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Turkey
2026

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Psychology

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Citations
9995
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in Turkey Leader Award

Overview

Vedat Sar is affiliated with Koç University in Turkey, with a research focus primarily spanning the fields of psychology and medicine. Their work incorporates a substantial emphasis on clinical psychology and psychiatry and mental health, with contributions also touching upon philosophy, cognitive neuroscience, and sociology and political science.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry

Vedat Sar has published extensively, with notable papers including:

  • "A Revised And Expanded Version Of The Turkish Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ-33): Overprotection-Overcontrol As Additional Factor", 2020, Journal of Trauma & Dissociation
  • "The Vicious Cycle of Traumatic Narcissism and Dissociative Depression Among Young Adults: A Trans-Diagnostic Approach", 2021, Journal of Trauma & Dissociation

They have contributed to other relevant publications alongside frequent collaborators, such as Miranda Olff, Deniz Ceylan, Monique C. Pfaltz, Rahel Bachem, and Antonia M. Lüönd.

Common venues for Vedat Sar's research publications include:

  • Journal of Trauma & Dissociation
  • Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
  • ALPHA PSYCHIATRY
  • Journal of Psychiatric Research
  • Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology

The range of publication venues reflects a multidisciplinary approach, often situated at the intersection of trauma, dissociation, and psychotherapy.

Best Publications

  • Dissociative disorders in DSM‐5

    David Spiegel;Richard J. Loewenstein;Roberto Lewis-Fernández;Roberto Lewis-Fernández;Vedat Sar

  • Suicide attempt and self-mutilation among Turkish high school students in relation with abuse, neglect and dissociation.

    Suleyman Salih Zoroglu;Umran Tuzun;Vedat Sar;Hamdi Tutkun

  • Childhood trauma, dissociation, and psychiatric comorbidity in patients with conversion disorder.

    Vedat Şar;Gamze Akyüz;Turgut Kundakçı;Emre Kızıltan

  • Minimization of childhood maltreatment is common and consequential: results from a large, multinational sample using the childhood trauma questionnaire

    Kai MacDonald;Michael L. Thomas;Andres F. Sciolla;Beacher Schneider

  • Validity and reliability of the Turkish version of Childhood Trauma Questionnaire

    Vedat Sar;Erdinç Ozturk;Eda Ikikardes

  • Prevalence of dissociative disorders among women in the general population

    Vedat Şar;Gamze Akyüz;Orhan Doğan

  • Axis I dissociative disorder comorbidity in borderline personality disorder and reports of childhood trauma.

    Vedat Sar;Garnze Akyuz;Nesim Kugu;Erdinc Ozturk

  • Dissociative identity disorder: An empirical overview:

    Martin J Dorahy;Bethany L Brand;Vedat Şar;Christa Krüger

  • Frequency of Dissociative Disorders Among Psychiatric Inpatients in a Turkish University Clinic

    Hamdi Tutkun;Vedat Sar;L. Ilhan Yargiç;Tuba Özpulat

  • Reliability and validity of the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) in a Turkish population

    Elif Pak Tunc;Deniz Firat;Ozen Dogan Onur;Vedat Sar

  • Dissociative disorders in DSM-5.

    David Spiegel;Roberto Lewis-Fernández;Ruth Lanius;Eric Vermetten

  • Reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the Dissociative Experiences Scale

    Lütfi Yargıç;Hamdi Tutkun;Vedat Şar

  • Developmental trauma, complex PTSD, and the current proposal of DSM-5

    Vedat Sar

  • Should conversion disorder be reclassified as a dissociative disorder in DSM-V?

    Richard J. Brown;Etzel Cardeña;Ellert Nijenhuis;Vedat Sar

  • Epidemiology of Dissociative Disorders: An Overview

    Vedat Sar

  • Childhood trauma and dissociation in schizophrenia.

    Vedat Sar;Okan Taycan;Nurullah Bolat;Mine Özmen

  • Frequency of dissociative identity disorder in the general population in Turkey

    Gamze Akyüz;Gamze Akyüz;Orhan Doǧan;Orhan Doǧan;Vedat Şar;Vedat Şar;L.İlhan Yargiç;L.İlhan Yargiç

  • Separating fact from fiction : an empirical examination of six myths about dissociative identity disorder

    Bethany L. Brand;Vedat Sar;Pam Stavropoulos;Christa Krüger

  • The Axis-I Dissociative Disorder Comorbidity of Borderline Personality Disorder Among Psychiatric Outpatients

    Vedat Sar;Turgut Kundakci;Emre Kiziltan;Ilhan L. Yargic

  • Çocukluk dönemi istismar ve ihmalinin olası sonuçları

    Süleyman Zoroğlu;Ümran Tüzün;Vedat Şar;Mücahit Öztürk

  • Frequency of dissociative disorders among psychiatric outpatients in Turkey

    Vedat Şar;Hamdi Tutkun;Behiye Alyanak;Bahadir Bakim

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin J. Dorahy
Martin J. Dorahy University of Canterbury
Richard J. Loewenstein
Richard J. Loewenstein University of Maryland, Baltimore
Eric Vermetten
Eric Vermetten Leiden University Medical Center
Ruth A. Lanius
Ruth A. Lanius University of Western Ontario
Bessel A. van der Kolk
Bessel A. van der Kolk Boston University
Chris R. Brewin
Chris R. Brewin University College London
Lisa D. Butler
Lisa D. Butler University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Cheryl Koopman
Cheryl Koopman Stanford University
Herta Flor
Herta Flor Heidelberg University
Marion Leboyer
Marion Leboyer Paris-Est Créteil University

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