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Sevgi Bayram-Ozdemir

Position: Senior Lecturer School/office: School of Behavioural, Social and Legal Sciences

Email: c2V2Z2kuYmF5cmFtLW96ZGVtaXI7b3J1LnNl

Phone: +46 19 302217

Room: L2612

Research subject

Psychology

Research environments

LEADER - Center for Lifespan Developmental Research

About Sevgi Bayram-Ozdemir

Sevgi Bayram Özdemir is an associate professor in psychology. She obtained her PhD in applied developmental psychology from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA.

Research

Sevgi Bayram Özdemir’s research focuses on understanding the roles of family and school in the development of positive and negative inter-ethnic relationship among youth. It also involves identifying risk and protective factors within family, peer, and school settings for the psychosocial and academic adjustment of youth from ethnic/racial/religious minority, immigrant, and marginalized groups. Her ultimate goal is to contribute to social justice, equality, and social integration of minority groups by developing scientific knowledge and raising awareness on diversity related issues.

Teaching

Sevgi Bayram Özdemir teaches courses in the psychology program and supervises students writing their master’s theses at Örebro University.

Collaboration and assignments

Sevgi Bayram Özdemir served as a member of the executive council of the European Association for Developmental Psychology (EADP) from 2015 to 2021 and worked as the treasurer of EADP. Since 2024, she has been a member of the board of directors of the Society for Research on Adolescence.

Sevgi is an associated partner for the Flourish project, co-funded by the European Union.

She is an associate editor for the European Journal of Developmental Psychology and a consulting editor for Child Development and Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology.

Active projects

Completed projects

Understanding of the conditions which may reduce the educational gap between young immigrant and Swedish adolescents

Research groups

Migration, Integration, Discrimination (MIND)

Publications

Articles in journals | Chapters in books | Conference papers |

Articles in journals

Bayram Özdemir, S. , Caravita, S. C. & Thornberg, R. (2024). Bias-based Harassment and Bullying: Addressing Mechanisms and Outcomes for Possible Interventions. European Journal of Developmental Psychology.
Bobbo, B. , Yanagida, T. , Wiertsema, M. , Miconi, D. , Oyekola, A. , Chukwueke, I. & Bayram Özdemir, S. (2024). Student-Teacher Relationships and Sense of Academic Futility: Longitudinal Associations Among Early Adolescents of Immigrant and Non-Immigrant Background. British Journal of Developmental Psychology.
Bilir-Öztürk, P. , Bayram Özdemir, S. & Strohmeier, D. (2024). They Are Not All the Same: Defenders of Ethnically Victimized Adolescents. Journal of Youth and Adolescence.
Bayram Özdemir, S. & Özdemir, M. (2024). Unveiling the Black Box: Exploring Teachers’ Approaches to Ethnic Victimization Incidents at School. Frontiers in Education, 9.
Bowker, J. C. , Sette, S. , Ooi, L. , Bayram Özdemir, S. , Braathu, N. , Bølstad, E. , Castillo, K. N. , Dogan, A. & et al. (2023). Cross-cultural measurement of social withdrawal motivations across 10 countries using multiple-group factor analysis alignment. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 47 (2), 190-198.
Özdemir, M. & Bayram Özdemir, S. (2023). Psychometric evaluation and measurement equivalence of the Adolescents' Societal Belongingness Scale (ASBS). European Journal of Developmental Psychology.
Bayram Özdemir, S. , Cucurachi, S. , Yanagida, T. & Özdemir, M. (2023). Understanding the association between moral disengagement and ethnic victimization: roles of bystanders in class. European Journal of Developmental Psychology.
Bayram Özdemir, S. , Yanagida, T. & Özdemir, M. (2022). Bystanders of Ethnic Victimization: Do Classroom Context and Teachers’ Approach Matter for How Adolescents Intend to Act?. Child Development, 93 (5), 1540-1558.
Glatz, T. , Bayram Özdemir, S. & Boersma, K. (2022). Parental Child-Invested Contingent Self-Esteem as a Source of Acculturation-Related Parent-Child Conflicts Among Latino Families. Journal of Family Issues, 43 (7), 1826-1849.
Västhagen, M. , Özdemir, M. , Ghaderi, A. , Kimber, B. , Giles, C. J. , Bayram Özdemir, S. , Oppedal, B. & Enebrink, P. (2022). Refugee parents’ experiences of coming to Sweden: A qualitative study. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 91, 97-109.
Bauducco, S. , Özdemir, M. , Gradisar, M. , Boersma, K. & Bayram Özdemir, S. (2022). Trajectories of insomnia symptoms and insufficient sleep duration in early adolescents: associations with school stress. SLEEP Advances, 3 (1).
Latina, D. & Bayram Özdemir, S. (2021). Ethnic harassment and self-harm among immigrant adolescents. Psychology of Violence, 11 (2), 164-174.
Bayram Özdemir, S. , Özdemir, M. & Kharel, N. (2021). Experiences of Cultural Clashes at Home and Ethnic Victimization in School: “I Live Between Two Cultures, and Neither of Them Understands Me”. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development (177), 179-198.
Bayram Özdemir, S. , Özdemir, M. & Boersma, K. (2021). How Does Adolescents' Openness to Diversity Change Over Time? The Role of Majority-Minority Friendship, Friends' Views, and Classroom Social Context. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 50 (1), 75-88.
Bayram Özdemir, S. , Özdemir, M. & Elzinga, A. E. (2021). Psychological Adjustment of Ethnically Victimized Adolescents: Do Teachers’ Responses to Ethnic Victimization Incidents Matter?. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 18 (6), 848-864.
Jaf, D. , Özdemir, M. & Bayram Özdemir, S. (2021). The Role of Parents’ Disapproval of Peers and Monitoring on Immigrant and Native Youth’s Participation in Organized Sports in Sweden: The Mediating Role of Engagement in Delinquent Activities. Journal of Early Adolescence, 41 (3), 437-471.
Bayram Özdemir, S. , Giles, C. & Özdemir, M. (2021). Why Do Immigrant and Swedish Adolescents Engage in Ethnic Victimization? Common and Distinct Underlying Factors. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 50 (11), 2236-2248.
Bayram Özdemir, S. , Giles, C. & Özdemir, M. (2020). Differences and Similarities between Perpetrators of Ethnic and Non-Ethnicity-Based Victimization. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 49 (9), 1805-1820.
Korol, L. , Bayram Özdemir, S. & Stattin, H. (2020). Friend support as a buffer against engagement in problem behaviors among ethnically harassed immigrant adolescents. Journal of Early Adolescence, 47 (7), 885-913.
Bayram Özdemir, S. & Özdemir, M. (2020). How do Adolescents' Perceptions of Relationships with Teachers Change during Upper-Secondary School Years?. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 49 (4), 921-935.
Bayram Özdemir, S. & Özdemir, M. (2020). The Role of Perceived Inter-Ethnic Classroom Climate in Adolescents’ Engagement in Ethnic Victimization: For Whom Does it Work?. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 49 (6), 1328-1340.
Bayram Özdemir, S. , Özdemir, M. & Stattin, H. (2019). Ethnic Harassment and Immigrant Youth's Engagement in Violent Behaviors: Understanding the Risk Factors. Child Development, 90 (3), 808-824.
Bayram Özdemir, S. , Sun, S. , Korol, L. , Özdemir, M. & Stattin, H. (2018). Adolescents' Engagement in Ethnic Harassment: Prejudiced Beliefs in Social Networks and Classroom Ethnic Diversity. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 47 (6), 1151-1163.
Cheah, C. S. L. , Leung, C. Y. Y. & Bayram Özdemir, S. (2018). Chinese Malaysian Adolescents’ Social Cognitive Reasoning regarding Filial Piety Dilemmas. Child Development, 89 (2), 383-396.
Seo, Y. J. , Cheah, C. S. L. , Bayram Özdemir, S. , Hart, C. H. , Leung, C. Y. Y. & Sun, S. (2018). The Mediating Role of Korean Immigrant Mothers' Psychological Well-Being in the Associations between Social Support and Authoritarian Parenting Style. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 27 (3), 979-989.
Bayram Özdemir, S. & Cheah, C. S. L. (2017). Mothers’ Reactions to Preschoolers’ Proactive and Reactive Aggressive Behaviors. Infant and Child Development, 26 (2).
Bayram Özdemir, S. , Cheah, C. S. L. & Coplan, R. J. (2017). Processes and conditions underlying the link between shyness and school adjustment among Turkish children. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 35 (2), 218-236.
Skoog, T. & Bayram-Özdemir, S. (2016). Explaining why early-maturing girls are more exposed to sexual harassment in early adolescence. Journal of Early Adolescence, 36 (4), 490-509.
Cheah, C. S. L. , Yu, J. , Hart, C. H. , Bayram Özdemir, S. , Sun, S. , Zhou, N. , Olsen, J. A. & Sunohara, M. (2016). Parenting hassles mediate predictors of Chinese and Korean immigrants' psychologically controlling parenting. Journal of applied developmental psychology, 47, 13-22.
Skoog, T. & Bayram Özdemir, S. (2016). Physical Appearance and Sexual Activity Mediate the Link between Early Puberty and Sexual Harassment Victimization in Male Adolescents. Sex Roles, 75 (7-8), 339-348.
Skoog, T. , Bayram Özdemir, S. & Stattin, H. (2016). Understanding the Link between Pubertal Timing in Girls and the Development of Depressive Symptoms: The Role of Sexual Harassment. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 45 (2), 316-327.
Bayram Özdemir, S. , Özdemir, M. & Stattin, H. (2016). What makes youth harass their immigrant peers?: understanding the risk factors. Journal of Early Adolescence, 36 (5), 601-624.
Bayram Özdemir, S. , Stattin, H. & Özdemir, M. (2016). Youth's Initiations of Civic and Political Discussions in Class: Do Youth's Perceptions of Teachers' Behaviors Matter and Why?. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 45 (11), 2233-2245.
Bayram Özdemir, S. , Cheah, C. S. L. & Coplan, R. J. (2015). Conceptualization and assessment of multiple forms of social withdrawal in Turkey. Social development (Oxford. Print), 24 (1), 142-165.
Bayram Özdemir, S. & Cheah, C. S. L. (2015). Turkish mothers’ parenting beliefs in response to preschoolers’ aggressive and socially withdrawn behaviors. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 24 (3), 687-702.
Bayram Özdemir, S. & Stattin, H. (2014). Why and when is ethnic harassment a risk for immigrant adolescents´ school adjustment?: understanding the processes and conditions. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 43 (8), 1252-1265.
Cheah, C. S. L. , Bayram Özdemir, S. & Leung, C. Y. Y. (2012). Predicting filial behaviors of Chinese-Malaysian adolescents from perceived parental investments, filial emotions, and parental warmth and support. Journal of Adolescence, 35 (3), 628-637.
Shin, J. Y. , Bayram Özdemir, S. , Lee, J. & Cheah, C. S. L. (2010). The parenting practices and child outcomes of Korean immigrant mothers with different acculturative strategies. Korean Journal of Child Studies, 31 (1), 179-195.

Chapters in books

Bayram Özdemir, S. , Lundberg, E. & Özdemir, M. (2021). Hur kan lärare främja positiva interetniska relationer i skolan? Förutsättningar, strategier och utmaningar. In: Sara Thalberg; André Asplund; Daniel Silberstein, Ungas uppväxtvillkor och integration (pp. 137-164). Stockholm: Delmi.
Özdemir, M. & Bayram Özdemir, S. (2020). Why Do Some Immigrant Adolescents Do Well in School Whereas Others Fail?: Current State of Knowledge and Directions for Future Research. In: Güngör, D. & Strohmeier, D., Contextualizing Immigrant and Refugee Resilience: Cultural and Acculturation Perspectives. . Springer.
Dimitrova, R. , Bayram Özdemir, S. , Farcas, D. , Kosic, M. , Mastrotheodoros, S. , Michalek, J. & Stefenel, D. (2017). Is There a Paradox of Adaptation in Immigrant Children and Youth across Europe?: A Literature Review. In: Radosveta Dimitrova, Well-being of Youth and Emerging Adults Across Cultures: Novel Approaches and Findings from Europe, Asia, Africa and America. . Springer.
Özdemir, M. & Bayram Özdemir, S. (2017). The Role of School Context in Adolescents’ Attitudes Towards Immigrants and Inter-ethnic Friendships. In: Erik Lundberg, The Mechanisms of Tolerance: An anthology. Stockholm: The Living History Forum.
Demir, M. , Orthel, H. , Özdemir, M. & Bayram Özdemir, S. (2015). Friendship and happiness among young adults. In: Melikşah Demir, Friendship and happiness: across the life-span and cultures. . Springer.

Conference papers

Bayram Özdemir, S. , Yanagida, T. & Özdemir, M. (2021). Bystanders of ethnic victimization: Do classroom context and teachers’ approach matter on how adolescents intend to act?. Paper presented at Biennial Meeting of European Association for Developmental Psychology (EADP Summer Tour 2021), September 17, 2021.
Özdemir, M. & Bayram Özdemir, S. (2021). Societal belongingness: A conceptual clarification and future directions. Paper presented at Biennial Meeting of European Association for Developmental Psychology, September, 2021.
Bauducco, S. , Bayram Özdemir, S. , Özdemir, M. & Boersma, K. (2019). Adolescents’ sleep trajectories over time: School stress as a potential risk factor for the development of chronic sleep problems. Paper presented at World Sleep 2019, Vancouver, Canada, September 20-25, 2019.
Bauducco, S. , Bayram Özdemir, S. , Özdemir, M. & Boersma, K. (2019). Adolescents' sleep trajectories over time: school stress as a potential risk factor for the development of chronic sleep problems. In: Sleep Medicine. Elsevier.
Latina, D. & Bayram Özdemir, S. (2019). Ethnic harassment and self-harm among immigrant adolescents: Exploring the mechanisms and conditions. Paper presented at 24th Workshop on Aggression, Stavanger, Norway, November 7-8, 2019.
Bayram Özdemir, S. (2019). How and for whom? Understanding the role of schools in the development of positive and negative attitudes towards immigrants. In: Erik Åmnå, Nordic Education in a Democratically Troublesome Time Threats and Opportunities. Paper presented at Nordic education in a democratically troublesome time: Threats and Opportunities, Örebro, Sweden, October 30-31, 2018. Örebro: Örebro University.
Bayram Özdemir, S. & Özdemir, M. (2019). Why do adolescents engage in ethnic victimization? The role of classroom inter-ethnic climate. Paper presented at 24th Aggression Workshop, Stavanger, Norway, November 7-8, 2019.
Bayram Özdemir, S. & Özdemir, M. (2018). Does disagreement in acculturation orientation within family matter for immigrant adolescents’ psychological adjustment. Paper presented at The research conference on Parenting and Parent-child Relationship, Örebro, Sweden.
Bayram Özdemir, S. & Özdemir, M. (2018). How do Swedish adolescents’ attitudes toward immigrants change over time? Role of peers and classroom social context. Paper presented at 2nd Cultural Diversity, Migration, and Education Conference (CDME), Potsdam, Germany, August 23-25, 2018.
Barman, S. , Tutuncu, I. S. , Bayram Özdemir, S. & Cheah, C. (2017). My best friend matters: Best friend’s peer status and shy children’s adjustment. Paper presented at 18th European Conference on Developmental Psychology (ECDP2017), Utrecht, the Netherlands, August 28 - September 1, 2017.
Bayram Özdemir, S. (2017). Psykologer tar plats for integration. Paper presented at The Psychologist Day, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
Verheijen, A. , Bayram Özdemir, S. , Özdemir, M. & Stattin, H. (2017). Understanding adolescents’ inter-ethnic attitudes: The roles of classroom ethnic composition and classroom social context. Paper presented at 6th ENSEC Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, June 7-9, 2017.
Bayram Özdemir, S. , Korol, L. , Özdemir, M. & Stattin, H. (2017). Why do ethnically harassed adolescents engage in violent behaviors? The role of affiliation with deviant peers. Paper presented at 22nd Aggression Workshop, Limassol, Cyprus, November 22-25, 2017.
Bayram Özdemir, S. , Sun, S. , Korol, L. , Özdemir, M. & Stattin, H. (2017). Youth’s engagement in ethnic bullying: Peers’ prejudiced beliefs and classroom ethnic composition. In: 18th European Conference on Developmental Psychology Abstract Book. Paper presented at The Biennial Meeting of the European Developmental Psychology Conference, Utrecht, the Netherlands, August 28- September 1, 2017.
Bayram Özdemir, S. , Özdemir, M. & Stattin, H. (2016). Ethnic harassment and immigrant youth’s engagement in violent behaviors: Understanding the risk factors. Paper presented at 15th Biennial Meeting of the European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA), Cadiz, Spain, September 16-19, 2016.
Jaf, D. , Özdemir, M. & Bayram Özdemir, S. (2016). Why are immigrant youths less involved in organized sports than their native peers?: The role of parenting behaviors. Paper presented at SRA Biennial Meeting (Society for Research on Adolescent) Baltimore, MA, USA, March 31 - April 2, 2016.
Bayram Özdemir, S. , Cheah, C. & Coplan, R. (2015). Processes and conditions underlying the link between shyness and school adjustment among Turkish children. Paper presented at Biennial Meeting of the Society of Research in Child Development, Philadelphia, PA, USA, March 19-21, 2015.
Özdemir, M. , Bayram Özdemir, S. & Stattin, H. (2015). Understanding the changes in adolescents’ attitudes towards immigrants: The roles of teachers and parents. Paper presented at European Developmental Psychology Conference, Braga, Portugal, September 8-12, 2015.
Bayram Özdemir, S. , Özdemir, M. & Stattin, H. (2014). What does make youth with negative attitudes towards immigrants bully their immigrant peers?. Paper presented at 14th Biennial Conference of the European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA), Cesme, Turkey, September 3-6, 2014.
Bayram Özdemir, S. , Özdemir, M. & Stattin, H. (2013). Why and when ethnic harassment is a risk for immigrant adolescents?: understanding the processes and conditions. Paper presented at 16th European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 3-7, 2013.