Biography

Ph.D., Hacettepe Üniversitesi, 1997.
M.S., Middle East Technical University, 1990.
B.S., Middle East Technical University, 1987.

Research Interests

Emotions in Psychopathology, facial expression, stress, smoking cessation

Representative Publications

Gençöz, T., & Gençöz, F. (2005). Psychometric Properties of the Reassurance-Seeking Scale in a Turkish Sample. Psychological Reports, 96 , 47-50.

Voelz, Z. R., Gencoz, T., Gencoz, F., Pettit, J. W., Perez, M., & Joiner, Jr., T.E. (2001). Patterns of hemispheric perceptual asymmetries: Left hemispatial biases predict changes in anxiety and positive affect in undergraduate women. Emotion, 1 (4) , 339-347.

Joiner, Jr., T. E., Gencoz, F., Gencoz, T., Metalsky, G.I., & Rudd, M.D. (2001). The relation of self-hatred and suicidality in people with schizophrenia-spectrum symptoms. Journal of Psychopathology & Behavioral Assessment , 23(2) , 107-115.

Gencoz, F., Gencoz, T., Joiner, Jr.,T. E. (2000). Physiological hyperarousal as a specific correlate of symptoms of anxiety among young psychiatric inpatients. Social Behavior and Personality , 28 (4) , 409-412.

Gençöz, F. (1997). The effects of basketball training on the maladaptive behaviors of trainable mentally retarded children. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 18 , 1-10.