Research Project: Eşler Arasında Çatışma Çözümü Süreçlerinin Güçlendirilmesi
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Contributors
Funders
ID
TB.00466
Authors
Baydar, Nazlı
Faculty Member
Publications
A method for the analysis of data about dyadic relationships
(Elsevier B.V., 2024) Baydar, Nazlı; Eskin, Mehmet; Department of Psychology; Yes; College of Social Sciences and Humanities
Psychological research in many subfields focuses on dyads and dyadic relationships because they influence individual cognitions, emotions, and behavior. However, the measurement of relation- ship characteristics has been elusive. Although direct observational methods have been hailed as the gold standard, they have some disadvantages, such as their high cost and external validity. We propose a factor-analytic method, specifically the bifactor model, using self-report data from each individual of a dyad. This method has been applied to many contexts but not yet to dyadic data. We show that the information that can be gleaned from these data is relatively low-cost but rich in terms of the insight it yields about the nature of the dyadic relationship. We demonstrate two different applications of the bifactor model to data from married couples. The bifactor model can be used to identify the individual-specific and dyadic aspects of data reported by the members of a dyad. The estimates of the bifactor model of dyadic data can yield information about hierarchical aspects of a relationship, which are not directly assessed.
Positive transactional processes from age 3 to 15: Social competence, maternal parenting, and fathers' support for mothers
(Sage Publications Ltd, 2025) Baydar, Nazlı; Department of Psychology; Yes; College of Social Sciences and Humanities
This research focused on the transactions between the social competence of the child, positive maternal parenting, and the maternal perception of the father's support for the mother from early childhood to adolescence. Specifically, whether the transactions between these domains are consistent or limited to certain developmental periods and whether they impact the development of social competence. Prior research found inconsistent transactional effects between these three domains. Accordingly, this study tested the hypothesis of whether such transactional effects are more intense during periods of rapid development and transformation of roles. It also tested whether transactional effects between the three domains and other unobserved evocative effects of social competence resulted in widening individual differences in social competence. A random intercept cross-lagged panel model identified the between-family differences and within-family changes in the three domains of interest. The data came from a nationally representative sample of 919 families from Turkiye, a society where traditional gender roles prevailed. Although the correlations between the stable components of the three domains were substantial, transactional effects between the three processes were evident only during periods of developmental change, that is, in early childhood and during the transition to school. Nevertheless, large and significant contemporaneous associations between maternal positive parenting and social competence suggested mutual influences on real-time micro-level interactions. The model predicted a substantial widening of individual differences in social competence and positive maternal parenting during childhood.
