Duygu Taşfiliz

• Doctor of Psychology
• Professor (Assistant) at Altınbaş University

Emotional dependency can lead to an unhealthy and imbalanced dynamic in relationships, where one person's emotional well-being becomes highly contingent on the presence and approval of another person. This study aims to examine the mediating role of emotional dependency in the relationship between dimensions of attachment styles and the psychologic...

Background Dispositional compassion is regarded as a facet of Agreeableness, an emotional driver of prosociality, and a primary marker of adjustment. We examined changes in dispositional compassion in Syrian young adults resettling in the Netherlands, as well as the role of migration-related and demographic variables in this change. Methods We ana...

Post-traumatic growth is a compelling idea, yet extant research has often employed retrospective reports of change, rather than examining change over time. Research on samples of people that are traditionally seen as hard-to-reach are rare within personality psychology. In Karakter, we assessed a sample of Syrian origin young adults who recently re...

Post-traumatic growth is a compelling idea (Calhoun & Tedeschi, 2014), yet, extant research has often employed retrospective reports of change, rather than examining change over time. In Karakter, we followed a sample of Syrian origin young adults who recently resettled in the Netherlands (initial N = 168) four times over a 13-month period to exami...

Quality of marital relationships is consistently linked to personal well-being. However, almost all of the studies linking marital processes to well-being have been conducted in Western (particularly North American) countries. Growing evidence shows that perceived partner responsiveness is a central relationship process predicting well-being in Wes...

Romantik ilişkilerin bireylerin iyi oluş halinin önemli bir yordayıcısı olduğu kabul edilmektedir (Reis, 2012). Özellikle son yıllardaki çalışmalar, romantik ilişkilerde algılanan partner duyarlılığının uzun vadede iyi oluş halini yordadığını göstermiştir (Selçuk, Günaydın, Ong ve Almeida, 2015). Bu çalışmada, algılanan partner duyarlılığı ile psik...

Numerous studies documented the role of romantic relationships in personal well-being. According to attachment theory, a core aspect of romantic relationships affecting well-being is perceived partner responsiveness (PPR)—i.e., the extent to which individuals believe that their partner cares for, understands, and appreciates them. The present study...

As part of a large longitudinal project, the present study focuses on toddlers’ emotion understanding skills, investigates the effects of care types and how these effects vary based on the different temperamental characteristics of children.

The first aim of the present study was to compare emotion recognition and comprehension abilities o f children cared in institutions, care villages, child homes, and foster care settings in Turkey. They were also compared to children living with their biological families under low SES conditions. The second aim of the present study was to test the...