üzerindeki etkisini ölçmek için Çocuk Davranış Değerlendirme Ölçeği, Oyuncak Öykü Tamamlama Testi ve Oyun Değerlendirme Skalası puanları sürecin başında ve sonunda toplanmıştır.Sonuçlar, ebeveynlik becerilerinde ve çocukların oyun kapasitelerinde önemli değişimler göstermiştir. Ebeveynlerin zihinselleştirme ve çocuğa uyumlanma becerilerinde ilerleme ve çocukların sembolik oyun becerilerinde anlamlı gelişme görülmüştür. Çocukların semptomlarında ve bağlanma modellerinde müdahaleden sonra anlamlı değişim olmamıştır. Bu sonuçlar, koruyucu aileleriçin uygulanabilir ve etkili bir müdahale programı sunarak Türkiye literatürüne ve klinik pratiğine katkıda bulunmaktadır.
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    A Meta-analysis of the interventions targeting preschool children with externalizing behaviors and an intervention program for Turkish preschool children
    (Koç University, 2006) Rafe, Evlin; Baydar, Nazlı; 0000-0001-6793-7402; Koç University Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; Psychology; 50769
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    An adaptation and pilot implementation of an effective intervention program targeting externalizing behaviors in early childhood
    (Koç University, 2008) Coşkun, Lerzan; Baydar, Nazlı; 0000-0001-6793-7402; Koç University Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; Psychology; 50769
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    Conversational interactions of peer dyads in rule observance situations
    (Koç University, 2019) Şen, Hilal; Küntay, Aylin C.; 0000-0001-9057-7556; Koç University Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; Psychology; 178879
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    Developing perspective taking in conversation : the effect of common ground and privileged ground in referential communication tasks
    (Koç University, 2005) Bahtiyar, Sevda; Aycan, Zeynep; 0000-0003-4784-334X; Koç University Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; Psychology; 5798
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    Developmental change in early competencies of institution-reared children as compared to their parent-reared peers
    (Koç University, 2019) Büyükabacı, Özlem Sümer; Selçuk, Bilge; 0000-0001-9992-5174; Koç University Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; Psychology; 52913
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    Essays on gender inequality and child development
    (Koç University, 2015) Zaim, Nergis; Sarpça, Sinan; 0000-0003-4011-3985; Koç University Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; Economics; 52406
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    Executive function and effortful control: Relations with theory of mind and social behavior
    (Koç University, 2014) Korucu, İrem; Selçuk, Bilge; 0000-0002-5764-6529; Koç University Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; Developmental Psychology
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    Family influences on school readiness in a Turkish sample
    (Koç University, 2013) Baştürk, Özgün; Baydar, Nazlı; 0000-0001-6793-7402; Koç University Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; Psychology; 50769
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    Family reminiscence scale: a measure of early communicative context
    (Hacettepe Üniversitesi, 2020) Öner, Sezin; Department of Psychology; Department of Psychology; Usta, Berivan Ece; Gülgöz, Sami; Teaching Faculty; Faculty Member; Department of Psychology; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 201110; 49200
    We developed and validated the Family Reminiscence Scale (FARS) in which adults rate their frequency of reminiscing with their parents about childhood experiences. In three studies, we characterized how FARS was related to adults’ recollections of their earliest memories in different cultural contexts. First, we examined the factorial structure of FARS and obtained two factors of reminiscing: first-time events and general-recurrent events. In the second study, confirmatory factor analyses were conducted, in which we established measurement invariance across gender and age groups. In Study 3, we tested the factorial structure of FARS in an American sample to ensure cross-cultural invariance. We also showed that the two factors were differentially related to the phenomenology of earliest memories in samples from Turkey and United States (Study 2 & Study 3). Overall, FARS was found to be reliable and valid to measure for adult samples to assess the quality of the linguistic input during childhood. Predictive value of FARS has been shown across different gender, age, and culture groups, underlining the organizational role of the early communicative context in the phenomenology and linguistic style of adults’ early memories.