Dr. Fatos ÖZEYLEM, Eastern Mediterranean University Psychological Counseling Guidance and Research Center (EMU-PDRAM) Psychologist received “Early Career International Symposium Award” award which was offered to only 10 psychologists selected from different countries by Japanese Psychological Association. As being the only one delegate from North Cyprus, the award has enabled the researcher to attend the 82nd Annual Convention of The Japanese Psychological Association (24-28 September 2018) and to present her research at the “The Psychology of Globalization” symposium in Sendai, Japan. At the convention, Dr. Ozeylem made an oral presentation titled as “ Psychological Well-being, Romantic Attachment and Attitudes toward Divorce of Emerging Adults in Turkish Cypriot Community” and a poster presentation titled as “Investigating the Role of Parental Divorce on Attitudes toward Divorce among Turkish Cypriot Emerging Adults in a Mixed Methodology”.
Dr. Ozeylem conducted her research in EMU-PDRAM and The Centre for Applied Research and Assessment in Child and Adolescent Wellbeing (CARACAW), Roehampton University, UK. Dr. Ozeylem expressed her happiness of being provided with this second award by Japanese Psychological Association after having “Emerging Psychologists Award” in 2016. Dr. Ozeylem also expressed her honour of presenting data from Turkish Cypriot community by representing EMU in the convention in which Psychology was discussed in a global manner.
