Dr. Gizem Samdan

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Research Assistant

Psychology, Dr. rer. nat.

 

University of Bremen

Mary-Somerville-Straße 3

28359 Bremen

Phone: 0421-218-68608

E-Mail:samdanprotect me ?!uni-bremenprotect me ?!.de

  • Transition to parenthood
  • Early childhood development
  • Self-regulation in infancy & early childhood
since 2017

PhD student at BRISE

University of Heidelberg, Department of Psychology, Working group: Developmental and Biological Psychology; in cooperation with University of Bremen

Research Assistant / University of Bremen

Project: BRISE – Bremen Initiative to Foster Early Childhood Development

2015-2017

M.Sc. in Psychology, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg

Specialisation: Developmental and Clinical Psychology

2013-2014ERASMUS-Scholarship, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
2011-2015

B.Sc. in Psychology at Middle East Technical University - Turkey

 

Teaching experience

since 2020

Teaching assignment at the University of Heidelberg:

  • B.Sc. Psychology: Parenting and early childhood development
  • M.Sc. Psychology: Pedagogical-psychological work with disadvantaged children
 
since 2019

(Co-) Academic Supervisor for graduation projects in:

  • M.Sc. Psychology, University of Bremen
 

Research papers

  • Kiel, N., Samdan, G., Wienke, A.S., Reinelt, T., Pauen, S., Mathes, B., Herzmann, Ch. (2024): From co-regulation to self-regulation: Maternal soothing strategies and self-efficacy in relation to maternal reports of infant regulation at 3 and 7 months.Infant Mental Health Journal, 45(2):135-152. https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.22098
  • Samdan, G., Reinelt, T., Kiel, N., Mathes, B., Pauen, S. (2022). Maternal self-efficacy development from pregnancy to 3 months after birth. Infant Mental Health Journal, 43(6):864-877. https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.22018.
  • Samdan, G., Kiel, N., Petermann, F., Rothenfußer, S., Zierul, C., Reinelt, T. (2020). The relationship between parental behavior and infant regulation: A systematic review. Developmental Review, 57(12):100923. DOI: 10.1016/j.dr.2020.100923
  • Reinelt, T., Samdan, G., Kiel, N., Petermann, F. (2019). Frühkindliche Prädiktoren externalisierender Verhaltensauffälligkeiten. Evidenzen aus Längsschnittstudien. Kindheit und Entwicklung, 28(1):19-32. 10.1026/0942-5403/a000268
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Poster

  • Samdan, G., Reinelt, T., Rothenfußer, S., Pietrek, T., Pauen, S. (2022). Emotional climate during infancy: Child-related burden more important than maternal depressive symptoms – Results from speech samples. 26th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD); June 19.-22., 2022,  Rhodos, Greece.
  • Samdan, G., Reinelt, T., Petermann, F. (2020). Maternal depressive symptoms, social spport and the early development of maternal confidence. Poster auf der Budapest CEU Conference on Cognitive Development (BCCCD), 9-11.01.2020, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Kiel, N., Bouazizi, A., Samdan, G., Herzmann, C., Reinelt, T., Zierul, C., Petermann, F. (2019). Predictors of maternal confidence and its effect on soothing strategies in at risk families. Poster auf der BRISE Conference on Early Childhood Development, 7.-8.10.2019, Berlin, Germany.

Scientific presentation

  • Samdan, G., Reinelt, T., Kiel, N., Mathes, B., Pauen, S. (2022). Maternal self-efficacy: characteristics that influence it, ways to increase it, and mothers who develop it the most. 52nd Congress of the German Psychological Society, September 10-15, 2022, Hildesheim, Germany.
  • Kiel, N., Samdan, G., Wienke, A., Reinelt, T., Pauen, P., Mathes, B., Herzmann, C. (2022). Von Ko-Regulation zur Selbst-Regulation: Zusammenhänge von mütterlichem Beruhigungsverhalten, mütterlicher Erziehungsselbstwirksamkeit und Säuglingsregulation. Familiäre Herkunft und frühkindliche Entwicklung online; 9.-11. März 2022.
  • Samdan, G., Reinelt, T., Kiel, N., Petermann, F., Mathes, B., Pauen, S. (2020). Ressourcen und Risiken bei der Anpassung an die Elternrolle. Oral presentation at the third Scientific Advisory Board Meeting of the Bremen Initiative to Foster Early Childhood Development , 03.07.2020, Bremen, Germany.
  • Samdan, G., Petermann, F., Reinelt, T. (2019). Predictors of maternal confidence in disadvantaged families. Symposium at Conference of German Psychological Society - Section Developmental Psychology (paEpsy), 9.-12.09.2019, Leipzig, Germany.
2012-2015METU High Honor Role and Merit Scholarship