COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FAMILY DISSOLUTION AND THE PSYCHOLOGY OF DIVORCE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KDN 6031 FAMILY DISSOLUTION AND THE PSYCHOLOGY OF DIVORCE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Women's and Family Studies

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ABBAS TÜRNÜKLÜ

Offered to

Women's and Family Studies

Course Objective

Recognizing that divorce is not solely a legal procedure but also a psychological one, the goal of this course is to equip family counselling students with the knowledge and skills to navigate the divorce process more constructively. The aim is to minimize the psychological impact on children during and after divorce. This course seeks to empower psychologists specializing in the 'family and divorce' field, offering them academic competence and practical skills.

The course endeavors to provide family counselling students with the necessary knowledge and skills to foster healthier parenting practices both pre and post-divorce. Through various interventions and techniques, students will learn to address the challenges of divorce and separation, promoting a more positive and supportive environment for the well-being of children.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of the course, the students; 1. Be able to recognize family conflicts and their negative effects,
2   2. Recognize the negative and destructive effects of family conflicts on children,
3   3. Recognize the negative and destructive effects of involving children in family disputes,
4   4. Be able to recognize the process of parental alienation and its negative and destructive effects on children,
5   5. Be able to develop and apply new methods to prevent parental alienation,
6   6. To be able to recognize and distinguish marital and parenting roles and identities during the divorce process,
7   7. To be able to recognize and explain the types of divorce and custody,
8   8. Be able to develop and implement a parenting plan during the divorce process,
9   9. Have information about co-parenting after divorce,
10   10. Develop a program for divorced couples on how to co-parent their children,

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1.The impact of divorce on marriage and family relationships. 11.Children's involvement in family conflict (triangulation) and its impact on children.
2 2. Interparental conflict and its impact on children. 12.The phenomenon of parental alienation and its characteristics.
3 3. The effects of divorce on children and the transmission of these effects to future generations. 13.Strategies used to alienate children from their parents.
4 4. Children's adjustment in divorced and married families. 14.Intervention in the parental alienation process: Intervention with the child, the alienated parent and the alienating parent.
5 5. Family processes and children's adjustment to divorce. 15. Mid term exam
6 6.The separation of marital and parental roles in the divorce process. 16.Final exam
7 7.Divorce, custody and parenting.
8 8.Co-parenting after divorce.
9 9.The effect of the father after divorce.
10 10.The effect of the father after divorce.

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s)/References/Materials:
1. Cummings, E., M. ve Davies, P., T. (2014). Çocuklar ve evlilik çatışması: aile tartışması ve çözümünün etkisi. (Çev, G., Şendil). Ankara: Nobel. (Orijinal eserin basım tarihi 2010, 4. Baskı).
2. Çelebi, Ö. (2021). Cinsiyet eşitliği ve çocuğun üstün yararının kesişim noktası olarak boşanmada velayetin düzenlenmesi. Istanbul Hukuk Mecmuası, 79(1), 22-77.
3. Emery, R. (2013). Evlilik, boşanma ve çocukların uyumu. (Çev, E., O., Gezmiş). Istanbul: Türkiye Iş Bankası yayınları (Orijinal eserin basım tarihi 2012).
4. Emery, R. (2019). Aile ilişkilerini tekrar gözden geçirmek: boşanma, velayet ve arabuluculuk. (Çev, F., Bolat). Ankara: CK Yayınevi. (Orijinal eserin basım tarihi 2010, 2. Baskı).
5. Engin, S. S., Sümer, N., Çetiner, E. S., & Sakman, E. (2019). Anne ve babaların ortak ebeveynlik davranış ve algılarının romantik bağlanma ile ilişkisi. Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi, 59(1), 717-741.
6. Gürmen, M. S. (2019). Çocukla gelen ve hiç bitmeyen ilişki: Ortak ebeveynlik. Türk Psikoloji Yazıları, 22(44), 15-31.
7. Karahan, A. S. (2021). Boşanma Sürecinde Ortak Ebeveynlik ve Ortak Velayete Ilişkin Bir Derleme. OPUS Uluslararası Toplum Araştırmaları Dergisi, 18(44), 8500-8523.
8. Kurt, L. M. (2018). Boşanma durumunda birlikte (ortak) velâyet. Inönü Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, 9(2), 157-186.
9. Özdemir, Y., & Sağkal, A. S. (2020). Ebeveynlik Dansı: Birlikte Ebeveynliğe Ilişkin Kuramsal ve Ampirik Bir Derleme. Batı Anadolu Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi, 11(2), 428-444.
10. Parkinson, L. (2018). Aile arabuluculuğu. (Çev, Y., F., Yücel). Ankara: T. C. Adalet Bakanlığı Yayın Işleri Dairesi Başkanlığı (Orijinal eserin basım tarihi 2014, 3. Baskı).
11. Pedro-Carroll, J. (2013). Önce çocuklar: Boşanma sürecini çocuklar için kolaylaştıran ebeveynlik uygulamaları. (Çev, A., Birkan). Istanbul: Doğan Kitap (Orijinal eserin basım tarihi 2010).
12. Roberts, M. (2020). Aile uyuşmazlıklarında arabuluculuk: uygulama esasları (Çev, E., Şahin). Ankara: Nobel. (Orijinal eserin basım tarihi 2014, 4. Baskı).
13. Sümer, N. (2012). Ana babalık ve bağlanma. Içinde M. Sayıl ve B. Selçuk (Ed.). Ana babalık: Kuram ve araştırma (S.169-191). KÜY
14. Şen, B. (2015). Boşanma arabuluculuğu. Ankara: Nobel.
15. Şendil, G. (2014). Ebeveyn çatışmasının çocuklar üzerindeki etkileri. Ankara: Nobel.
16. Thayer, E., S. ve Zimmerman, J. (2003). Ayrılanlar için Çocuk Bakımı: Zorlu bir Boşanma Sonrasında çatışmaya son vermek (Çev, Ü. Türkoğulları). Ankara: Arkadaş (Orijinal eserin basım tarihi 2001).
17. Torun, F. (2016). Çekişmeli boşanmalarda ve velayet savaşlarında ebeveyne yabancılaşma sendromu. Istanbul: Psikonet yayınları

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Learning and Teaching Strategies:

Whole class teaching,
Question and answer,
Argumentation
Homework

Assessment Methods

Successful / Unsuccessful

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

mid term exam %40
final exam %60

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Criteria:
Assessment criteria should be associated with learning strategies.

They will be evaluated by midterm exam, homework/presentation and final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Course Policies and Rules:
Attendance at 70% of the classes is mandatory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Contact Details for the Instructor: abbas.turnuklu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Office Hours: Tuesday 15 30-17 00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Reading 14 1 14
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 58

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55
LO.65
LO.75
LO.85
LO.95
LO.105

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