PUAM Family Studies Unit / About Us

Welcome to the Bahçeşehir University PUAM Family Studies Unit!

As the PUAM Family Studies Unit, we conduct family-based research and community-oriented practices. Problems that cause individual difficulties and frequently manifest themselves in social life are seen to be influenced by childhood family experiences. As the PUAM Family Studies Unit, our aim is to raise awareness among family members and help them develop insight for their psychosocial development and well-being as individuals, as couples and as groups. Along this path, we aim to emphasize the importance of parenting attitudes and thereby contribute to building a psychologically healthier society in the long term.
The scientific research conducted in our unit focuses on the following topics:

• The effects of the family on psychosocial development
• Communication and relationships within the family
• The different roles held by family members
• Caregiving
• The effects of parenting attitudes on personality and individual development
• The effect of parenting attitudes on psychopathology
• Different developmental stages within the family (childhood, adolescence, emerging adulthood, adulthood)
• Risk factors and protective factors within the family (e.g., resilience)
• Adaptive and maladaptive behaviors within the family
• Trauma within the family
• The effect of family communication and parenting roles on attachment
• The relationship between parenting attitudes and maternal depression
• Parental burnout
• Coparenting