Biography

Ph.D., Kansas State University, 1996
M.A., Hacettepe University, 1988
B. S., Middle East Technical University, 1985

Research Interests

Attachment styles in adolescence and adults, self concept and self esteem, traffic psychology, and multivariate statistics

Representative Publications

Sümer, N., Lajunen, T., & Özkan, T. (2005). Big Five Personality Traits as the Distal Predictors of Road Accident Involvement. (Ed. G. Underwood) Ch. 18, Traffic and Transport Psyhology. Elsevier Ltd..

Sümer, N., & Cozzarelli, C. (2004). The impact of adult attachment on partner and self-attributions and relationship quality. Personal Relationships, 11, 355 - 371.

Sümer, N. (2003). Personality and Behavioral predictors of traffic accidents: Testing a contextual mediated model. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 35 (6), 949 - 964.

Sümer, N., & Güngör, D. (1999).Yetişkin bağlanma stilleri ölçeklerinin Türk örneklemi üzerinde psikometrik değerlendirmesi ve kültürlerarası bir karşılaştırma. Türk Psikoloji Dergisi, 14 (43) , 71-106 .

Cozzarelli, C., Sümer, N., & Major, B. (1998). Mental models of attachment and coping with abortion. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74 , 453 - 467.

Current Research Projects

Project for psychotechnical test system development and revision

Novice Driver Hazard Perception Skills Test

The effects of parent attitudes and behaviors on child's development