Browsing by Author "Erden, G."

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Causes of Intimate Partner Homicide: Gender Differences in Empathy, Psychopathy, and Perceived Social Support
(Kare Publishing, 2022) Topcu, A.L.; Görgülü, T.; Erden, G.
Objective: Intimate partner homicide (IPH) and attempted murder behaviors have increased in recent years. In addition, the causes of partner murder are affected by gender dynamics. This study aims to determine whether individuals who committed murder and attempted murder toward their partners differ in terms of empathy, psychopathy, and perceived social support and to determine the predictive variables of IPH toward their partners. Method: This study was carried out with a total of 123 participants (73 women and 50 men) from 10 different prisons. Demographic Information Form, Empathic Tendency Scale, Levenson Self-Report Psychopathy Scale, and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support were used. Results: A value of 82.19% of women and 60.97% of men were charged with killing their partners. Of these, 24% of women and 7% of men killed their partners by planning. The psychopathy scores of men (56.92±8.45) were found to be higher than women (52.73±8.98). The results of the logistic regression analysis indicate that the behaviors of women to kill and attempt to kill their partners are best predicted by physical violence from their partner, feelings of jealousy toward their partner, and perceived weak social support from a significant other and family. It was found that the best predictive variable for IPH in men was physical violence against their partners during their relationships. Conclusion: It has been evaluated that having insufficient social support and experiencing physical violence from their partners are associated with IPH among women. This result suggests that women use violence against their partners to protect themselves from violence. On the other hand, the physically violent behaviors of men toward their partners during their relationship are an important variable for IPH. © 2022 Yerkure Tanitim ve Yayincilik Hizmetleri A.S.. All rights reserved.
Forensic Interview with Child Victims of Sexual Abuse in Turkey: The Interviewer’s Subjective Experience
(Association for Clinical Psychology Research, 2023) Ustun Gullu, B.; Erden, G.
Child abuse and neglect is an important social problem affecting millions of children and their families around the world. Regardless of the physical, emotional, or sexual abuse, in the judicial process regarding child abuse, it is very important to collect and evaluate the physical, biological, and psychological findings correctly, as well as forensic interviews with the victim child. Forensic interview is an interview in which information about the incident is collected, whether the crime has been revealed, and the obtained information is analyzed in a psychological and legal framework, with an impartial approach to the victim or suspect in judicial incidents. In the forensic interview process, the issues related to the evaluation of the reliability of the child’s statement, the knowledge, skills, experiences, and needs of the forensic interviewers, the interview environment and conditions are important issues. In this direction, the aim of our research was trying to create a descriptive framework for the competence and effectiveness of forensic interviewing through qualitative analysis. Forensic interviewers from 3 different cities with forensic interview experience were selected in the study. Six forensic interviewers were employed in the study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with the interviewees by using the interview form prepared in accordance with the working areas and interview processes of the forensic interviewers, and the interview records were evaluated using Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). As a result of the examination of the interviews, eight repetitive themes were determined and concrete quotations from the discourses of the participants were given for each top theme. The results obtained are discussed in the literature. © 2023 Association of Clinical Psychology Research. All rights reserved.
Turkish University Students' Social Support, Daily Activities, Self-Supportive and Health Risk Behaviors During COVID-19 Pandemic
(Polska Akademia Nauk, 2023) Erden, G.; Çoksan, S.; Özdoğru, A.A.; Ergül-Topçu, A.; Azak, Y.; Uçar, G.K.; Ögel-Balaban, H.
The present study investigated the relationship between social support, self-supportive behaviors, health risk behaviors, and daily activities of Turkish university students during the first wave of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic. We aimed to reveal how an unexpected global crisis may affect the association between social indicators and health risk behaviors among university students. As part of a large international study, a total of 7,125 university students (71% female) with a mean age of 23.50 (SD = 6.08) from eight universities in Türkiye responded to an online survey during May 2020. Having a romantic relationship and significant other made a difference in students' health risk behaviors and daily activity indicators before and during the pandemic. Self-supportive behaviors and social contact predicted health risk behaviors and daily activity indicators, which differed according to residence location during the pandemic. Findings showed that Turkish university students' health risk behaviors and daily activity choices were influenced not only by the limitations of the pandemic but also individual behaviors and conditions as well as social relationships. © 2023. The Authors.