Dr. Bahar Bahtiyar-Saygan

Publications

Bahtiyar-Saygan, B., Okur-Ataş, Ş., & Berument, S. K. (under revision). Attachment of toddlers in care with the moderating role of temperament: Turkish Care Types Study. Infant Mental Health Journal.

Bahtiyar-Saygan, B. (under revision). Baby steps of parenting: Turkish adaptation of Infancy Parenting Styles Questionnaire and mother- and infant-related characteristics affecting parenting in infancy. Infant Mental Health Journal.

Korkmaz, L. & Bahtiyar-Saygan, B. (2023). Do pandemics affect relationships? A qualitative investigation on the effect of a global stressor on the views concerning marriage and divorce. International Journal of Social & Humanities Sciences Research, 10(100), 2505-2524. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10028625

Bahtiyar-Saygan, B. & Berument, S. K. (2022). The role of temperament and parenting on anxiety problems among toddlers: Moderating role of parenting and mediating role of attachment. Infant Mental Health Journal, 43, 533-545. https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.21988

Zengin-Akkuş, P. & Bahtiyar-Saygan, B. (2022). Do preterm babies sleep differently than their peers? Sleep characteristics and their associations with maternal depression and parenting stress. Sleep Medicine, 90, 109-116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2022.01.012

Zengin-Akkuş, P., Bahtiyar-Saygan, B., İlter-Bahadur, E., Kurtipek, G., Çelik, H. T., & Özmert, E. (2021). Longitudinal changes in attachment patterns of preterm infants born in a non-Western country. Infant Mental Health Journal, 42(4), 517-528. https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.21906

Bahtiyar-Saygan, B. & Pekel Uludağlı, N. (2021). Yaşam boyu toplumsal cinsiyet rollerinin gelişimi [Lifespan development of gender roles]. Current Approaches in Psychiatry, 13(2), 354-382. https://doi.org/10.18863/pgy.789615

Zengin-Akkuş, P., Bahtiyar-Saygan, B., İlter-Bahadur, E. Çak, T., & Özmert, E. (2021). Otizm Spektrum Bozukluğu tanısı ile yaşamak: Ailelerin deneyimleri [Living with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Family experiences]. Turkish Journal of Pediatric Disease,15(4), 272-279. https://doi.org/10.12956/tchd.731752

Zengin-Akkuş, P., Bahtiyar-Saygan, B., İlter-Bahadur, E., Kurtipek, G., & Özmert, E. (2020). Preterm birth and maternal sensitivity: Findings from a non-Western country. Infant Behavior and Development, 61, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2020.101476

Şahin-Acar, B., Bahtiyar-Saygan, B., Alsancak-Akbulut, C., & Sağel-Çetiner, E. (2019). Reunion after a long day: Mother-child dyads’ unshared memory conversations. Cognitive Development, 52, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2019.100822  

Bahtiyar-Saygan, B. & Sakallı-Uğurlu, N. (2019). Development of attitudes toward voluntary childlessness scale and its associations with ambivalent sexism in Turkey. Journal of Family Issues, 40(17), 2499-2527. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X19860168

Berument, S. K., Okur, Ş., Bahtiyar-Saygan, B., Yavaşlar, Y., Bakır, T., & Aran, Ö. (2018). Anne Duyarlılık Ölçeği: Geçerlilik ve güvenirlik çalışmaları [Maternal Sensitivity Scale: Reliability and validity studies]. Turkish Psychological Articles, 21(42), 17-37. https://doi.org/10.31828/tpy.13019961.2018.42.02.02

Book Chapters

Bahtiyar-Saygan, B. (2023). Psychological comorbidities of common physical health conditions in childhood. In H. Babacan and E. Bayram (Eds.), Research in Humanities and Social Sciences (pp. 107-122). Livre de Lyon Publications.

Bahtiyar-Saygan, B. (2023). Sosyal bilişin gelişimi [Development of social cognition]. In S. Ceylan-Batur (Ed.), Sosyal Biliş Derlemesi: Farklı Bağlamlar ve Disiplinlerden Yansımalar (pp. 21-43). Nobel Publications.

Bahtiyar-Saygan, B., & Metin-Orta, İ. (2022). Anne-babaların çocuk yetiştirmede cinsiyet temelli yaklaşımları [Gender-based approaches of parents in child rearing]. In B. Türkoğlu and G. Akbaş-Uslu (Eds.) Toplumsal Cinsiyet Eşitsizliğinin Farklı Yüzleri: Psikolojik Yaklaşımlar (pp. 31-55). Nobel Publications.

Bahtiyar-Saygan, B. (2022). Kendini ve diğerlerini anlamak [Understanding self and others]. In G. Akyürek (Ed.) Büyüme ve Gelişme (pp. 291-310). Hipokrat Publications.

Bahtiyar-Saygan, B. (2018). Çocukluk döneminde stres ve bağlanma [Stress and attachment in childhood]. In A. Örs Gevrekci (Ed.) Hücreden Topluma Stres (pp. 49-69). Turkish Psychological Association.

Presentations

Bahtiyar-Saygan, B. (2023). Prosocial behaviors of preschool children: The effect of maternal demographic characteristics and parenting styles. Oral presentation, Ege 9th International Conference on Social Sciences, 22-24 September, İzmir-Turkey.

Jabbarıyoun Moghaddamı, S., Bahtiyar-Saygan, B., & Akbaş-Uslu, G. (2022). Marital satisfaction and attitudes toward voluntary childlessness: Findings from two countries. Oral presentation, International Young Researchers Student Congress, 21-23 October, Aydın-Turkey.

Bahtiyar-Saygan, B. (2022). Intergenerational transmission of parenting attitudes and its effects on children: From resilience to vulnerability internalizing-externalizing behavioral problems. Oral presentation, 4th International Disaster and Resilience Congress, 19-21 October, Eskişehir-Turkey.

Korkmaz, L. & Bahtiyar-Saygan, B. (2022). Do pandemics affect relationships? A qualitative investigation on the effect of COVID-19 on the views concerning marriage and divorce. Oral presentation, 9th International Conference of Community Psychology (ICCP), 21-24 September 2022, Naples-Italy.

Bahtiyar-Saygan, B. (2022). Bebeklik dönemi ebeveynlik tutumları: Ebeveynlik kendine güveni ve stresi ile bebeğe dair özellikler arasındaki ilişkiler [Infancy parenting attitudes: Links with parental confidence, parenting stress, and infant-related characteristics]. Oral presentation, 3rd Developmental Psychology Symposium, 8-9 September, Koç University, İstanbul-Turkey.

Gülüm, E., Bahtiyar-Saygan, B., & Akbaş, G. (2022). Intergenerational transmission of parenting attitudes: Mediating roles of mother’s emotion regulation difficulty and child’s temperament. Oral presentation, 1st International Congress of Social Sciences, 22-24 June, Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir-Turkey.

Bahtiyar-Saygan, B. & Metin-Orta, İ. (2022). “Bizim için kız-oğlan fark etmez” (?): Anne-babaların cinsiyet temelli yaklaşımları [“It doesn’t matter girl or boy” (?): Gender-based parenting approaches]. Oral presentation in the panel, IV. Social Psychology Congress, 11-12 June, Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir-Turkey. 

Zengin-Akkuş, P. & Bahtiyar-Saygan, B. (2022). Do preterm babies sleep differently than their peers? Sleep characteristics and their associations with maternal depression and parenting stress. Oral presentation, International Child and Adolescent Trauma Conference, 24-26 March, İzmir-Turkey.

Zengin-Akkuş, P., Bahtiyar-Saygan, B., İlter-Bahadur, E. Çak, T., & Özmert, E. (2021). Otizm Spektrum Bozukluğu tanısı ile yaşamak: Ailelerin deneyimleri [Living with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Family experiences]. Oral presentation, Isparta Autism Congress, 4-7 February, Virtual.

Zengin-Akkuş, P., Bahtiyar-Saygan, B., İlter-Bahadur, E., Kurtipek, G., Çelik, H. T., & Özmert, E. (2020). Prematüre bebeklerde anne ve bebek bağlanma örüntüleri [Attachment patterns of preterm babies]. Oral presentation, 64thTurkish National Pediatrics Congress, 15-20 December, Virtual.

Bahtiyar-Saygan, B. & Sakallı-Uğurlu, N. (2018). Gönüllü Çocuksuzluğa Yönelik Tutum Ölçeği ve çelişik duygulu cinsiyetçilik [Attitudes toward Voluntary Childlessness and ambivalent sexism]. Oral presentation, 20th National Psychology Congress, 15-17 November, TED University, Ankara-Turkey.

Bahtiyar-Saygan, B., Berument, S. K., & Okur, Ş. (2018). Devlet koruması altındaki çocuklarda bağlanma [Attachment of children in care]. Oral presentation, 20th National Psychology Congress, 15-17 November, TED University, Ankara-Turkey.

Günel, B., Bahtiyar-Saygan, B., & Pekel-Uludağlı, N. (2018). Orta yetı̇şkı̇nlı̇k dönemı̇nde yaşlanma kaygısı ile yaşam doyumu Iilı̇şkı̇sı̇: Demografı̇k faktörlerı̇n etkı̇sı̇ [The relationship between aging anxiety and life satisfaction in middle adulthood: The effect of demographic factors]. Poster presentation, 20th National Psychology Congress, 15-17 November, TED University, Ankara-Turkey.

Pekel-Uludağlı, N., Bahtiyar-Saygan, B., Topcu, S., Boyacı, B. G., Doğan, M. Y., … Ünal, Z. (2018). Baba, anne ve çocuk perspektifinden baba katılımının, anne-babanın bağlanma tarzı ve evlilik doyumlarıyla ilişkisinin incelenmesi [Examining the relationship between father involvement, parental attachment style and marital satisfaction from the perspective of father, mother, and child]. Poster presentation, 20th National Psychology Congress, 15-17 November, TED University, Ankara-Turkey.

Bahtiyar-Saygan, B. & Berument, S. K. (2017). Parenting and child temperament on anxiety among toddlers: Mediating role of attachment. Poster presentation, 18th European Conference on Developmental Psychology, 29 August - 1 September, Utrecht, Netherlands.

Berument, S. K., Bahtiyar-Saygan, B., Okur, Ş., Kirkland, J., Bimler, D., Fletcher, P., Sümer, N., Bakır, T., & Yavaşlar, Y. (2017). TTAS-60: Turkish Adaptation of Toddler Attachment Sort 60. Poster presentation, International Attachment Conference, 28 June - 1 July 2017, London-UK.

Bahtiyar-Saygan, B., Berument, S. K., & Okur, S. (2017). Attachment types of institutionalized toddlers: Turkish Care Types Study. Poster Presentation, Biennial Meeting of Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), 6-8 April, Austin, Texas, USA.

Okur, S., Berument, S. K., & Bahtiyar-Saygan, B. (2017). Disturbances of attachment in children in care: Turkish Care Types Study. Poster Presentation, Biennial Meeting of Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), 6-8 April, Austin, Texas, USA.

Bahtiyar-Saygan, B. & Berument, S. K. (2016). Ebeveynlik ve mizacın çocuklardaki kaygı bozuklukları üzerindeki etkileri: Anne-çocuk bağlanmasının aracı rolü [Effects of parenting and temperament on anxiety disorders in toddlers: The mediating role of mother-child attachment]. Oral presentation, 19th National Psychology Congress, 5-7 September, İzmir-Turkey.

Berument, S. K., Bahtiyar-Saygan, B., Okur, Ş., Kirkland, J., Bimler, D., Fletcher, P., Sümer, N., Bakır, T., & Yavaşlar, Y. (2016). TTAS-60: Anne-çocuk bağlanma ölçeği Türkiye adaptasyonu [TTAS-60: Turkish adaptation of mother-child attachment measurement]. Oral presentation, 19th National Psychology Congress, 5-7 September, İzmir-Turkey.

Okur, S., Berument, S. K., & Bahtiyar-Saygan, B. (2016). Devlet koruması altındaki çocuklarda bağlanma problemleri [Attachment problems of children in care]. Oral presentation in the panel, 19th National Psychology Congress, 5-7 September, İzmir-Turkey.

Berument, S. K., Okur, Ş., Bahtiyar-Saygan, B., Yavaşlar, Y., Bakır, T., & Aran, Ö. (2016). Anne Duyarlılık Ölçeği: Ölçeğin geliştirilmesi ve geçerlilik çalışması [Maternal Sensitivity Scale: Development and validity study of the scale]. Poster presentation, 19th National Psychology Congress, 5-7 September, İzmir-Turkey.

Okur, S., Bahtiyar, B., Unal, G., Golcuk, M., & Kazak-Berument, S. (2015). Attachment problems of young children in care: Comparing institutions, group homes, care villages and foster care. Poster presentation, Biennial Meeting of Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Sahin-Acar, B., Bahtiyar, B., Alsancak, C., Sagel, E., & Caliskan, A. (2015). Reunion after a long day: The effect of maternal attachment on mother-child conversational characteristics. Poster presentation, Biennial Meeting of Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Bahtiyar, B., Sahaloglu, O., Dalkan, C., & Arikan, C. (2013). Children with Irritable Bowel Syndrome and their parents have higher anxiety and depressive scores than patient with other functional gastrointestinal disorders and their parents. Poster presentation, 46th Annual Meeting of ESPGHAN (The European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition), London-UK.

Seminars

Bahtiyar-Saygan, B. (2022). Toplumsal Cinsiyet Psikolojisinin Gelişimi [Development of Gender Psychology]. AHBAP 8 March Summit, Ankara-Turkey.

Bahtiyar-Saygan, B. (2021). Cinsiyetçilik Nereden Geliyor? Gelişimsel Perspektiften Toplumsal Cinsiyet Psikolojisi [Where Does Sexism Come From? Gender Psychology from a Developmental Perspective]. Middle East Technical University, Ankara-Turkey.

Korkmaz, L., & Bahtiyar-Saygan, B. (2020). Toplumsal Cinsiyet [Gender]. Doku Kültür Kindergarten, Ankara-Turkey.

Bahtiyar-Saygan, B. (2020). Erken Çocuklukta Benlik Gelişimi [Self Development in Early Childhood]. Middle East Technical University Department of Psychology, Ankara-Turkey.

Bahtiyar-Saygan, B. (2018). Öfke Yönetimi: Bakış Açısını Değiştirebilmek [Anger Management: Changing Perspective]. Dikmen Nevzat Ayaz Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School, Ankara-Turkey.

Bahtiyar-Saygan, B. (2018). Çocuklarımız Büyürken: Bağlanma, Bağımlılıklar ve Başa Çıkma Yolları [As Our Children Grow Up: Attachment, Addictions, and Coping Ways]. Private Ayşeabla Schools, Ankara-Turkey.

Bahtiyar-Saygan, B. (2017). Bir Başa Çık(ama)ma Mekanizması olarak Bağlanma [Attachment as a (not) Coping Mechanism]. Hacettepe University Department of Psychology, Ankara-Turkey.

Bahtiyar-Saygan, B. (2017). Ana-Baba Okulu Seminerleri: Aile İçi İletişim – Neler Yapılmalı? Neler Yapılmamalı? [Parent School Seminars: Communication within the Family – What Should Be Done? What Should Not Be Done?]. Okyanus College, Ankara-Turkey.

Bahtiyar-Saygan, B. (2017). Cinsiyet ve Dezavantajlı Gruplar – Çocuklarda Cinsiyet Gelişimi [Gender and Disadvantaged Groups – Gender Development in Children]. Sinop Law Society Seminars, Sinop-Turkey.

Bahtiyar-Saygan, B. (2017). Lise Çocuklarına Yönelik Yaşam Kalitesini Arttırmak [Improving the Quality of Life for High School Children]. Private Ayşeabla Schools, Ankara-Turkey.

Bahtiyar-Saygan, B. (2017). Ortaokul Çocuklarına Yönelik Yaşam Kalitesini Arttırmak [Improving the Quality of Life for Secondary School Children]. Private Ayşeabla Schools, Ankara-Turkey.

Bahtiyar-Saygan, B. (2017). Sindirella’dan Karlar Ülkesi’ne: Dünden Bugüne Masallar [From Cinderella to Frozen: Fairy Tales from Past to Today]. Başkent University Winter School Seminars, Ankara-Turkey.

Bahtiyar-Saygan, B. (2015). İşte Bunlar Hep Mizaç [Here is All about Temperament], 42’ Seminars with Başkent Psychology, Ankara-Turkey.