Merve GÖLCÜK

Parenting; Emotion Socialization; Temperament; Emotion Regulation; Theory of Mind

Dr. Merve Gölcük completed her undergraduate education in the Department of Psychology at Hacettepe University in 2010. She received her master’s degree in 2014 and her PhD in 2020, both in Developmental Psychology from Middle East Technical University. She has been a faculty member in the Department of Psychology at Antalya Bilim University since 2021. Between 2022 and 2023, she served as Vice Chair of the Department of Psychology, and in 2023, she served as Chair of the Psychology Graduate Program. Since 2023, she has been serving as Chair of the Department of Psychology. Dr. Gölcük’s research interests include parenting, parental emotion socialization practices, temperament in children and adults, emotion regulation in children, and the development of theory of mind. Throughout her graduate education, she also contributed as a volunteer researcher to several research projects, including projects funded under TÜBİTAK 1001 and 1003 programs.