Prof. TÜRKER ÖZKAN


Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Psychology


Scopus Research Areas: General Psychology

Education

2002 - 2006

2002 - 2006

Doctorate

University of Helsinki, Psikoloji (Alt Alan Trafik Psikolojisi), Finland

1999 - 2002

1999 - 2002

Postgraduate

Middle East Technical University, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Psikoloji (Yl) (Tezli), Turkey

1995 - 1999

1995 - 1999

Undergraduate

Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Psychology, Turkey

Dissertations

2002

2002

Postgraduate

The role of personality characteristics, psychomotor/cognitive abilities and driver behaviours and skills in predicting accident involument

Middle East Technical University, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Psikoloji (Yl) (Tezli)

Research Areas

WoS Research Areas: Natural Sciences (Sci), Psychology, Psychology
Scopus Research Areas: General Psychology

Research Areas Based on Academic Activities

Avesis Research Areas

    WoS Research Areas

      Scopus Research Areas

        Academic Positions

        2017 - Continues

        2017 - Continues

        Professor

        Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Psychology

        2012 - 2017

        2012 - 2017

        Associate Professor

        Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Psychology

        2008 - 2012

        2008 - 2012

        Assistant Professor

        Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Psychology

        2007 - 2008

        2007 - 2008

        Lecturer PhD

        Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Psychology

        Managerial Experience

        2016 - Continues

        2016 - Continues

        Secretary General

        Middle East Technical University, Presidency Office

        Non Academic Experience

        2008 - Continues

        2008 - Continues

        Assistant Professor

        METU, Assistant Professor

        2007 - Continues

        2007 - Continues

        Instructor/Reader

        METU, Instructor/Reader

        2017 - 2017

        2017 - 2017

        Ziyaretçi Profesör

        Wuhan University, Ziyaretçi Profesör

        Supervised Theses

        2019

        2019

        Doctorate

        Psychology of uncertainty: the roots of uncertainty reduction

        ÖZKAN T. (Advisor)

        S.Küçükkömürler(Student) Creative Commons License

        2019

        2019

        Postgraduate

        Safe working with forklifts

        ÖZKAN T. (Advisor)

        F.Erel(Student) Creative Commons License

        2013

        2013

        Doctorate

        Religiousness and everyday violations

        ÖZKAN T. (Advisor)

        Z.YILDIRIM(Student) Creative Commons License

        Articles

        All (128)
        SCI-E, SSCI, AHCI (92)
        SCI-E, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI (100)
        ESCI (9)
        Scopus (104)
        TRDizin (9)
        Other Publications (14)

        2011

        2011

        97. Size meydan okuyorum!

        ÖZKAN T.

        Trafik , vol.43, pp.16-17, 2011 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)

        2011

        2011

        102. Saldırgan sürücülük

        ÖZKAN T.

        Trafik , vol.40, pp.12-14, 2011 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)

        2010

        2010

        105. Trafikte ben ve diğerleri

        ÖZKAN T.

        Trafik , vol.38, pp.24-29, 2010 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)

        2004

        2004

        125. Güvenlik kültürü ve iklimi

        ÖZKAN T., LAJUNEN T. J.

        PiVOLKA , vol.2, pp.3-5, 2004 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)

        Papers Presented at Peer-Reviewed Scientific Conferences

        2021

        2021

        1. Fighting or Dying for One’s Political Party and Country

        ÖZDEMİR F., ÖZKAN T.

        32nd International Congress of Psychology, 18 - 23 July 2021, (Summary Text)

        2020

        2020

        2. Ekip Kaynak Yönetimi Ve Kontrol Odağı Değişkenlerinin Pilotların Emniyetsiz Davranışları ile İlişkisinin İncelenmesi

        SERİN G., ÖZKAN T., ÖZ B.

        2. Havacılık, Uzay ve Psikoloji Kongresi, Online, Turkey, 5 - 06 December 2020, (Summary Text)

        2019

        2019

        4. Driving Decisions of Young and Old Drivers - Driving Self-Regulation

        AZIK D., ÖZKAN T.

        16. Avrupa Psikoloji Kongresi (16th Europen Congress of Psychology), Moskva, Russia, 2 - 05 July 2019, (Summary Text)

        2019

        2019

        5. ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS OF AIR FRANCE FLIGHT 447 ACCIDENT (1 JUNE 2009)

        AZIK D., KAZEMİAFSHAR A., ÖZKAN T.

        16. Avrupa Psikoloji Kongresi (16th Europen Congress of Psychology), 2 - 05 July 2019, (Summary Text)

        2019

        2019

        6. Analysis of Air Crash Accident: Root Cause Anaylsis of IranAir Airlines Flight 1974- IR-277

        KAZEMİAFSHAR A., AZIK D., ÖZKAN T.

        16. Avrupa Psikoloji Kongresi (16th Europen Congress of Psychology), Moskva, Russia, 2 - 05 July 2019, (Summary Text)

        2019

        2019

        7. Coping Styles of Older Adults

        DURAK M., ŞENOL DURAK E., DOĞAN A., Halisçelik A., Alpay F., ÖZKAN T.

        Multicongress Gaziantep, Gaziantep, Turkey, 26 - 27 April 2019, (Full Text)

        2018

        2018

        8. Yaya Davranışları Ölçeğinin Türkçe’ye Uyarlanması

        DEMİR B., ÖZKAN T., DEMİR S.

        20. Ulusal Psikoloji Kongresi, Turkey, 15 - 17 November 2018, (Summary Text)

        2018

        2018

        10. Cinsiyet Rolleri ve Sürücülükte İnsan Faktörleri İlişkisi

        ÖZTÜRK İ., FINDIK G., ÖZKAN T.

        20. Ulusal Psikoloji Kongresi, Turkey, 15 - 17 November 2018, (Summary Text)

        2018

        2018

        11. Emniyet Kemeri-Türkiye: Üniversite, Polis ve Sivil Toplum Örneği

        ÖZKAN T.

        20. Ulusal Psikoloji Kongresi, Turkey, 15 - 17 November 2018, (Summary Text)

        2018

        2018

        13. Girişken ve Savunmacı Öz-Sunumun Belirleyicisi Olarak Hexaco Kişilik Özellikleri

        DEMİR S., ÖZKAN T., DEMİR B.

        20. Ulusal Psikoloji Kongresi, Turkey, 15 - 17 November 2018, (Summary Text)

        2018

        2018

        14. Trafikte Öz düzenleyici Davranışlar ve Sapkın Sürücü Davranışları

        AZIK D., ÖZKAN T.

        20. Ulusal Psikoloji Kongresi, Turkey, 15 - 17 November 2018, (Summary Text)

        2018

        2018

        15. The effect of moral values on predicting attitudes towards different social groups.

        YALÇINDAĞ B., ÖZKAN T., ÇOYMAK A.

        41st Annual Meeting of International Society for Political Psychology (ISPP), San-Antonio, Northern Mariana Islands, 4 - 07 July 2018, (Summary Text)

        2018

        2018

        16. ODTÜ Psikoloji Bölümü Güvenlik Araştırmaları Birimi: Trafik Psikolojisi Panel Oturumu

        ÖZKAN T.

        AYBÜ Psikoloji Kongresi: Deneyim Oluşturma ve Aktarımı-IV “Köprüleri Kurmak”, Turkey, 25 - 27 April 2018, (Summary Text)

        2018

        2018

        17. ODTÜ Psikoloji Bölümü Güvenlik Araştırmaları Birimi: Trafik Psikolojisi Panel Oturumu

        ÖZKAN T., ÖZ B., DEMİR B., BIÇAKSIZ P., ÜZÜMCÜOĞLU ZİHNİ Y.

        Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi Psikoloji Kongresi: Deneyim Oluşturma ve Aktarımı-IV, Turkey, 25 - 27 April 2018, (Summary Text)

        2017

        2017

        19. 70 Years of Self-Presentation Research

        DEMİR S., DEMİR B., ÖZKAN T.

        The Social Psychology Conference 2017, Helsinki, Finland, 18 November 2017, pp.52, (Summary Text)

        2017

        2017

        20. The personal and the situational determinants of self-presentation: A review

        DEMİR S., DEMİR B., ÖZKAN T.

        ISSID 2017 Conference of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences, Varşova, Poland, 24 - 28 July 2017, pp.282, (Summary Text)

        2017

        2017

        21. Social psychological predictors of pedestrian violations

        DEMİR B., ÖZKAN T.

        ISSID 2017: Conference of the International Society for Study of Individual Differences, Varşova, Poland, 24 - 28 July 2017, pp.371, (Summary Text)

        2017

        2017

        22. Using the meta-analytic path analysis to test the theory of planned behavior in speeding

        DEMİR B., DEMİR S., ÖZKAN T.

        ISSID 2017 Conference of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences, Varşova, Poland, 24 - 28 July 2017, pp.416416, (Summary Text)

        2017

        2017

        23. PERCEIVED JOB (IN)SECURITY AMONG RESEARCH ASSISTANTS WORKING IN DIFFERENT POSITIONS

        KÜÇÜKKÖMÜRLER S., YÜCE Ü., ÖZKAN T.

        European Congress of Psychology, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 11 - 14 July 2017, (Summary Text)

        2016

        2016

        25. Traffic Safety Climate: Attitudes towards Traffic Safety of Lithuanian and Turkish Young Drivers

        SEIBOKAITE L., ÖZKAN T., ZARDECKAITE-MATULAITIENE K., ENDRIULAITIENE A., MARKSAITYTE R.

        20th International Scientific Conference on Transport Means, Juodkrante, Lithuania, 5 - 07 October 2016, pp.513-516, (Full Text) identifier identifier

        2016

        2016

        28. Moral temellerin algılanışı ve zihinsel temsili.

        YALÇINDAĞ B., ÖZKAN T.

        19. Ulusal Psikoloji Kongresi, Turkey, 5 - 07 September 2016, (Summary Text)

        2016

        2016

        29. Akademik kariyerin ilk basamağında algılanan iş güvencesi(zliği)

        YALÇINDAĞ B., ÖZKAN T.

        19. Ulusal Psikoloji Kongresi, Turkey, 5 - 07 September 2016, (Summary Text)

        2015

        2015

        32. Sürücü davranışları, becerileri ve kaza değerlendirmesinde atıf yanlılıkları ve stilleri

        FINDIK G., ÖZBAY İ., ÖZ B., LAJUNEN T., ÖZKAN T.

        ROTRASA Sürdürülebilir Ulaşım İçin Yol ve Trafik Güvenliği Kongresi, 7 - 08 December 2015, (Full Text)

        2015

        2015

        33. AN INTEGRATED FRAMEWORK FOR DRIVER EDUCATION AN EXAMPLE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

        ÖZKAN T.

        Third Forum of Traffic Safety: Youth & Traffic Safety, 23 - 25 November 2015, (Summary Text) Sustainable Development

        2015

        2015

        34. A literature review and recommendations for road map of rehabilitaiton after a road traffic accident

        ÖZKAN T.

        International Conference of Road Crashes,Trauma and Rehabilitation, 22 - 23 October 2015, (Summary Text) Sustainable Development

        2015

        2015

        35. Well-being, health, and driver behaviours among elderly professional drivers

        FINDIK G., LAJUNEN T., ÖZKAN T., ÖZ B.

        14th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled People, 28 - 31 July 2015, (Summary Text)

        2015

        2015

        40. WHAT ABOUT DRIVER INSTRUCTORS ACCIDENTS DRIVER BEHAVIORS AND ATTITUDES

        ÜZÜMCÜOĞLU Y., LAJUNEN T. J., ÖZ B., ÖZKAN T.

        14th European Congress of Psychology, 7 - 10 July 2015, (Summary Text)

        2015

        2015

        43. Traffic culture The merge of vertical and horizontal models

        ÖZKAN T.

        ICTIS 2015, 25 - 28 June 2015, (Summary Text)

        2010

        2010

        45. A behavioral observation study of Turkish drivers' and children's safety belt use

        Porter B. E., Lajunen T., ÖZKAN T., WİLL K. E.

        World Conference on Psychology, Counselling and Guidance (WCPCG 2010), Antalya, Turkey, 22 - 25 April 2010, vol.5, pp.1607-1609, (Full Text) identifier identifier

        2009

        2009

        46. Organizational safety culture driver behaviours and driving skills A study with professional drivers

        ÖZ B., ÖZKAN T., LAJUNEN T.

        The 11th European Congress of Psychology, Norway, 7 - 10 July 2009, (Summary Text)

        2008

        2008

        47. A European Perspective of In-Depth Data Sampling on CognitiveAspects of Motorcycle Helmets within COST 357

        OTTE D., MİCHAEL J., CHLİAOUTAKİS J., GİLCHRİST m., LAJUNEN T. J., MORANDİ A., et al.

        3th International Conference on Expert Symposium on Accident Research (ESAR), 5 - 06 September 2008, (Full Text)

        2008

        2008

        48. Psychological models for motorcycle helmets usage

        ÖZKAN T., LAJUNEN T. J., ÇİÇEK b. e., ÖZTEKİN C., YILDIRIM z.

        4th International Conference on Traffic Transport Psychology, 31 August - 04 September 2008, (Summary Text)

        2008

        2008

        49. Aggressive and ordinary violations in Southern and Northern/Western Europe and Middle Eastern/Arab Gulf countries

        ÖZKAN T., BENER A., LAJUNEN T. J.

        4th International Conference on Traffic Transport Psychology, 31 August - 04 September 2008, (Summary Text)

        2008

        2008

        50. Rider Behaviour Questionnaire

        ÖZKAN T., LAJUNEN T. J., ÇİÇEK b. e., ÖZTEKİN C., YILDIRIM z.

        4th International Conference on Traffic Transport Psychology, 31 August - 04 September 2008, (Summary Text)

        2008

        2008

        51. An assessment framework for understanding Transportation safety Culture

        ÖZKAN T., PARKER D., LAWRİE M., LAJUNEN T. J.

        4th International Conference on Traffic Transport Psychology, 31 August - 04 September 2008, (Summary Text)

        2008

        2008

        52. Child pedestrian safety around elementary schools: An intervention study

        ÇİÇEK b. e., LAJUNEN T. J., ÖZKAN T., RASANEN m., ÇANKAL B.

        4th International Conference on Traffic Transport Psychology, 31 August - 04 September 2008, (Summary Text)

        2008

        2008

        53. Differences between professional driver groups in self-evaluated perceptual-motor and safety skills

        ÖZ B., ÖZKAN T., LAJUNEN T. J.

        4th International Conference on Traffic Transport Psychology, 31 August - 04 September 2008, (Summary Text)

        2008

        2008

        54. Differences between different driver groups in self-evaluated perceptual-motor and safety skills

        ÖZ B., ÖZKAN T., LAJUNEN T.

        The 4th International Conference on Traffic and Transport Psychology, 31 August - 04 September 2008, (Summary Text)

        2008

        2008

        55. The Driver Behaviour Questionnaire in Arab Gulf countries: United Arab Emirates and Qatar

        BENER A., ÖZKAN T., LAJUNEN T. J.

        4th International Trauma, Disaster Emergency Medicine Conference, 24 - 27 February 2008, (Summary Text) identifier identifier identifier

        2007

        2007

        57. Driver skilss in four countries: Finland, Greece, Sweden, and Turkey

        ÖZKAN T., LAJUNEN T. J., WARNER H. W., TZAMALOUKA G.

        10th European Congress of Psychology, 3 - 06 July 2007, (Summary Text)

        2007

        2007

        59. Differences between different driver groups’ stress reactions in traffic settings

        ÖZ B., ÖZKAN T., LAJUNEN T. J.

        10th European Congress of Psychology, 3 - 06 July 2007, (Summary Text)

        2007

        2007

        61. Driving skills and professional driver groups

        YILDIRIM z., ÖZKAN T., LAJUNEN T. J.

        10th European Congress of Psychology, 3 - 06 July 2007, (Summary Text)

        2006

        2006

        62. The role of self-report measures in guiding/supplementing field research, evaluation, and behavior change interventions

        ÖZKAN T.

        26th International Congress of Applied Psychology, 16 - 21 July 2006, (Summary Text)

        2006

        2006

        63. Organizational culture and driver behaviours. A study with professional drivers

        ÖZ B., ÖZKAN T., LAJUNEN T.

        26th International Congress of Applied Psychology, 16 - 21 July 2006, (Summary Text)

        2006

        2006

        65. Organizational culture and driver behaviors: A study with professional drivers

        ÖZ B., ÖZKAN T., LAJUNEN T. J.

        26th International Congress of Applied Psychology, 16 - 21 July 2006, (Summary Text)

        2006

        2006

        66. Kurum kültürü ve sürücü davranışları

        ÖZ B., ÖZKAN T., LAJUNEN T.

        Trafik ve Yol Güvenliği III. Ulusal Kongresi, 17 - 19 May 2006, (Full Text)

        2005

        2005

        67. Traffic Locus of Control, Driving Skills, and Attitudes towards In-vehicle Technologies (Isa Acc)

        ÖZKAN T., LAJUNEN T. J., KAİSTİNEN j.

        18th International Co-operation on Theories and Concepts in Traffic Safety (ICTCT), 5 - 06 October 2005, (Full Text)

        2004

        2004

        68. The Content of Traffic Course in Primary School

        ÖZKAN T., LAJUNEN T. J.

        European Conference on Educational Research (ECER 2004), 22 - 25 September 2004, (Summary Text)

        2004

        2004

        69. Turkish Driver Behaviour Questionnaire (T-DBQ).

        LAJUNEN T. J., SÜMER N., ÖZKAN T.

        3rd International Conference on Traffic Transport Psychology, 5 - 09 September 2004, (Summary Text)

        2004

        2004

        70. Do Turks drive as they live? Relationships between lifestyle and risky driving

        LAJUNEN T. J., ÖZKAN T.

        3rd International Conference on Traffic Transport Psychology, 5 - 09 September 2004, (Summary Text)

        2004

        2004

        71. Traffic climate, driver behaviour, and traffic accidents.

        ÖZKAN T., LAJUNEN T. J., SUMMALA H.

        3rd International Conference on Traffic Transport Psychology, 5 - 09 September 2004, (Summary Text) Sustainable Development

        2004

        2004

        72. Driver Behaviour Questionnaire (DBQ): A follow-up study

        ÖZKAN T., LAJUNEN T. J., SUMMALA H.

        3rd International Conference on Traffic Transport Psychology, 5 - 09 September 2004, (Summary Text) identifier

        2004

        2004

        74. Safety climate, driver behaviours and traffic accidents.

        ÖZKAN T., LAJUNEN T. J.

        7th World Conference on ınjury Prevention and Safety Promotion, 6 - 09 June 2004, (Summary Text) Sustainable Development

        2004

        2004

        75. Professional Driver Groups (Taxi, minibus-dolmus, heavy vehicles)

        ÖZKAN T., LAJUNEN T. J.

        2nd International Traffic and Road Safety Congress, Turkey, 5 - 07 May 2004, (Full Text)

        2004

        2004

        76. Terror Management Theory and Attitudes towards speeding

        ŞİMŞEKOĞLU ö., ÖZKAN T., LAJUNEN T. J.

        2nd International Traffic and Road Safety Congress, Turkey, 5 - 07 May 2004, (Full Text)

        2004

        2004

        77. Attitudes, Driver Behaviours, and Traffic Accidents

        ÖZKAN T., LAJUNEN T. J., SÜMER N.

        2nd International Traffic and Road Safety Congress, Turkey, 5 - 07 May 2004, (Full Text) Sustainable Development

        2002

        2002

        78. Personality characteristics, coordination skills, driver behaviours and traffic accidents

        ÖZKAN T., SÜMER N., AYVAŞIK H. B., ER N.

        1st International Traffic and Road Safety Congress, Turkey, 8 - 10 May 2002, (Full Text) Sustainable Development

        2001

        2001

        79. Role of Monotonous Attention in Traffic Violations, Errors, and Accidents

        SÜMER N., AYVAŞIK H. B., ER N., ÖZKAN T.

        Proceedings of the First International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training and Vehicle Design: driving assessment 2001, Aspen, Colorado, USA, 14 - 17 August 2001, (Full Text) Creative Commons License

        Books

        2011

        2011

        1. Person and Environment: Traffic Culture

        ÖZKAN T., LAJUNEN T. J.

        in: Handbook of Traffic Psychology, Porter Bryan E., Editor, Academic Press, pp.179-192, 2011

        2011

        2011

        2. Self-Report Instruments and Methods

        LAJUNEN T. J., ÖZKAN T.

        in: Handbook of Traffic Psychology, Porter Bryan E., Editor, Academic Press , pp.43-59, 2011

        2005

        2005

        3. Big Five Personality Traits as the Distal Predictors of Road Accident Involvement

        SÜMER N., LAJUNEN T. J., ÖZKAN T.

        in: Traffic and transport psychology : theory and application : proceedings of the ICTTP 2004, Underwood Geoffrey, Editor, Elsevier, pp.215-227, 2005

        2005

        2005

        4. BIG FIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS AS THE DISTAL PREDICTORS OF ROAD ACCIDENT

        SÜMER N., LAJUNEN T. J., ÖZKAN T.

        in: Traffic and Transport Psychology, , Editor, Elsevier Ltd., 2005

        Episodes in the Encyclopedia

        2021

        2021

        2. Driving behavior and skills

        Özkan T.

        Elsevier Science, Oxford/Amsterdam , pp.59-64, 2021 Creative Commons License

        Funded Projects

        2016 - 2022

        2016 - 2022

        Dürtüsellik ve Sürücülük

        Project Supported by Higher Education Institutions , BAP Research Project

        ÖZKAN T. (Executive)

        2014 - 2014

        2014 - 2014

        Ahlak: Temel Unsurlar, Benlik ve Benlik İmgesi

        Project Supported by Higher Education Institutions , BAP Other

        ÖZKAN T. (Executive)

        2011 - 2011

        2011 - 2011

        Sürücü Gruplarında Gerçekçi Örtük Ve Özbeyana Dayalı Beceri Ölçümleri

        Project Supported by Higher Education Institutions , BAP Research Project

        ÖZKAN T. (Executive)

        Awards

        June 2014

        June 2014

        TÜBA-GEBİP

        Tüba

        

        Congress and Symposium Activities

        01 November 2018 - 01 November 2018

        01 November 2018 - 01 November 2018

        20. Ulusal Psikoloji Kongresi

        Working Group

        Ankara-Turkey

        Citations

        Total Citations (WOS): 3193

        h-index (WOS): 31