Berna Sarı, PhD
Seminar Topics
Coping with stress - Managing moods - Emotion regulation difficulties - Interpersonal relationships - Perfectionism - Self-knowledge and awareness - Developing social skills - Loneliness and alienation - Social support groups - Workplace problems - Burnout - Dealing with anger
She received her undergraduate degree in Psychology from Middle East Technical University (METU) in 2010. She completed her master's degree in Psychology at Leiden University in the Netherlands in 2012. She received her doctorate in Psychology from Ghent University in Belgium.
Following her doctoral studies, she served as a faculty member in the Psychology departments of Üsküdar University, Yeditepe University, and Antalya Science University.
She is a member of the Turkish Psychologists Association.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Antalya Science University, Department of Psychology, Faculty Member
2022 - 2023
Yeditepe University, Department of Psychology, Faculty Member
2020 - 2022
Faculty Member, Department of Psychology, Üsküdar University
2017 - 2020
TUBITAK 2232 - Return Home Research Scholarship Program – Project Coordinator
2017 - 2019
"Anxiety and the Relationship Between Anxiety and Cognitive Functions"
University of Ghent– Psychoaffective Neuroscience Laboratory - Research Assistant
2012 - 2016
PUBLICATIONS
Takıl, N., Erden, N. K., & Sarı, A. B. (2022). Farklı meslek grubu adaylarının yapay zekâ teknolojisine yönelik kaygı seviyesinin incelenmesi. Balıkesir Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 25(48), 343-353.
Erden, N. K., & Sarı, A. B. (2022). Duygu düzenleme ve koronavirüs kaygısı: Algılanan sosyal desteğin aracı rolü. AYNA Klinik Psikoloji Dergisi, 9(2), 424-442.
Tarman, G. Z., & Sari, B. A. (2021). The Mediating Role of Mindfulness on Social Anxiety and Procrastination. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 1-12.
Sari, B. A., & Akinci, N. E. (2020). Kaygı ve Bilişsel Risk Faktörleri [Anxiety and Cognitive Risk Factors]. In M. Dalkılıç (Ed.) New Developments in Education and Social Sciences (pp. 97-106). Y. Hiz.
Salcini, C., Cebi, M., Sari, A. B., Tanridag, O., & Tarhan, N. (2020). Quantitative EEG Differences in Subtypes of Frontotemporal Dementia. Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 30(2).
Sari, B. A., Tarman, G. Z., Ozdogan, B., Metin, B., & Derakshan, N. (2020). Working Memory Training in Relation to Anxiety, Stress, and Motivation. Journal of Cognitive Enhancement.
Sari. B.A., Turan, F., Metin, B., Ertas, H.S., Tarhan, N. (2020). Positive Psychology Course: A Way to Improve Well-Being. Journal of Education and Future, (17), 15-23.
Sari B.A., Tarman G.Z., Ozdogan, B., Cebi, M., & Metin, B. (2020). Working Memory Performance, Theta/Beta Ratio and Trait Anxiety. The Journal of Neurobehavioral Sciences.
Takil, N. B., & Sari, B. A. (2019). Trait anxiety vs career anxiety in relation to attentional control. Current Psychology, 1-5.
Sutcubasi, B., Metin, B., Tas, C., Krzan, F. K., Sari, B. A., Ozcimen, B., & Tarhan, N. (2018). The relationship between responsiveness to social and monetary rewards and ADHD symptoms. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 18(5), 857-868.
Sari, B. A., Koster, E. H., & Derakshan, N. (2017). The effects of active worrying on working memory capacity. Cognition and Emotion, 31(5), 995-1003.
Sari, B. A., Koster, E. H., Pourtois, G., & Derakshan, N. (2016). Training working memory to improve attentional control in anxiety: A proof-of-principle study using behavioral and electrophysiological measures. Biological Psychology, 121, 203-212.
Sari, A. B. (2016). The role of attentional flexibility during emotion processing in resilience and emotional disorders (Doctoral dissertation, Ghent University).
Sari, A. B. (2011). Time course of the attentional control mechanisms during attentional emotional processing (Master Thesis, Leiden University).
Konferans Sunumları:
Sari, B.A., (2019). Can Working Memory Training Reduce Test Anxiety? 9th World Congress of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies. Berlin, Germany.
Sari, B.A. (2018). Examining the Relationship between Anxiety and Self- Efficacy Considering the Moderating Effect of Mindfulness. International Conference on Social Researches and Behavioral Sciences, Antalya, Turkey
Sari, B.A., (2017). Influence of TDCS on Emotional Information Processing. IBRO-Kemali/ MNS Mediterranean School. Rabat, Morocco.
Sari, B.A. & Tarman, G.Z. (2017). Examining the Relationship between Anxiety and Self- Efficacy Considering the Moderating Effect of Mindfulness. 2nd Eurasian Congress on Positive Psychology. Istanbul, Turkey.
Sari, B.A., (2016). The effects of active worrying on working memory capacity. 46th Annual Congress of the European Association of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. Stockholm, Sweden.
Sari, B.A., (2016). The effects of active worrying on working memory capacity. 37th Annual Conference of the Stress and Anxiety Research Society. Zagreb, Croatia.
Sari, B.A., (2015). Training working memory to improve attentional control in anxiety. 45th Annual Congress of the European Association of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. Jerusalem, Israel.
Sari, B.A., (2015). Processing emotional faces in relation to cognitive load: An event-related potential study. 8th edition of the NEURONUS IBRO & IRUN Neuroscience Forum. Krakow, Poland.
Sari, B.A., (2014). Using working memory training to improve attentional control in anxiety. 35th Annual Conference of the Stress and Anxiety Research Society. Cluj-Napoca, Romania.