Academic Staff

Professor Boratav’s academic research and teaching have been primarily on gender, sexuality, and values in the context of culture, social psychology, and health psychology. Her research has been published as national and international book chapters, as well as articles in peer-reviewed journals such as Gender and Society, Sex Roles, Archives of Sexual Behavior, and Feminism & Psychology. 

Psychodynamic psychotherapy, therapist-client dyad, affect and change in psychotherapy, time perception, analytic third, mental health of university students, operationalization of psychoanalytic concepts

Positive Clinical Psychology; Bipolar disorder; Group Psychotherapies; Creativity; Autism, Early Intervention in Autism; Expressive Arts Therapy

My ongoing research explores intergenerational relationships, their relationships with aging attitudes, aging anxiety, and the role of intergenerational contact in promoting prosocial behaviors toward older adults. In a second area of research, I examine coping strategies and how different coping strategies relate to psychological well-being, especially during challenging circumstances, such as during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Here is a link to my dissertation research which focused on the role of grandparents in grandchildren's identity development: Dissertation

Here are two links to my more recent research examples that look at intergenerational relationships: Example 1 and  Example 2.

About coping and well-being, here are a couple of links to my recent research: Example 1 and Example 2.