Biography

Ph.D., University of Strathclyde, 1974.
M.A., University of Iowa, 1969.
B.S., Middle East Technical University, 1968.

Research Interests

Relationships between family contexts, self-construals, value orientations and psychological functioning across and within cultures. A new model of self - construals: The Balanced Integration-Differentiation (BID) Model. Gender and marital satisfaction. Social psychology of older adults.

Representative Publications

1. The Balanced Integration-Differentiation (BID) Model: Relationshipsbetween family contexts, attachment, self-construals, and psychological functioning across and/or within cultures.

İmamoğlu, E. O. & Güler, A. (2007). Geleceğe ilişkin yönelimlerde benlik tipine bağlı farklılıklar (Self-related differences in future-time orientations). Türk Psikoloji Dergisi (Turkish Journal of Psychology), 22, 115-138.

İmamoğlu, E. O., & Karakitapoğlu-Aygün, Z. (2007). Relatedness of identities and emotional closeness with parents. Asian Journal of Psychology., 10, 145-161

İmamoğlu, E. O., & İmamoğlu, S. (2007). Relationships between attachment security and self-construal orientations. The Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied.141, 539-558.

İmamoğlu, S., & İmamoğlu, E. O. (2006). Relationship between general and context-specific attachment orientations in a Turkish sample. Journal of Social Psychology, 146, 261-274.

İmamoğlu, E. O., & Karakitapoğlu-Aygün, Z. (2006). Actual ideal and expected relatedness with parents across and within cultures. European Journal of Social Psychology, 36, 721-745.

İmamoğlu, E. O., & Karakitapoğlu-Aygün, Z. (2004). Self-construals and values in different cultures and socioeconomic contexts. Genetic, Social and General Psychology Monographs, 130, 277-306.

İmamoğlu, E. O. (2003). Individuation and relatedness: Not opposing but distinct and complementary. Genetic, Social and General Psychology Monographs, 129(4), 367-402.

İmamoğlu, E.O. (1998). Individualism and collectivism in a model and scale of Balanced Differentiation and Integration. Journal of Psychology, 132, 95-105

İmamoğlu, E. O. (1987). An interdependence model of human development. In Ç. Kağıtçıbaşı (Ed.), Growth and Progress in Cross-cultural Psychology (pp.138-145). Lisse, Holland: Swets and Zeitlinger

2. Social cognition and affect

Karakitapoğlu-Aygün, Z., & İmamoğlu, E. O. (2002). Value domains of Turkish adults and university students. The Journal of Social Psychology, 142, 333-351

İmamoğlu, E. O. (1995). American students' expectations about relationships involving common/conflicting interests and equal/unequal power. Genetic, Social and General Psychology Monographs, 12 (4), 391-409.

İmamoğlu, E. O. (1991). Interpersonal consequences of expressing personal or team affect for team success or failure among Turkish students. The Journal of Psychology,125,(5), 509 - 524.

İmamoğlu, E. O. (1976). Attribution of intentionality as a function of age, outcome quality and affect for the actor. European Journal of Social Psychology, 6, 25-39.

İmamoğlu, E. O. (1975). Children's awareness and usage of intention cues. Child Development, 46, 39-45.

3. Gender and marital satisfaction

Lucas, T., Parkhill, M. R., Wendorf, C. A., Imamoğlu, E. O., Weisfeld, C. C., Weisfeld, G. E., & Shen, J. (2008). Cultural and evolutionary components of marital satisfaction: A multidimensional assessment of measurement invariance. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 39(1), 109-123.

İmamoğlu, E. O. (2006). Women, gender and aging as a segment of life cycle: Turkey. In S. Joseph (Ed.). Encyclopedia of women and Islamic cultures. Vol. 3 (Pp. 13-14). Leiden: Brill.

İmamoğlu, E. O. (2004). Family. Modern Islamic discourses: Turkey and the Caucasus. In S. Joseph (Ed.). Encyclopedia of women and Islamic cultures. Vol. 2 (Pp. 131-132). Brill.

İmamoğlu, E. O. (2000). Changing gender roles and marital satisfaction in Turkey. In F. Acar & A. Güneş-Ayata (Eds.), Gender and identity construction: Women of Central Asia, the Caucasus and Turkey (pp. 101-116). Leiden: Brill.

İmamoğlu, E. O., & Yasak, Y. (1997). Dimensions of marital relationships as perceived by Turkish husbands and wives. Genetic, Social and General Psychology Monographs, 123(2), 211-232.

4. Social psychology of older adults

İmamoğlu, C., & İmamoğlu, E. O. (2006). Relationship between familiarity, attitudes, and preferences: Assisted living facilities as compared to nursing homes. Social Indicatiors Research, 79, 235-254.

İmamoğlu, E. O. & Kılıç, N. (1999). A social psychological comparison of the Turkish elderly residing at high or low quality institutions. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 19, 231-242.

İmamoğlu, E. O. (1999). Some correlates of religiosity among Turkish adults and elderly within a cross - cultural perspective. In L.E. Thomas and S.S. Eisenhandler (Eds.) Religion, belief, and spirituality in late life. (pp. 93 - 110). New York: Springer.

İmamoğlu, E. O., Küller, R., İmamoğlu, V., & Küller, M. (1993). Social psychological worlds of Swedes and Turks in and around retirement. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 24(1), 26-41.

İmamoğlu, E. O. & İmamoğlu, V. (1992). Life situations and attitudes of the Turkish elderly toward institutional living within a cross-cultural perspective. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 47(2), 102-108.

İmamoğlu, E. O., & İmamoğlu, V. (1992). Housing and living environments of the Turkish elderly. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 12, 1-9.