Fatoş ERKMAN

Prof.
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Office: 
YD 214
Phone: 
00 90 212 359 6476
Education: 
BS: Middle East Technical University, 1972
MS: Saint Louis University, 1975
PhD: Saint Louis University, 1980

 

Abbreviated Curriculum Vitae: 

Dr. Erkman is a graduate of Middle East Technical University (BS), The  Saint Louis University (MS-Research in Clinical Psychology; Ph.D. in Clinical/Community  Psychology) . Dr. Erkman worked as a psychologist during  and after her graduate education in such health organizations as Saint Louis Glennon Hospital The Child Development Clinic, Saint Louis University, Center for the Application of Behavioral Sciences Clinical Division, and Malcolm Bliss Mental Health Center. She started her academic life at Middle East Technical University Psychology Department and has been a faculty member in Boğaziçi University since 1982.  Presently she is one of the consultants to the President of Boğaziçi University as well as the Chairperson of The Educational Sciences Department. She has supervised  45 theses and has been in the committee of at least 25 theses . In addition to several administrative responsibilities she has taken at faculty and university levels, Dr Erkman has been the co-founder of  the university student guidance and counseling center (BÜREM) and its chairperson between 1996 and  2001. She has also been the co-founder of the Boğaziçi University Peace Education Application and Research Center and the center’s chairperson since 2007. Dr. Erkman  has been the co-founder of the initiative in İstanbul, organizing NGO’s and government organizations alike to act together to get The Children’s Rights Convention ratified in Turkey by the parliement, which was realized in 1993. Dr. Erkman is one of the founding members of the International Society of Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection (ISIPAR) (2006) and has been the president between 2008 and 2013.

Research Interests: 

Child Abuse and Neglect Protection, Children’s Rights;Social Climate Perception Evaluation, Program Development and Assessment; Parental and all other Interpersonal Acceptance-Rejection Assessment; Primary Prevention in Counseling; Resiliency; Exploration of Youth Use and Abuse of cigarettes, drugs, etc.for the purposes of providing preventive interventions; Psychological Counseling Models, Conflict Resolution and Peace Education Application and Research.

Publications: 

Erkman, F.; Caner, A.; Sart, H.; Borkan,B. & Sahan, K. ( to be published :August 2010) Influence of Perceived Teacher Acceptance, Self-Concept, and School Attitude on the Academic Achievement of School-Age Children in Turkey, Special Issue of Cross-Cultural Research, Volume 44  number 3. 

Erkman,F& Serbest, S. (2009,October) ‘Anne-Babadan Algilanan Kabul, Baba İlgisi, Ve Psikolojik Yılmazlık Arasındaki İlişki, X. Ulusal PDR Kongresinde, Adana, Turkey.

Erkman, F. (2009, February) SCCR. The Relationship of Perceived Parental Acceptance and Perceived Father Involvement to Resilience. Paper presented at the Society for Cross-cultural Research38th Annual Meeting. Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

Erkman, F. (2008)(editor) Acceptance: The Essence of Peace Selected Papers from the First International Congress on Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection. Turkish PsychologyAssociation Istanbul Branch Publication. Incekara Press.

Keskin, S.& Erkman, F. (2008 ) Validity,Reliability, and Partial Norm Study of the Turkish Teacher’s Acceptance- Rejection\Control Questionnaire: Child, Short Form. In F. Erkman (ed.), Acceptance: The essence of peace (257-274). Istanbul: Turkish Psychological   Association.

Yilmaz, B.& Erkman, F. (2008 )  Understanding Social Anxiety Through Adolescents’ Perceptions ofInterparental Conflict andParental Recejtion. In F. Erkman (ed.), Acceptance: The essence of peace (67-96). Istanbul: Turkish Psychological Association.

Erkman, F. (submitted for publication, Child Abuse & Neglect) Parental Acceptance-Rejection and Psychological Adjustment in Turkish Families.                                                                    

Erkman, F. (2007, November) A Perceived Emotional Abuse Inventory: After twenty years of validation and utilization, suggested for cross cultural use. Paper presented at the 11th European Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect. Lizbon, Portugal.

Erkman, F. & Ekmekçi-Yıldırım, A. (2007, Feb.) SCCR. Congruence of Parent and Child Perceptions of  Parental Acceptance-Rejection. Paper presented at the Society for Cross-cultural Research Conference. San Antonio, Texas, USA.

Erkman, F. & Rohner, R. P. (2006, August) Youths’ Perception of Corporal Punishment, Parental  Acceptance, and Psychological Adjustment in a Turkish Metropolis. Cross-Cultural Research: The Journal of Comparative Social Science. (pp. 250-267) Sage Publications.

Erkman, F.& Eryigit, S. (2005, February) SCCR. Turkish Adolescents’ Level of Psychological Adjustment; In Relation To Adolescents’ Perception of Parental Psychological Maltreatment & Physical Punishment. Paper presented at the Society for Cross-cultural Research Conference. Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.

Erkman, F. (2004, October). Resilience and Vulnerability and Parental Acceptance-Rejection. Paper presented at the 12th World Comparative Education Conference. Havana, Cuba.

Erkman, F. (2004, February) SCCR. The Relationship of Self-Reported Physical Punishment to Parental Acceptance-Rejection in Turkish Parents. Paper presented at the Society for Cross-cultural Research Conference. San Jose, California, USA.

Erkman, F. (2003, February) SCCR.  Turkish Childrens’ Perception of Parental Warmth, Corporal Punishment and Psychological Adjustment. Paper presented at the Society for Cross-cultural Research Conference. Charleston, South Carolina, USA.

Erkman, F., Anjel, M. (1993, April). Comparison of Children’s and Their Mothers’ Perception of Parental Acceptance Rejection. Paper presented at the First Balkan Caucasian and Middle East Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect. Ankara, Turkey.

Erkman, F. (1993, March). Child Abuse and the  School System. Paper presented at the 4th European Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Padova-Abano Terme, Italy.

Erkman, F. Kolhmeyer, H. (1993, March). The  German Teachers’ Perceptions of Turkish Students in the School Setting, Paper presented at the 4th European Conference on Child Abuse and neglect, Padova-Abano Terme, Italy. Erkman, F. (1992). Support for Rohner’s Parental Acceptance Rejection Theory as a Psychological Abuse Theory in Turkey. In. S.  Iwawaki, Y.  Kashima and  K.  Leung
(Ed.), Innovations in Cross Cultural Psychology (pp. 384-395). Swet and  Zeitlinger B.V., Amsterdam/Lisse.

Erkman, F. (1991). Çocukların Duygusal Ezimi (Emotional Abuse of Children). Proceedings of the First National Congress on Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (pp. 163-170), Ankara, Turkey, Gözde Matbaası.

Erkman, F. (1991). Gencin  Mesleki Gelişim Sürecinde Ailenin Rolü (The  Role of The Family in the Process of Vocational Development of the Youth) MEF Gençlere Rehber, Milliyet Yayın A.Ş.

Erkman, F. (1990, September). The Relationship of Parental Acceptance Rejection and Family Environment with Emotional Abuse. Paper presented at the 8th International Congress of Child Abuse and Neglect, Hamburg, Germany.

Erdem, T.  Erkman, F. (1990, September). The Relationship of Parental Acceptance RejectionSome Outcome variables and Perceived  Parental Attitudes. Paper presented at the 8th  International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect, Hamburg, Germany.

Bayraktar, N. & Erkman, F. (1990 July). Defining Subcategories of Psychological Maltreatment.  Paper presented at the 8th International Congress of Child Abuse and Neglect, Hamburg, Germany.
Erkman, F., Tüter, N. (1990, July). A preliminary Study Towards the Development of the Turkish Form of the Classroom Environment Scale. 22nd International Congress of Applied Psychology, Kyoto Japan.

Erkman, F. (1990). Duygusal Ezim (Emotional Abuse) . Yaşadıkça Eğitim, July 23-24.

Erkman, F. (1989, June). The Experience of Psychological Maltreatment of Re-Migrant Adolescents. Paper presented at the 2nd  Regional  Congress of the International Association of Cross Cultural Psychology, Amsterdam, Holland.

Erkman, F. & Alantar, M. (1988, August).  Psychological Maltreatment; Its definition by Experts and Its Assessment Among a Group of Adolescents in Turkey. Paper presented at the7th International Congress on the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, Rio de  Janerio, Brasil.

Courses: 
ED 270 Program Development and Evaluation
ED 313 Conflict Resolution
ED 322 Prevention in Counseling
ED 326 Observation and Interview Techniques
ED 421 Applied Testing in Guidance and Counseling
ED 425 Group Counseling
ED 474 Seminar in Counseling
ED 49K Resilience and Coping
ED 522 Prevention in the Field Counseling
ED 523 Theories and Techniques of Counseling
ED 524 Assessment in Guidance and Counseling
ED 525 Community Resources
ED 560-561 Field Practice/Supervision
ED 584 Therapy Research, Selected Therapy Approaches and Intervention in Schools
ED 690 Thesis