ECDP 2025

Relationships Between Health Status, Pandemic Fear, and Physical Activity in Turkish Older Adults

Asil Ali Özdoğru, Mehmet Furkan Talha Çakal, and Turgay Altunalan

The Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), which emerged in 2019 and quickly became a global pandemic, has caused emotional and behavioral changes in older adults due to its high infectiousness and mortality risk. This study aimed to examine the relationship between the levels of physical activity, health status, and fear of pandemic among Turkish older adults during the COVID-19 period. Using a quantitative cross-sectional study design, data were collected from 201 participants, of whom 45% were women, with a mean age of 69.76 (SD = 8.05). Participants completed an online survey consisting of demographic questions and Turkish versions of Stanford Health Assessment Questionnaire, Fear of COVID-19 Scale, and Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly. Data collection took place from July to December 2021, while there were no restrictions on leaving house or public transportation for people aged 65 and over in Türkiye. The analyses showed that the level of physical activity in older adults was associated with certain demographic variables such as age, place of residence, and employment status. While there was a statistically significant negative correlation between the participants' health status and fear of the pandemic, the level of physical activity was positively correlated with fear of the pandemic and negatively correlated with health status. Among the participants with low levels of fear, those with higher health status had significantly higher levels of physical activity than those with lower health status. The same difference was not observed among the participants with high levels of fear. The findings of the study show the importance of physical health as well as the affective states in shaping the physical activity participation among older adults.

Citation: Özdoğru, A. A., Çakal, M. F. T., & Altunalan, T. (2025, August 25-29). Relationships between health status, pandemic fear, and physical activity in Turkish older adults [Poster presentation]. 22nd European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Vilnius, Lithuania. https://www.ecdp2025vilnius.eu

AMPPS Open Science

Open Science in the Developing World: A Collection of Practical Guides for Researchers in Developing Countries

Hu Chuan-Peng, Zhiqi Xu, Aleksandra Lazić, Piyali Bhattacharya, Leonardo Seda, Samiul Hossain, Alma Jeftić, Asil Ali Özdoğru, Olavo B. Amaral, Nadica Miljković, Zlatomira G. Ilchovska, Ljiljana B. Lazarevic, Han Wu Shuang Bao, Nikita Ghodke, David Moreau, Mahmoud Elsherif, Chinchu C., Sakshi Ghai, Clarissa F. D. Carneiro, Danka Purić, Yin Wang, Mirela Zaneva, Felipe Vilanova, Iris Žeželj, Obrad Vučkovac, Saida Heshmati, Pooja Kulkarni, Nadia Saraí Corral-Frías, Juan Diego García-Castro, Shubham Pandey, Jamal Amani Rad, Thipparapu Rajesh, Bita Vahdani, Saad Almajed, Amna Ben Amara, Leher Singh, Ali H. Al-Hoorie, Marcelo Camargo Batistuzzo, Daniel Fatori, Frankie T. K. Fong, Zahra Khorami, Joseph Almazan, Biljana Gjoneska, Meng Liu, and Flavio Azevedo

Over the past decade, the open-science movement has transformed the research landscape, although its impact has largely been confined to developed countries. Recently, researchers from developing countries have called for a redesign of open science to better align with their unique contexts. However, raising awareness alone is insufficient—practical actions are required to drive meaningful and inclusive change. In this work, we analyze the opportunities offered by the open-science movement and explore the macro- and micro-level barriers researchers in developing countries face when engaging with these practices. Drawing on these insights and aiming to inspire researchers in developing regions or other resource-constrained contexts to embrace open-science practices, we offer a four-level guide for gradual engagement: (a) foundation, using open resources to build a solid foundation for rigorous research; (b) growth, adopting low-cost, easily implementable practices; (c) community, contributing to open-science communities through actionable steps; and (d) leadership, taking on leadership roles or forming local communities to foster cultural change. We further discuss potential pitfalls of the current open-science practices and call for readaptation of these practices in developing countries’ settings. We conclude by outlining concrete recommendations for future action.

Keywords: open science, developing countries, barriers, inequality, knowledge generation, open materials

Citation: Chuan-Peng, H., Xu, Z., Lazić. A., Bhattacharya, P., Seda, L., Hossain, S., Jeftić, A., Özdoğru, A. A., Amaral, O. B., Miljković, N., Ilchovska, Z. G., Lazarevic, L. B., Bao, H. W. S., Ghodke, N., Moreau, D., Elsherif, M., Chinchu, C., Ghai, S., Carneiro, C. F. D., . . . Azevedo, F. (2025). Open science in the developing world: A collection of practical guides for researchers in developing countries. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 8(3), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459251357565

KTPP Yerleşik Yetişkinlik

İnsan Gelişiminde Yeni Bir Kavram: Yerleşik Yetişkinlik

Asil Ali Özdoğru

Psikoloji ve psikiyatri bilim ve pratiğinde gelişimsel yaklaşım temel bir bakış açısı teşkil etmektedir. Birey ve toplum ruh sağlığı araştırma ve uygulamalarında gelişimsel yaklaşım oldukça önemli ve işlevseldir. Yaşam boyu gelişim yaklaşımına göre insan gelişimi sadece erken dönem deneyimleri tarafından değil yetişkinlik dönemindeki deneyim ve yaşam olayları tarafından da şekillenmektedir. Son yüzyılda dünyada yaşanan sosyal ve toplumsal değişimler yetişkin gelişimine ilişkin yeni kavram ve kuramların ortaya çıkmasına yol açmıştır. Yetişkin gelişimi alanında geliştirilen yerleşik yetişkinlik kavramı otuz ila kırklı yaşlardaki yetişkinlerde görülen genel deneyim ve zorluklara güncel bir bakış açısı sağlamaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Gelişim psikolojisi, İnsan gelişimi, Orta yaşlı

Atıf: Özdoğru, A. A. (2025). İnsan gelişiminde yeni bir kavram: Yerleşik yetişkinlik [Editöre mektup]. Kıbrıs Türk Psikiyatri ve Psikoloji Dergisi, 7(2), 212-213. https://doi.org/10.35365/ctjpp.25.2.12

A New Concept in Human Development: Established Adulthood

Asil Ali Özdoğru

The developmental approach constitutes a fundemental perspective in the science and practice of psychology and psychiatry. The developmental approach is of considerable importance and utility for research and applications in individual and community mental health. According to the lifespan developmental approach, human development is shaped not only by early life experiences but also by experiences and life events in adulthood. Social and societal changes in the world in the last century have led to the emergence of new concepts and theories about adult development. The concept of established adulthood, developed in the field of adult development, provides an up-to-date perspective on the general experiences and difficulties experienced by adults in their thirties and forties.

Keywords: Developmental psychology, Human development, Middle aged

Citation: Özdoğru, A. A. (2025). A new concept in human development: Established adulthood [Letter to the editor]. Cyprus Turkish Journal of Psychiatry and Psychology, 7(2), 212-213. https://doi.org/10.35365/ctjpp.25.2.12

PLOS One Man

Multi-Region Investigation of ‘Man’ as Default in Attitudes

Curtis Edward Phills, Jeremy K. Miller, Erin M. Buchanan, Amanda Williams, Chanel Meyers, Elizabeth R. Brown, Janis Zickfeld, Selina Volsa, Stefan Stieger, Elisabeth Oberzaucher, Vinka Mlakic, Martin Vasilev, İlker Dalgar, Sami Çoksan, Sinem Söylemez, Çağlar Solak, Asil Ali Özdoğru, Belemir Çoktok, Chun-Chia Kung, Panita Suavansri, Harry Manley, Sara Álvarez-Solas,Danilo Zambrano Ricaurte, Ivan Ropovik, Gabriel Baník, Peter Babinčák, Matúš Adamkovič, Pavol Kačmár, Monika Hricová, Jozef Bavoľár, Lisa Li, Fei Gao, Zhong Chen, Vanja Ković, Vasilije Gvozdenović, Patrícia Arriaga, Katarzyna Filip, Krystian Barzykowski, Sylwia Adamus, Gerit Pfuhl, Sarah E. Martiny, Kristoffer Klevjer, Frederike S. Woelfert, Christian K. Tamnes, Jonas R. Kunst, Max Korbmacher, Margaret Messiah Singh, Sraddha Pradhan, Noorshama Parveen, Arti Parganiha, Babita Pande, Pratibha Kujur, Priyanka Chandel, Niv Reggev, Aviv Mokady, Marietta Papadatou-Pastou, Roxane Schnepper, Jan Philipp Röer, Tilli Ripp, Ekaterina Pronizius, Claus Lamm, Martin Voracek, Jerome Olsen, Janina Enachescu, Carlota Batres, Daniel Storage, Carmel A. Levitan, Manyu Li, Leigh Ann Vaughn, William J. Chopik, Kathleen Schmidt, Peter R. Mallik, Savannah Lewis, Brynna Leach, Brianna Jurosic, David Moreau, Izuchukwu Lawrence Gabriel Ndukaihe, Nwadiogo Chisom Arinze, Steve M. J. Janssen, Alicia Foo, Chrystalle B. Y. Tan, Glenn P. Williams, Danny Riis, Bethany M. Lane, Dermot Lynott, Thomas Rhys Evans, Miroslav Sirota, Dawn L. Holford, Kaitlyn M. Werner, Kelly Wang, Marina Milyavskaya, Ian D. Stephen, Robert M. Ross, Andrew Roberts, Omid Ghasemi, Niklas K. Steffens, Kim Peters, Barnaby Dixson, Marco Antonio Correa Varella, Jaroslava V. Valentova, Anthonieta Looman Mafra, Rafael Ming Chi Santos Hsu, Yago Luksevicius de Moraes, Luana Oliveira da Silva, Caio Santos Alves da Silva, Mai Helmy, Mariah Balderrama, Ali H. Al-Hoorie, Tyler McGee, Zahir Vally, Attila Szuts, Patrick Forscher, Pablo Bernabeu, Balazs Aczel, Anna Szabelska, Sau-Chin Chen, Christopher R. Chartier, Zoltan Kekecs

Previous research has studied the extent to which men are the default members of social groups in terms of memory, categorization, and stereotyping, but not attitudes which is critical because of attitudes’ relationship to behavior. Results from our survey (N > 5000) collected via a globally distributed laboratory network in over 40 regions demonstrated that attitudes toward Black people and politicians had a stronger relationship with attitudes toward the men rather than the women of the group. However, attitudes toward White people had a stronger relationship with attitudes toward White women than White men, whereas attitudes toward East Asian people, police officers, and criminals did not have a stronger relationship with attitudes toward either the men or women of each respective group. Regional agreement with traditional gender roles was explored as a potential moderator. These findings have implications for understanding the unique forms of prejudice women face around the world.

Citation: Phills, C. E, Miller, J. K., Buchanan, E. M., Williams, A., Meyers, C., Brown, E. R., Zickfeld, J., Volsa, S., Stieger, S., Oberzaucher, E., Mlakic, V., Vasilev, M., Dalgar, İ., Çoksan, S., Söylemez, S., Solak, Ç., Özdoğru, A. A., Çoktok, B., Kung, C.-C., . . . Kekecs, Z. (2025). Multi-region investigation of ‘man’ as default in attitudes. PLoS One, 20(6), e0323938. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0323938

EIT Social Presence

Examining the Role of Social Connectedness and Sense of Humor on Social Presence in Online Learning Environments

Asil Ali Özdoğru, Ekmel Geçer, and Hakkı Bağcı

Social connectedness is the feeling of belonging to a network or engaging in social interactions and it pertains to the sense of community and interpersonal bonds that students establish in face-to-face or online learning environments. Social presence is one of the crucial components of online learning that describes how much users feel like they are interacting with actual people instead of just using digital interfaces. Sense of humor is a personal disposition that allows students to appreciate, produce, and use humor in social interactions and learning. This study aimed to investigate the role of social connectedness and sense of humor in social presence in online learning environments. Using a quantitative cross-sectional survey research model, students enrolled in Turkish higher education institutions who were recruited through convenience sampling were included in the study. Participants consisted of a total of 516 students between the ages of 18 and 52 with a mean age of 23.12 (SD = 5.30). Participants responded to an online survey consisting of demographic questions, Social Presence Scale (SPS), Sense of Humor Questionnaire 6 Revised (SHQ-6-R), and Social Connectedness Scale (SCS). Analyses showed that SPS was positively correlated with SHQ-6-R and SCS and they accounted for %9 of change in SPS along with some of the participant characteristics. Findings indicate that social connectedness and sense of humor are important in students’ feeling of social presence in online learning environments and social psychological characteristics of students need to be considered in the design of instructional experiences in online learning environments.

Keywords: Online learning, Social presence, Social connectedness, Sense of humor

Citation: Özdoğru, A. A., Geçer, E., & Bağcı, H. (2025). Examining the role of social connectedness and sense of humor on social presence in online learning environments. Education and Information Technologies. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-025-13666-7

AMPPS RRR

Registered Replication Report: Study 3 From Trafimow and Hughes (2012)

Sean C. Rife, Quinn Lambert, Robert Calin-Jageman, Matúš Adamkovič, Gabriel Banik, Itxaso Barberia, Jennifer Beaudry, Hanna Bernauer, Dustin Calvillo, William J. Chopik, Louise David, Ismay de Beijer, Thomas Rhys Evans, Andree Hartanto, Pavol Kačmár, Nicole Legate, Marcel Martončik, Karlijn Massar, Simon McCabe, David Moreau, Şevval Osmanoğlu, Asil Ali Özdoğru, Miriam Panning, Maximilian Primbs, John Protzko, Javier Rodríguez-Ferreiro, Jan P. Röer, Ivan Ropovik, Simon Schindler, Willem Sleegers, Gill ten Hoor, Ulrich S. Tran, Hein van Schie, Martin Voracek, and Brady Wiggins

Terror-management theory (TMT) proposes that when people are made aware of their own death, they are more likely to endorse cultural values. TMT is a staple of social psychology, featured prominently in textbooks and the subject of much research. The implications associated with TMT are significant because its advocates claim it can partially explain cultural conflicts, intergroup antagonisms, and even war. However, considerable ambiguity regarding effect size exists, and no preregistered replication of death-thought-accessibility findings exists. Moreover, there is debate regarding the role of time delay between the manipulation of mortality salience and assessment of key measures. We present results from 22 labs in 11 countries (total N = 3,447) attempting to replicate and extend an existing study of TMT, Study 3 from Trafimow and Hughes, and the role of time-delay effects. We successfully replicate Trafimow and Hughes and demonstrate that it is possible to prime death-related thoughts and that priming is more effective when there is no delay between the priming and outcome measure. Implications for future research and TMT are discussed.

Keywords: terror-management theory, replication, preregistration, death-thought accessibility, open data, open materials, preregistered

Citation: Rife, S. C., Lambert, Q., Calin-Jageman, R., Adamkovič, M., Banik, G., Barberia, I., Beaudry, J., Bernauer, H., Calvillo, D., Chopik, W. J.,  David, L., de Beijer, I., Evans, T. R., Hartanto, A., Kačmár, P., Legate, N., Martončik, M., Massar, K., McCabe, S., . . . Wiggins, B. (2025). Registered replication report: Study 3 from Trafimow and Hughes (2012). Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 8(2), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459251328334

Mülteci Çocuklar

Mülteci Çocukların İyi Oluşlarına Yönelik Psikososyal Müdahale Programları

Hanife Büşra Feyizoğlu Doğrusadık ve Asil Ali Özdoğru

Dünya genelinde savaş, afet ve diğer zorunlu sebeplerle yaşanan göçlerden etkilenen grupların başında çocuklar gelmektedir. Göçmen çocukların güvenlik, barınma, sağlık ve eğitim haklarının korunması ile çocuklara ve ailelerine gerekli hizmetlerin sunulması konusunda hem ev sahibi ülkelere hem de uluslararası kuruluşlara önemli görevler düşmektedir. Mültecilere yönelik uygulanan psikososyal destek programlarının mülteci çocuklar ile ailelerinin ruh sağlığı ve iyi oluşlarına olumlu etkileri olabilmektedir. Türkiye, son yıllarda yaşanan yoğun göç hareketleri neticesinde dünyanın en fazla mülteci nüfusuna sahip ülkelerinden biri haline gelmiştir. Bu bölümde, göçün mülteci çocuklar üzerindeki psikolojik ve sosyal etkileri özetlenmektedir. Ayrıca mülteci çocuklara yönelik uygulanan müdahale programlarına ilişkin öne çıkan hususlarla beraber dünyadan ve Türkiye’den örnek programlara yer verilmektedir. Göçün olumsuz etkilerini azaltmak, bireysel ve toplumsal iyi oluşa katkı sunmak için bilimsel kaynaklara dayanan psikososyal destek programlarının nicelik ve niteliklerinin artırılması büyük önem taşımaktadır.

Atıf: Feyizoğlu Doğrusadık, H. B. ve Özdogru, A. A. (2025). Mülteci çocukların iyi oluşlarına yönelik psikososyal müdahale programları. İ. S. Ersoy, M. F. Aysan ve E. Kurğan (Ed.), Küresel göç ve Türkiye içinde (ss. 117-143). Marmara Üniversitesi Yayınevi. http://dx.doi.org/10.29228/MUBooks.4

Kadının Gelişimi

Kadının Yaşam Boyu Gelişimi

Asil Ali Özdoğru ve Eda Şen

İnsan gelişimi döllenmeden ölüme kadar süren yaşam boyu bir süreçte gerçekleşir. Bu süreçte insanın biyolojik ve psikolojik gelişimi, farklı gelişim alanlarındaki kazanç, durağanlık ve kaybı içerir. İnsanın fiziksel, bilişsel ve sosyoduygusal gelişim alanlarında farklı gelişim dönemlerinde çeşitli değişim ve dönüşümler ortaya çıkmaktadır. Doğum öncesi, bebeklik, çocukluk, ergenlik ve yetişkinlik dönemlerinin gelişimsel özellik ve örüntüleri farklılıklar arz etmektedir. İnsan gelişiminin iyi bir şekilde anlaşılabilmesi için bu farklı dönem ve alanların yakından incelenmesi gerekir. ...

Atıf: Özdogru, A. A. ve Şen, E. (2025). Kadının yaşam boyu gelişimi. M. Bilici (Ed.), Kadın psikolojisi: Normal ve anormal içinde (ss. 51-76). Gazi Kitabevi.

FRAI Algorithms

Factors Influencing Trust in Algorithmic Decision-Making: An Indirect Scenario-Based Experiment

Fernando Marmolejo-Ramos, Rebecca Marrone, Malgorzata Korolkiewicz, Florence Gabriel, George Siemens, Srecko Joksimovic, Yuki Yamada, Yuki Mori, Talal Rahwan, Maria Sahakyan, Belona Sonna, Assylbek Meirmanov, Aidos Bolatov, Bidisha Som, Izuchukwu Ndukaihe, Nwadiogo C. Arinze, Josef Kundrát, Lenka Skanderová, Van-Giang Ngo, Giang Nguyen, Michelle Lacia, Chun-Chia Kung, Meiselina Irmayanti, Abdul Muktadir, Fransiska Timoria Samosir, Marco Tullio Liuzza, Roberto Giorgini, Omid Khatin-Zadeh, Hassan Banaruee, Asil Ali Özdoğru, Kris Ariyabuddhiphongs, Wachirawit Rakchai, Natalia Trujillo, Stella Maris Valencia, Armina Janyan, Kiril Kostov, Pedro R. Montoro, Jose Hinojosa, Kelsey Medeiros, Thomas E. Hunt, Julian Posada, Raquel Meister Ko Freitag, and Julian Tejada

Algorithms are involved in decisions ranging from trivial to significant, but people often express distrust toward them. Research suggests that educational efforts to explain how algorithms work may help mitigate this distrust. In a study of 1,921 participants from 20 countries, we examined differences in algorithmic trust for low-stakes and high-stakes decisions. Our results suggest that statistical literacy is negatively associated with trust in algorithms for high-stakes situations, while it is positively associated with trust in low-stakes scenarios with high algorithm familiarity. However, explainability did not appear to influence trust in algorithms. We conclude that having statistical literacy enables individuals to critically evaluate the decisions made by algorithms, data and AI, and consider them alongside other factors before making significant life decisions. This ensures that individuals are not solely relying on algorithms that may not fully capture the complexity and nuances of human behavior and decision-making. Therefore, policymakers should consider promoting statistical/AI literacy to address some of the complexities associated with trust in algorithms. This work paves the way for further research, including the triangulation of data with direct observations of user interactions with algorithms or physiological measures to assess trust more accurately.

Keywords: algorithms, data, AI, trust, statistical literacy, explainability

Citation: Marmolejo-Ramos, F., Marrone, R., Korolkiewicz, M., Gabriel, F., Siemens, G., Joksimovic, S., Yamada, Y., Mori, Y., Rahwan, T., Sahakyan, M., Sonna, B., Meirmanov, A., Bolatov, A., Som, B., Ndukaihe, I., Arinze, N. C., Kundrát, J., Skanderová, L., Ngo, V.-G., . . . Tejada, J. (2025). Factors influencing trust in algorithmic decision-making: An indirect scenario-based experiment. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, 7, 1465605. https://doi.org/10.3389/frai.2024.1465605

FYI 2025

If the soul is impartial in receiving information, it devotes to that information the share of critical investigation the information deserves, and its truth or untruth thus becomes clear. However, if the soul is infected with partisanship for a particular opinion or sect, it accepts without a moment’s hesitation the information that is agreeable to it. Prejudice and partisanship obscure the critical faculty and preclude critical investigation. The result is that falsehoods are accepted and transmitted.

Ibn Khaldūn (1377) Muqaddimah

We wish to pursue the truth no matter where it leads — but to find the truth we need imagination and skepticism both. We will not be afraid to speculate — but we will be careful to distinguish speculation from fact. The Cosmos is full beyond measure of elegant truths, of exquisite interrelationships, of the awesome machinery of nature. The surface of the Earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean. On this shore we've learned most of what we know. Recently we've waded a little way out, maybe ankle deep, and the water seems inviting. Some part of our being knows this is where we came from. We long to return. And we can. Because the cosmos is also within us. We're made of star-stuff. We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.

Carl Edward Sagan (1990) Cosmos: A Personal Voyage

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