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    Publications

    Peer-Reviewed Articles

    1. Koçak, A., Peker, M., Cem Ersoy, N., & İldiri, N. (2026). How maternal work engagement shapes adolescent achievement: the roles of perceived maternal support and adolescent academic engagement. Current Psychology, 45(9), 921. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-026-09472-0 
    2. Zebil, B., & Koçak, A. (2026). The relation between emerging adults’ attachment styles and rejection sensitivity: The mediating role of emotion regulation difficulties. Journal of Clinical Psychology Research, 10(1), 43-53. https://doi.org/10.57127/kpd.26024438.1557303.
    3. Koçak, A., Mouratidis, A., Alp Christ, A., Michou, A., & Sayıl, M. (2025). Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction and Frustration Scale (BPNSFS): A Turkish adaptation study. Psychology in the Schools, 62(7), 1987-2000. https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.23449
    4. Koçak, A. (2024). Ergenin açık ve ilişkisel saldırganlığının Duygusal Güvenlik Kuramı ve Kendini Belirme Kuramı çerçevesinde değerlendirilmesi (Examining the adolescent’s overt and relational aggression within the framework of Emotional Security Theory and Self-Determination Theory). Nesne, 12(32), 177-193. https://doi.org/10.7816/nesne-12-32-03   
    5. Koçak, A. (2024). Olumsuz anne-ergen ilişki niteliği ve içselleştirme sorunları arasındaki ilişki: Temel psikolojik ihtiyaçların engellenmesinin aracı rolünün ikili analiz yöntemiyle incelenmesi. Türk Psikoloji Dergisi, 39(94). https://doi.org/10.31828/turkpsikoloji.1490051
    6. Koçak, A. (2024). Unravelling the family curse: How parental depressive symptoms link to adolescent’s depressive symptoms through interparental conflict and adolescent triangulation. Current Psychology, 43, 32735–32746, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-024-06823-7
    7. Mouratidis, A., Michou, A., Koçak, A., Selçuk, Ş., & Alp-Christ, A. (2024). The interplay between autonomy support and structure in the prediction of challenge-seeking, novelty avoidance, and procrastination. Educational Psychology, 44(8), 803-822. https://doi.org/10.1080/01443410.2024.2402322
    8. Koçak, A. (2024). From marital conflict to life satisfaction: How basic psychological need satisfaction operates - a dyadic analysis study. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 27(4), 923-938. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.12648
    9. Koçak, A., & Alp Christ, A. (2024). Understanding the relations between parental conditional regard, teacher autonomy support, and adolescent well-being: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective. Psychology in the Schools, 61(8), 3142-3159. https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.23212
    10. Koçak, A., & Mouratidis, A. (2024). When are you going to marry? Intention to marry through the lens of Theory of Planned Behavior and Self-Regulatory Focus. Turkish Psychological Counseling and Guidance Journal, 14(72), 48-62. https://doi.org/10.17066/tpdrd.1251530_4
    11. Koçak, A., Mouratidis, A., Uçanok, Z., & Davies, P. T. (2024). Explaining the spillover from interparental conflict to adolescent adjustment through self-determination theory. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 33(4), 1108–1119. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-023-02564-6
    12. Koçak, A., Hepdarcan, I., Mumcu, Y., Apuhan, S., & Şensöz, B. (2024). The mediating role of needs frustration in relation between adolescent triangulation and adjustment. Current Psychology, 43(10), 9432-9442. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-05106-x
    13. Zebil, B., Gökçe, N., Hepdarcan, I., & Koçak, A. (2023). Attachment security and peer pressure among Turkish university students: A mediation role of rejection sensitivity. Nesne, 11(30), 551-563. https://doi.org/10.7816/nesne-11-30-03   
    14. Selçuk, Ş, Koçak, A., Mouratidis, A., Michou, A., & Sayıl, M. (2021). Procrastination, perceived maternal psychological control, and structure in math class: The intervening role of academic self-concept. Psychology in the Schools, 58(9), 1782–1798. https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.22542   
    15. Koçak, A., Mouratidis, A., Uçanok, Z., Selçuk, E., & Davies, P.T. (2020). Need satisfaction as a mediator of associations between interparental relationship dimensions and autonomy supportive parenting: A weekly diary study. Family Process, 59(4), 1874-1890. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12523
    16. Koçak, A., Mouratidis, A., Sayıl, M., Kındap-Tepe, Y., & Uçanok, Z. (2017). Interparental conflict and adolescents’ relational aggression and loneliness: The mediating role of maternal psychological control. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 26, 3546-3558. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-017-0854-x

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    Books and Book Chapters

    1. Koçak, A. (2025). Bidirectional pathways between adolescent triangulation into interparental conflict and adjustment. In Columbus, A. M. (Ed.), Advances in Psychology Research. Volume 156 (pp. 171-196). Nova Science Publishing.
    2. Koçak, A. (2025). Çatışmadan çözüme: Ebeveyn-ergen çatışmasını anlama. Nobel Academic Publishing.
    3. Koçak, A. (2025). Gelişimle ilgili temel kavramlar. In Gelişim Psikolojisi (Ed. Berna Akçinar). Akademisyen Yayınevi.
    4. Koçak, A. (Ed.; in preparation). Psychosocial development in young adulthood-Theoretical foundations and contemporary research. IntechOpen.

    Conference Presentations

    International Conferences

    1. Çetin, T., & Koçak, A. (April 10 – 11, 2026). “Ebeveyn tükenmişliğinde öz-şefkatin mikrosistemik koruyucu rolü: Biyoekolojik Sistemler Perspektifi”. Paper presented at Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Uluslararası Aile Sempozyumu, İzmir– Türkiye.
    2. Koçak, A. (May 15 – 17, 2025). A dyadic study on mother-adolescent relationship quality, psychological needs, and parenting styles. Paper presented at III. Uluslararası Ergenlik ve Gençlik Araştırmaları Kongresi, Aydın, Türkiye.
    3. Koçak, A. & Branje, S. (May 15 – 17, 2025). A multi-informant study on the relation between emotion-regulation, need satisfaction, and parenting. Paper presented at III. Uluslararası Ergenlik ve Gençlik Araştırmaları Kongresi, Aydın, Türkiye.
    4. Sağlam, Z. M. & Koçak, A. (July 21 – 26, 2024). “Link between interparental conflict and adolescent adjustment: Cognitive appraisals and basic needs”. Paper presented at 33rd International Congress of Psychology, Prague, Czech Republic.
    5. Çıkmaz, E. & Koçak, A. (July 21 – 26, 2024). “Role of emotion regulation in relation between attachment security and perceived responsiveness”. Poster presented at 33rd International Congress of Psychology, Prague, Czech Republic.
    6. Koçak, A. (April 29 – May 1, 2021). “Expanding the social disconnection model: The mediating role of perceived partner responsiveness in relation between perfectionism and interparental conflict.” Paper at International Adolescence and Youth Research Congress. EGAD Online Congress Platform.
    7. Gökçe, N., Zebil, B., Dutak, N., Hepdarcan, I., & Koçak, A. (April 29 – May 1, 2021). “Attachment security and peer pressure among Turkish university students: A mediation role of rejection sensitivity.” Paper presented at International Adolescence and Youth Research Congress. EGAD Online Congress Platform.

    National Conferences

    1. Salman, İ., & Koçak, A. (May 14-15, 2026). Annenin psikolojik kontrolü ile ergenlerin temel psikolojik ihtiyaçlarının engellenmesi arasındaki ilişki: Öz-şefkatin aracı rolü. IX. İzmir Nuri Bilgin Psikoloji Günleri, İzmir-Türkiye.
    2. Oğuz, B., & Koçak, A. (October 3 – 5, 2025). “Duygu düzenleme güçlüklerinden ebeveyn-ergen ilişki niteliğine: Temel psikolojik ihtiyaçlar ne kadar belirleyici?”.  22nd National Congress of Psychology, Bursa– Turkey.
    3. Selçuk Dedeköylü, E., Okur, A. B., Özsoy, E., Biricik, M., & Koçak, A. (October 3 – 5, 2025). “Beliren yetişkinlik döneminde siber zorbalık ve siber mağduriyetin yordayıcısı olarak ebeveyn duygu koçluğunun çoklu bildirime dayalı olarak incelenmesi”. 22nd National Congress of Psychology, Bursa– Turkey.
    4. Türkmen, S., Aslan, D., & Koçak, A. (October 3 – 5, 2025). “temel psikolojik ihtiyaçların duygu şekillendirme üzerindeki rolü: Kendini Belirleme Kuramı çerçevesinde bir inceleme”. 22nd National Congress of Psychology, Bursa– Turkey.
    5. Çağlayan, M., & Koçak, A. (June 2 – 3, 2023). “Algılanan partner duyarlılığı ve tıkınırcasına yeme davranışı arasındaki ilişkide temel psikolojik ihtiyaçların aracı rolü”. Paper presented at X. Işık Savaşır Clinical Psychology Symposium, Izmir – Turkey.
    6. ​Koçak, A., Mouratidis, A., & Uçanok, Z. (September 19 – 21, 2019). “Kendini belirleme kuramı ışığında annenin özerklik desteğinin öncülleri ve sonuçları.” Poster presented at 2nd National Symposium of Developmental Psychology, İzmir – Turkey.