Prof. TÜRKER ÖZKAN


Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of 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)

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

Journal articles indexed in SCI, SSCI, and AHCI

Articles Published in Other Journals

2011

2011

Size meydan okuyorum!

ÖZKAN T.

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

2011

2011

Saldırgan sürücülük

ÖZKAN T.

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

2010

2010

Trafikte ben ve diğerleri

ÖZKAN T.

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

2004

2004

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

Fighting or Dying for One’s Political Party and Country

ÖZDEMİR F., ÖZKAN T.

32nd International Congress of Psychology, 18 - 23 July 2021

2019

2019

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

2019

2019

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

2019

2019

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

2019

2019

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

Yaya Davranışları Ölçeğinin Türkçe’ye Uyarlanması

DEMİR B., ÖZKAN T., DEMİR S.

20. Ulusal Psikoloji Kongresi, Turkey, 15 - 17 November 2018

2018

2018

Cinsiyet Rolleri ve Sürücülükte İnsan Faktörleri İlişkisi

ÖZTÜRK İ., FINDIK G., ÖZKAN T.

20. Ulusal Psikoloji Kongresi, Turkey, 15 - 17 November 2018

2018

2018

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

ÖZKAN T.

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

2018

2018

Trafikte Öz düzenleyici Davranışlar ve Sapkın Sürücü Davranışları

AZIK D., ÖZKAN T.

20. Ulusal Psikoloji Kongresi, Turkey, 15 - 17 November 2018

2018

2018

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

2018

2018

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

2018

2018

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

2017

2017

70 Years of Self-Presentation Research

DEMİR S., DEMİR B., ÖZKAN T.

The Social Psychology Conference 2017, Helsinki, Finland, 18 November 2017, pp.52

2017

2017

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

2017

2017

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

2017

2017

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

2017

2017

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

2016

2016

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

Moral temellerin algılanışı ve zihinsel temsili.

YALÇINDAĞ B., ÖZKAN T.

19. Ulusal Psikoloji Kongresi, Turkey, 5 - 07 September 2016

2016

2016

Akademik kariyerin ilk basamağında algılanan iş güvencesi(zliği)

YALÇINDAĞ B., ÖZKAN T.

19. Ulusal Psikoloji Kongresi, Turkey, 5 - 07 September 2016

2015

2015

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

2015

2015

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 Sustainable Development

2015

2015

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 Sustainable Development

2015

2015

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

2015

2015

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)

2010

2010

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

2008

2008

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

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

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

2008

2008

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

2008

2008

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

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

2008

2008

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

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

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

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

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

2006

2006

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

2006

2006

Kurum kültürü ve sürücü davranışları

ÖZ B., ÖZKAN T., LAJUNEN T.

Trafik ve Yol Güvenliği III. Ulusal Kongresi, 17 - 19 May 2006

2005

2005

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

2004

2004

The Content of Traffic Course in Primary School

ÖZKAN T., LAJUNEN T. J.

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

2004

2004

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

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

2004

2004

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 Sustainable Development

2004

2004

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

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 Sustainable Development

2004

2004

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

2004

2004

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

2004

2004

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 Sustainable Development

2002

2002

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 Sustainable Development

2001

2001

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

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

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

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

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

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

ÖZKAN T. (Executive)

2014 - 2014

2014 - 2014

Ahlak: Temel Unsurlar, Benlik ve Benlik İmgesi

Project Supported by Higher Education Institutions

ÖZKAN T. (Executive)

2011 - 2011

2011 - 2011

Sürücü Gruplarında Gerçekçi Örtük Ve Özbeyana Dayalı Beceri Ölçümleri

Project Supported by Higher Education Institutions

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): 3071

h-index (WOS): 31