Name, Surname: Busra Eylem, Aktas
Date of birth: 1993
ORCID: 0000-0002-0125-7903
Current Position: Assist Prof, Istanbul Medipol University, Psychology Department
Arı, E., Soysal, G. C., & Aktaş, B. E. (2026). Kişilerarası Destek Değerlendirme Listesi–Kısa Formu'nun Türkçe uyarlaması: Geçerlik ve güvenirlik çalışması. Nesne Psikoloji Dergisi, 14(37), 82–97. https://doi.org10.7816/nesne-14-37-05
Yurtbakan, T., & Aktaş, B. E. (2026). Corruption from the perspective of social psychology: How leadership and social norms may influence corruption. In K. Ruziev & R. Urinboyev (Eds.), The political economy of legal and governance reform in Central Asia: Law, informality and social norms (pp. 17–38). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-28163-0
Aktaş, B. E. & Cesur, S. (2026). How social context modulates the roles of fairness, reciprocity, and empathy on advantageous inequity aversion. The Journal of General Psychology, 1–41. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221309.2026.2689112
Aktaş, B. E., Ergiyen, T., & Yurtbakan, T. (2026).How economic threat shapes contact intentions toward refugees: The buffering role of religion-based superordinate identity and moral emotions. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 113, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2026.102410.
Zeynalli, F., & Aktaş, B. E. (2025). The Fair and the Furious: Interpersonal Effects of Moral Anger in Economic Bargaining. Current Psychology 44, 17274–17292 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-025-08399-2
Aktaş, B. E. (2025). Ahlaki davranış. İçinde F. Kırımer Aydınlı & S. Küçükkömürler (Ed.), İnsanın sosyal psikolojik inşası (ss. 589-633). Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık.
Aktaş, B. E., Temel, Z. & Kumova, F. (2025). Misconceptions about psychological concepts among university students in Turkey. Studies in Psychology. Studies in Psychology, 45(2), 176-191. https://doi.org/10.26650/SP2023-1353103
Aktaş, B. E., Balcik, S. M., & Ozmen, S. A. (2025). School-Aged Children Consider Socio-economic Status and Waste Avoidance in Egalitarian Preferences: Experimental Evidence from Turkiye.Social Development 34 (4), e70028. **https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.70028**
Kocyigit, O. O., Ekerim Akbulut, M., & Aktas, B. E (2025). Children’s and adolescents’ social mindfulness in intergroup contexts: The roles of empathy, theory of mind, and inhibitory control in considerate actions. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 256, 106276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2025.106276
Harma, M., Aktaş, B. E, & Sumer, N. (2025). Behavioral but Not Psychological Control Predicts Self-Regulation, Adjustment Problems and Academic Self-Efficacy Among Early Adolescents The Journal of Psychology. 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223980.2025.2465478
Soyoren, S. A., & Aktas, B. E. (2024). Personal Belief in a Just World Moderates the Link Between Induced Empathy and Willingness to Volunteerism among Non-volunteers, but not Volunteers. VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 35(6), 1205-1218. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-024-00683-2
Yalçın, E., Demirci, Ş. N., Coşar, M., Asaroğlu, A. Candan, N., & Aktaş, B. E. (2024). The relationship between attitudes toward refugees and disgust sensitivity: the moderating role of conservatism and religiosity [Mültecilere yönelik tutumların tiksinme hassasiyeti ile ilişkisi: muhafazakârlık ve dindarlığın düzenleyici rolü.] Nesne, 11(30), 622-641. https://doi.org/10.7816/nesne-11-30-07
Aktaş, B. & Tosyali, F. (2024). The impact of disgust sensitivity on negative attitudes toward homosexuals. https://doi.org/10.1177/18344909241254498
Aktaş, B., Tosyali, F., Tasdelen, M. (2024). Is belief priming associated with prosocial intentions? Experimental evidence from Turkey. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. https://doi.org/10.1037/rel0000524
Aktaş, B., Salter, M. E., Yilmaz, A., Eker, S*. (2024).* Empathy increases warmth toward Syrian and Afghans, but not Ukrainians: Experimental evidence from Türkiye. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2023.101909
Şendil, G., Akyüz, D., & Aktaş, B. (2024). Adaptation of the psychometric properties of the Parent Attitude Scale for 7-11 year old children. Studies in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.26650/SP2022-1114227