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