SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
For complete list, please see CV
(* sign denotes graduate student under supervision)
Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. & Doenyas, C. (2021). Can School Teachers' Willingness to Teach ASD-Inclusion Classes Be Increased via Special Education Training? Uncovering Mediating Mechanisms. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 113, 1-9.
Ozcan, S.M.*, Cetinkaya, E., Goksun, T., & Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. (2021). Does learning to code influence cognitive skills of elementary school children? Findings from a randomized experiment. British Journal of Educational Psychology, in press.
Sumer, O.*, Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. Etel, E., Selcuk, B. (2020). Developmental change in early language and cognitive skills of institution-reared children as compared to their parent-reared peers. Children and Youth Services Review, 121, 1-9.
Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., MacKinnon, D. P., Valente, M. J., & Çetinkaya, E. (2020). Causal Mediation Analysis in the Presence of Post-treatment Confounding Variables: A Monte Carlo Simulation Study. Frontiers in Psychology – Quantitative Psychology and Measurement, 1-16.
Çetinkaya, E.*, Hermann, S., & Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. (2020). Adapting the values affirmation intervention to a multi-stereotype threat framework for female students in STEM. Social Psychology of Education.
Niehues W.*, Kisbu-Sakarya Y., & Selcuk B. (2020). Family Cohesion Facilitates Learning-Related Behavior and Math Competency at the Transition to Elementary School. Early Education and Development, 1-15.
Niehues, W.*, Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., & Selçuk, B. (2020) Motivation and Math Achievement: Are They Linked with Socio-Economic Status? Educational Psychology, 1-22.
Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., Cook, T.D., Tang, Y., & Clark (2018). Comparative Regression Discontinuity: A Stress Test with Small Samples. Evaluation Review.
Tang, Y., Cook, T.D., & Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. (2018). Statistical Power for the Comparative Regression Discontinuity Design with a non-Equivalent Comparison Group. Psychological Methods.
Olivera, M., Rikoon, S., Gonzalez, O., Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. & MacKinnon, D.P. (2018). Bias, type I error rates and statistical power of a latent mediation model in the presence of violations of invariance. Educational and Psychological Measurement.
Tang Y., Cook, T.D., Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., Hock, & Chiang (2017). The Comparative Regression Discontinuity (CRD) Design: An overview and demonstration of its performance relative to basic RD and the randomized experiment. In M.D. Cattaneo & J.C. Escanciano (Eds.), Advances in Econometrics, Volume 38.
Kagitcibasi, C., Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., & Aydogdu, E*. (2017). Intercultural engagement and relatedness: Examining mediation effects.
Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., MacKinnon, D.P. & O’Rourke, H. (2015). Statistical models of mediation for drug program evaluation. In L. M. Scheier (Ed.), Handbook of drug abuse prevention research, intervention strategies, and practice. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Miller, J. D., Maples, J. L., Buffardi, L., Cai, H., Gentile, B., Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., Kwan, V.S.Y., LoPilato, A., Pendry, L. F., Sedikides, C., Siedor, L., & Campbell, W. K. (2015). Narcissism and United States’ Culture: The view from home and around the world. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 109(6), 1068-89.
Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., MacKinnon, D. P., & Miočević, M. (2014). The Distribution of the Product Explains Normal Theory Mediation Confidence Interval Estimation. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 49, 261-268.
Ames, S. L., Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., Reynolds, K.D., Boyle, S., Cappelli, C., Cox, M.G., Dust, M., Grenard, J.L., MacKinnon, D.P. & Stacy, A.W. (2014). Inhibitory control effects in adolescent binge eating and consumption of sweetened beverages and snacks. Appetite, 81, 180-192.
Kisbu-Sakarya,Y., MacKinnon, D.P., & Aiken, L.S. (2013). A Monte Carlo comparison study of the power of the analysis of covariance, simple difference, and residual change scores in testing two-wave data. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 73, 47-62.
Cox, M. G., Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., Miočević, M., & MacKinnon, D. P. (2013). Sensitivity Plots for Confounder Bias in the Single Mediator Model. Evaluation Review, 37, 1-27.
MacKinnon, D.P., Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., & Gottschall, A. (2013). Developments in mediation analysis. In T.D. Little (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of Quantitative Methods. New York: Oxford University Press.
Grenard, J. L., Stacy, A. W., Shiffman, S., Baraldi, A. N., MacKinnon, D. P., Lockhart, G., Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., … & Reynolds, K. D. (2013). Sweetened drink and snacking cues in adolescents. A study using ecological momentary assessment. Appetite, 67, 61-73.
Kuehl, K. S., Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., Elliot, D. L., Moe, E. L., DeFrancesco, C. A., MacKinnon, D. P., ... & Kuehl, H. E. (2012). Body Mass Index is a Predictor of Fire Fighter Injury and Worker Compensation Claims. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 54, 579.
Pirlott, A. G., Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., DeFrancesco, C. A. , Elliot, D. L., & MacKinnon, D.P. (2012). Mechanisms of motivational interviewing in health promotion: A Bayesian mediation analysis. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 9, 1-11.
Elliot, D.L., MacKinnon, D.P., Mabry, L., Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., DeFrancesco, C.A., Coxe, S.J., Kuehl, K.S., Moe, E.L., Goldberg, L., & Favorite, K.C. (2012). Worksite wellness program implementation: A model of Translational Effectiveness. Translational Behavioral Medicine, 1-8.
Selected manuscripts under review / in progress:
Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. et al. (under invited revision). Protective and risk factors for involved fathering in a traditional culture: Results from a nationally representative sample.
Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. et al. (under invited revision). Fathering styles in Turkey: a latent profile analysis based on a representative sample.
Turunc, G.* & Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. (under invited revision). Justifying domestic violence, parental involvement, and early childhood development in LMIC: Testing an actor-partner interdependence model using UNICEF MICS data.
Uslu, D.*, Marcus, J., Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. (under invited revision). Toward optimized effectiveness of employee training programs: A meta-analysis.
Çetinkaya, E.* & Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. (under review). The impact of brief social psychological interventions to reduce academic achievement gap: A systematic review of the evidence.
Turunç G.* & Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. (under review). War Trauma, Harsh Discipline and Child Functioning: Examining indirect effects using UNICEF MICS.
Balci, F., Baykal, E., Goksun, T., Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. (under invited revision). Improving creative thinking in elementary school children from disadvantaged families: A randomized trial.
Turunc, G.* & Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. (final draft in preparation). Mental health and social risk factors for parental involvement of Syrian refugee fathers.
Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. & Çetinkaya, E.* (final draft in preparation). Transportability and adaptability of a brief and scalable social belonging intervention to Syrian refugee education context.
Faraci, C.* & Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. (final draft in preparation). Effectiveness of Parent Mediated Autism Interventions: A Systematic Review and Brief Meta-Analysis.
(* sign denotes graduate student under supervision)
Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. & Doenyas, C. (2021). Can School Teachers' Willingness to Teach ASD-Inclusion Classes Be Increased via Special Education Training? Uncovering Mediating Mechanisms. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 113, 1-9.
Ozcan, S.M.*, Cetinkaya, E., Goksun, T., & Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. (2021). Does learning to code influence cognitive skills of elementary school children? Findings from a randomized experiment. British Journal of Educational Psychology, in press.
Sumer, O.*, Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. Etel, E., Selcuk, B. (2020). Developmental change in early language and cognitive skills of institution-reared children as compared to their parent-reared peers. Children and Youth Services Review, 121, 1-9.
Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., MacKinnon, D. P., Valente, M. J., & Çetinkaya, E. (2020). Causal Mediation Analysis in the Presence of Post-treatment Confounding Variables: A Monte Carlo Simulation Study. Frontiers in Psychology – Quantitative Psychology and Measurement, 1-16.
Çetinkaya, E.*, Hermann, S., & Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. (2020). Adapting the values affirmation intervention to a multi-stereotype threat framework for female students in STEM. Social Psychology of Education.
Niehues W.*, Kisbu-Sakarya Y., & Selcuk B. (2020). Family Cohesion Facilitates Learning-Related Behavior and Math Competency at the Transition to Elementary School. Early Education and Development, 1-15.
Niehues, W.*, Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., & Selçuk, B. (2020) Motivation and Math Achievement: Are They Linked with Socio-Economic Status? Educational Psychology, 1-22.
Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., Cook, T.D., Tang, Y., & Clark (2018). Comparative Regression Discontinuity: A Stress Test with Small Samples. Evaluation Review.
Tang, Y., Cook, T.D., & Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. (2018). Statistical Power for the Comparative Regression Discontinuity Design with a non-Equivalent Comparison Group. Psychological Methods.
Olivera, M., Rikoon, S., Gonzalez, O., Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. & MacKinnon, D.P. (2018). Bias, type I error rates and statistical power of a latent mediation model in the presence of violations of invariance. Educational and Psychological Measurement.
Tang Y., Cook, T.D., Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., Hock, & Chiang (2017). The Comparative Regression Discontinuity (CRD) Design: An overview and demonstration of its performance relative to basic RD and the randomized experiment. In M.D. Cattaneo & J.C. Escanciano (Eds.), Advances in Econometrics, Volume 38.
Kagitcibasi, C., Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., & Aydogdu, E*. (2017). Intercultural engagement and relatedness: Examining mediation effects.
Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., MacKinnon, D.P. & O’Rourke, H. (2015). Statistical models of mediation for drug program evaluation. In L. M. Scheier (Ed.), Handbook of drug abuse prevention research, intervention strategies, and practice. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Miller, J. D., Maples, J. L., Buffardi, L., Cai, H., Gentile, B., Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., Kwan, V.S.Y., LoPilato, A., Pendry, L. F., Sedikides, C., Siedor, L., & Campbell, W. K. (2015). Narcissism and United States’ Culture: The view from home and around the world. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 109(6), 1068-89.
Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., MacKinnon, D. P., & Miočević, M. (2014). The Distribution of the Product Explains Normal Theory Mediation Confidence Interval Estimation. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 49, 261-268.
Ames, S. L., Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., Reynolds, K.D., Boyle, S., Cappelli, C., Cox, M.G., Dust, M., Grenard, J.L., MacKinnon, D.P. & Stacy, A.W. (2014). Inhibitory control effects in adolescent binge eating and consumption of sweetened beverages and snacks. Appetite, 81, 180-192.
Kisbu-Sakarya,Y., MacKinnon, D.P., & Aiken, L.S. (2013). A Monte Carlo comparison study of the power of the analysis of covariance, simple difference, and residual change scores in testing two-wave data. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 73, 47-62.
Cox, M. G., Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., Miočević, M., & MacKinnon, D. P. (2013). Sensitivity Plots for Confounder Bias in the Single Mediator Model. Evaluation Review, 37, 1-27.
MacKinnon, D.P., Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., & Gottschall, A. (2013). Developments in mediation analysis. In T.D. Little (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of Quantitative Methods. New York: Oxford University Press.
Grenard, J. L., Stacy, A. W., Shiffman, S., Baraldi, A. N., MacKinnon, D. P., Lockhart, G., Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., … & Reynolds, K. D. (2013). Sweetened drink and snacking cues in adolescents. A study using ecological momentary assessment. Appetite, 67, 61-73.
Kuehl, K. S., Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., Elliot, D. L., Moe, E. L., DeFrancesco, C. A., MacKinnon, D. P., ... & Kuehl, H. E. (2012). Body Mass Index is a Predictor of Fire Fighter Injury and Worker Compensation Claims. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 54, 579.
Pirlott, A. G., Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., DeFrancesco, C. A. , Elliot, D. L., & MacKinnon, D.P. (2012). Mechanisms of motivational interviewing in health promotion: A Bayesian mediation analysis. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 9, 1-11.
Elliot, D.L., MacKinnon, D.P., Mabry, L., Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., DeFrancesco, C.A., Coxe, S.J., Kuehl, K.S., Moe, E.L., Goldberg, L., & Favorite, K.C. (2012). Worksite wellness program implementation: A model of Translational Effectiveness. Translational Behavioral Medicine, 1-8.
Selected manuscripts under review / in progress:
Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. et al. (under invited revision). Protective and risk factors for involved fathering in a traditional culture: Results from a nationally representative sample.
Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. et al. (under invited revision). Fathering styles in Turkey: a latent profile analysis based on a representative sample.
Turunc, G.* & Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. (under invited revision). Justifying domestic violence, parental involvement, and early childhood development in LMIC: Testing an actor-partner interdependence model using UNICEF MICS data.
Uslu, D.*, Marcus, J., Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. (under invited revision). Toward optimized effectiveness of employee training programs: A meta-analysis.
Çetinkaya, E.* & Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. (under review). The impact of brief social psychological interventions to reduce academic achievement gap: A systematic review of the evidence.
Turunç G.* & Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. (under review). War Trauma, Harsh Discipline and Child Functioning: Examining indirect effects using UNICEF MICS.
Balci, F., Baykal, E., Goksun, T., Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. (under invited revision). Improving creative thinking in elementary school children from disadvantaged families: A randomized trial.
Turunc, G.* & Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. (final draft in preparation). Mental health and social risk factors for parental involvement of Syrian refugee fathers.
Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. & Çetinkaya, E.* (final draft in preparation). Transportability and adaptability of a brief and scalable social belonging intervention to Syrian refugee education context.
Faraci, C.* & Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. (final draft in preparation). Effectiveness of Parent Mediated Autism Interventions: A Systematic Review and Brief Meta-Analysis.
