NIHAL YENIAD EDUCATION 2009-2013 Ph.D., Child and Family

NIHAL YENIAD
EDUCATION
2009-2013
Ph.D., Child and Family Studies
Centre for Child and Family Studies, Leiden University, The Netherlands
Dissertation: “Self-regulation in ethnic minority children”
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Judi Mesman & Prof. Dr. Marinus van IJzendoorn
Collaborators: Prof. Dr. Birgit Leyendecker, Ruhr University (Bochum, Germany)
and dr. Brit Oppedal, the Institute of Public Health (Oslo, Norway)
2006-2009
M.A., Clinical psychology (high honour)
Department of Psychology, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul
Thesis: “A study of Wisconsin Card Sorting Test with 6- to 7-year-old Turkish
children” (Thesis advisor: Dr. Nur Yeniçeri)
Clinical supervisor: Associate Prof. Dr. Serra Müderrisoğlu
2001-2006
B.A., Psychology (honour)
Department of Psychology, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul
1997-2001
High school, Kabataş Erkek Lisesi, İstanbul
WORK HISTORY
09/2014 Postdoc researcher, Koç University, Department of Psychology, Istanbul
02/2014 – 09/2014 Part-time Instructor, Isik University, Department of Psychology, Istanbul
06/2014 – 09/2014 Part-time Instructor, Yeditepe University, Department of Psychology, Istanbul
02/2014 – 06/2014 Part-time Instructor, Okan University, Department of Psychology, Istanbul
PUBLICATIONS
Yeniad, N., Malda, M., Mesman, J., Van IJzendoorn, M. H., & Pieper, S. (2013). Shifting ability
predicts math and reading performance in children: A meta-analytical study. Learning
and Individual Differences, 23, 1-9. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2012.10.004
Yeniad, N., Malda, M., Mesman, J., Van IJzendoorn, M. H., Emmen, R A.G., & Prevoo, M J.L.
(2014). Cognitive flexibility in children across the transition to school: A longitudinal
study. Cognitive development, 31, 35-47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2014.02.004
Emmen, R A.G., Malda, M., Mesman, J., Van IJzendoorn, M H., Prevoo, M J.L., & Yeniad, N.
(2013). Socioeconomic status and parenting in ethnic minority families: Testing a
minority family stress model. Journal of Family Psychology.
Prevoo, M. J. L., Malda, M., Mesman, J., Emmen, R. A. G., Yeniad, N., Van IJzendoorn, M. H.,
Linting, M. (2014). Predicting ethnic minority children's vocabulary from socioeconomic
status, maternal language and home reading input: different pathways for host and ethnic
language. Journal of Child Language, 41, 963-984. doi: 10.1017/S0305000913000299
Prevoo, M. J. L., Malda, M., Mesman, J., Yeniad, N., & Emmen, R. A. G. A Context-Dependent
View on the Linguistic Interdependence Hypothesis: SES and Language Use as Potential
Moderators. Manuscript submitted for publication.
REVIEWER ACTIVITIES
2013
Learning and Instruction (SSCI journal).
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Graduate course:
PSY 646 Child Psychopathology & Therapy (2014 summer)
Number of students: 10
Okan University, Clinical Psychology Master’s Degree Program Trauma Module
Undergraduate courses:
PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology (2014 summer)
Number of students: 19
Yeditepe University, Department of Psychology
PSY 340 Introduction to Clinical Psychology (2014 summer)
Number of students: 26
Işık University, Department of Psychology
PSY 232 Developmental Psychology (2014 spring)
Number of students: 82
Işık University, Department of Psychology
OEFS-PED-1213 Practice of Research in Social Sciences (2011-2013)
Number of students: 15 + 15 (2 semesters)
Leiden University, Centre for Child and Family Studies, the Netherlands
Theses supervised:
Coppens, B. (2013). The associations between working memory, vocabulary and behavior
problems in Turkish immigrant children in the Netherlands. Co-supervisors: Dr. Maike Malda
& Dr. Lizet Ketelaar. Leiden University.
Kahya, A. (2012). The moderating role of maternal ethnic identity on the relation between
parenting and children’s behavior among second-generation Turkish immigrants in the
Netherlands. Co-supervisors: Prof. J. Mesman & Dr. Erica Bohnen. Leiden University.
Uka Bulku, A. (2012). The mediating role of parental involvement with school for the relation
between parental education and the child’s outcomes at school. Co-supervisor: Prof. J.
Mesman. Leiden University.
Van Dijk, M. (2013). Do temperamental effortful control and gender moderate the association
between parental control and externalizing problems in 5- to 6-year-old children? Cosupervisors: Prof. J. Mesman & Dr. Berna Güroğlu. Leiden University.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Yeniad, N., Malda, M., Mesman, J., Van IJzendoorn, M. H. (2013, April). Shifting ability
predicts math and reading performance in children: A meta-analytical study. Poster
presented at the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting,
Seattle, Washington, USA.
Yeniad, N., Malda, M., Mesman, J., Van IJzendoorn, M. H. (2012, November). Shifting ability
predicts math and reading performance in children: A meta-analytical study. Symposium
conducted at the Institute for Study of Education and Human Development (ISED)
Research Days, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Yeniad, N., Şentürk, N., Yeniçeri, N., & Alp, I. E. (2011, July). An Investigation of the Factorial
Structure of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test in 6-to 7-year-old Turkish Children and Its
Relation to Fluid Intelligence. Poster presented at the 12th European Congress of
Psychology, Istanbul, Turkey.
Yeniad, N., Şentürk, N., Yeniçeri, N., & Alp, I. E. (2009, July). Assessment of Executive
Functions in Turkish Young Children. Poster presented at the 11th European Congress of
Psychology, Oslo, Norway.
Yeniad, N., Şentürk, N., Yeniçeri, N., & Alp, I. E. (2008, September). 6–7 Yaş Çocuklarda
Yönetici Fonksiyonların Farklı Araçlar Üstünden Degerlendirilmesi. Poster presented at
the 15th National Psychology Congress, Istanbul, Turkey.
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
2014
2009
2008
2008
2005 - 2006
Clinical psychologist (Part-time), INDA Solution-focused Counselling Centre,
Istanbul
Clinical psychologist & project assistant, DBE Institute of Behavioral Studies,
Istanbul
Intern clinical psychologist, BUPAM Boğaziçi University Centre for
Psychological Research and Services, Istanbul
Intern clinical psychologist, Bakırkoy Mental Health Hospital, Istanbul
Intern psychologist, Istanbul University of Medicine, Child Psychiatry
Department, Istanbul
FIELD WORK
2014
Psychosocial support to the victims of the SOMA Mine Disaster by Turkish
Psychologists Association, Istanbul Division.
2009
Psychosocial support to the victims of the THY Istanbul- Amsterdam airplane
crash.
2004 - 2006
Psychosocial support program to at-risk children who were migrated from the
eastern of Turkey to Istanbul by Sosyal-Kültürel Hayatı Geliştirme Derneği.
ASSOCIATIONS
2014 –
Member of Turkish Psychologists Association
AWARD
2006 - 2008
TUBITAK, the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey
National Achievement Scholarship for Graduate Students

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