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Dr. Sümeyra Sahbaz

Dr. Sümeyra Sahbaz

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin

Institut für Forschung, Entwicklung und Evaluation

+41 31 309 22 17

+41 31 309 22 17
Fachinteressen
  • Quantitative Forschungsmethoden
  • Datenqualität
  • Entwicklung von Messinstrumenten
  • Interventionsforschung
  • Interkulturelle Validierung
Aus- und Weiterbildung
  • 2011-2014 Doktorat in Educational Research and Evaluation, Virginia Tech
  • 2010-2011 Master in Educational Psychology, Virginia Tech
  • 2004-2009 Bachelor in Mathematik, Universität Bern
Beruflicher Werdegang
  • Seit 2024 August Forschungsmethodikerin, Schwerpunktprogramm Familie – Bildung – Schule, Pädagogische Hochschule Bern
  • 2024 Feb-Juli Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Johannes Kepler Universität
  • 2024 Feb-Juli Forschungsmethodikerin, SNF Projekt Integrative Schule Schweiz, Pädagogische Hochschule Schwyz
  • Seit 2023 Research Fellow, Culture, Family, and Health Lab, The University of Texas at Austin
  • 2022-2023 Research Fellow, Center for Immigrant Health and Education, Oklahoma State University
  • 2022 Program Manager, Center for Immigrant Health and Education, Oklahoma State University
  • 2018-2021 Postdoctoral Fellow/Datamanager, Human Development and Family Sciences, Oklahoma State University
  • 2016-2018 Adjunct Professor, Oklahoma State University
  • 2015-2016 Data Analyst, Moral and Adolescence Psychology Lab, University of Notre Dame
  • 2011-2014 Statistical Consultant, School of Education, Virginia Tech
  • 2011 Instructional Assistant, Math Emporium, Virginia Tech
Kommissionen, Mandate und Mitgliedschaften
  • Mitglied der Society for Prevention Research
  • Mitglied der American Educational Research Association
  • Mitglied des National Council on Family Relations
  • Reviewer, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology Journal (2023)
  • Reviewer, Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology Journal (2023)
  • Reviewer, Journal of Family Relations (2020-2021)
  • Mitglieder des National Hispanic Science Network (2020-2023)
  • Reviewer, American Education Research Association Conference (2015-2017)
Projekte ausserhalb der PHBern

Seit 2024 SNF-Project Statistical Consultant, Autism, Bilingualism, Cognitive & Communicative Development, Universität Freiburg/CH

2023-2023 The Behavioral Health of Venezuelan Families in Diaspora: A Cross-National Study of Migration-Related Stress and Resilience, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

2018-2022 CYFAR Oklahoma State and Langston University Multi-State Sustainable Community Project: United We Can Entrepreneurship Program for African American Youth, National Institute of Food and Agriculture

2018-2021 Reducing Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drug Use Among Latino Immigrant Youth: A Preliminary Test of the ¡Unidos Se Puede!, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse

2018-2021 CYFAR Oklahoma State Sustainable Community Project: Unidos Se Puede (United We Can) Entrepreneurship Program for Latino Youth, National Institute of Food and Agriculture

2018-2021 Juntos Against Alcohol Tobacco and Drug Use Intervention Trial, National Institutes of Health, Institute of General Medical Science

Publikationen

Cultural stress, personal identity development, and mental health among U.S. Hispanic college students

Schwartz, Seth, J.; Cobb, Cory L.; Meca, Alan; Bautista, Tara; Sahbaz, Sumeyra; Alpysbekova, Aigerim; Watkins, Lawrence; Nehme, Lea; Zamboanga, Byron L.; Montero-Zamora, Pablo; Duque, Maria; Vo, Duyen H.; Acaf, Yara; Szapocznik, José (2024). Cultural stress, personal identity development, and mental health among U.S. Hispanic college students. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, Advance online publication. 10.1037/ort0000735

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Effects of cultural stressors and family etiologic factors on behavioral and mental health among Mexican and other Latino/a immigrant parents in the United States

Montero-Zamora, Pablo; Sahbaz, Sumeyra; Cobb, Cory L.; Scaramutti, Carolina; Alpysbekova, Aigerim; Talavera-Camacho, Eder; Duque, Maria; Bautista, Tara; Ertanir, Beyhan; Garcia, Maria Fernanda; Brown, Eric C.; Schwartz, Seth J. (2024). Effects of cultural stressors and family etiologic factors on behavioral and mental health among Mexican and other Latino/a immigrant parents in the United States. Children and Youth Services Review, 164. 10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107833

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Investigating the association between discrimination, internalizing symptoms, and alcohol use among Latino/a immigrants in the United States

Macias Burgos, Miracle A.; Bautista, Tara G.; Cruz-Carrillo, Yesenia; Cisco, Mia; Sahbaz, Sumeyra; Nehme, Lea; Vo, Duyen; Duque, Maria; Schwartz, Seth J.; Montero-Zamora, Pablo (2024). Investigating the association between discrimination, internalizing symptoms, and alcohol use among Latino/a immigrants in the United States. Front. Psychiatrie, 15. 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1358648

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Measuring Anxiety Among Latino Immigrant Populations: Within-Country and Between-Country Comparisons

Sahbaz, Sumeyra; Cox, Jr., Ronald B.; Montero-Zamora, Pablo; Salas-Wright, Christopher P.; Maldonado-Molina, Mildred M.; Bates, Melissa M.; Pérez-Gómez, Augusto; Mejía-Trujillo, Juliana; Vos, Saskia R.; Scaramutti, Carolina; Perazzo, Patrizia A.; Duque, Maria; Garcia, Maria Fernanda; Brown, Eric C.; Schwartz, Seth J. (2024). Measuring Anxiety Among Latino Immigrant Populations: Within-Country and Between-Country Comparisons. Sage Journals, 31 (7), S. 1414-1429. 10.1177/10731911231223715

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Measuring Depressive Symptoms Among Latinos in the US: A Psychometric Evaluation of the CES-D Boston Form

Sahbaz, Sumeyra; Montero-Zamora, Pablo; Alpysbekova, Aigerim; Salas-Wright, Christopher P.; Péréz-Gómez, Augusto; Mejía-Trujillo, Juliana; Vos, Saskia R.; Scaramutti, Carolina; Brown, Eric C.; Maldonado-Molina, Mildred; Bates, Melissa M.; Garcia, Maria Fernanda; Duque, Maria; Piñeros-Leaño, María; Schwartz, Seth J. (2024). Measuring Depressive Symptoms Among Latinos in the US: A Psychometric Evaluation of the CES-D Boston Form (Im Druck). Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3891054/v1

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Measuring Theory of Mind: A preliminary analysis of a novel linguistically simple and tablet-based measure for children

Baumeister, Franziska; Wolfer, Pauline; Sahbaz, Sumeyra; Rudelli, Nicola; Capallera, Marine; Daum, Moritz M.; Samson, Andrea C.; Corrigan, Grace; Naigles, Letitia; Durrleman, Stephanie (2024). Measuring Theory of Mind: A preliminary analysis of a novel linguistically simple and tablet-based measure for children. Frontiers in Developmental Psychology, 2. 10.3389/fdpys.2024.1445406

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Predicting undergraduate student evaluations of teaching using probabilistic machine learning: The importance of motivational climate

Jones, Brett D.; Topuz, Kazim; Sahbaz, Sumeyra (2024). Predicting undergraduate student evaluations of teaching using
probabilistic machine learning: The importance of motivational climate.
Studies in Educational Evaluation, 81. 10.1016/j.stueduc.2024.101353

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The Crisis Migration Experience Scale: Developing and Validating a Tool for Venezuelan Youth and Adults Residing in Colombia

Salas-Wright, Christopher P.; Schwartz, Seth J.; Mejía-Trujillo, Juliana; Garcia, Maria F.; Sahbaz, Sumeyra; Bates, Melissa; Andrade, Patricia; Perez-Gomez, Augusto; Maldonado-Molina, Mildred M. (2024). The Crisis Migration Experience Scale: Developing and Validating a Tool for Venezuelan Youth and Adults Residing in Colombia. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy., Advance online publication. 10.1037/tra0001708

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The Effect of the Russian Invasion on Mental, Social, and Behavioral Health Among Ukrainians Living in the United States

Alpysbekova, Aigerim; Cisco, Mia M.; Vo, Duyen H.; Ertanir, Beyhan; Sahbaz, Sumeyra; Montero-Zamora, Pablo; Bautista, Tara; Scaramutti, Carolina; Bartoszak, Magdalena; Nehme, Lea; Duque, Maria; Schwartz, Seth J. (2024). The Effect of the Russian Invasion on Mental, Social, and Behavioral Health Among Ukrainians Living in the United States. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, Advance online publication. 10.1037/tra0001770

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The spillover effect of implicit immigrant stereotypes and incidental pandemic threat

Duque, Maria; De Coninck, David; Montero-Zamora, Pablo; Sahbaz, Sumeyra; Bautista, Tara; Ertanir, Beyhan; Garcia, Maria F.; Alpysbekova, Aigerim; Scaramutti, Carolina; Laboy, Madison; Vo, Duyen; Acaf, Yara; Vignoles, Vivian; Schwartz, Seth J. (2024). The spillover effect of implicit immigrant stereotypes and incidental pandemic threat. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 99. 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.101939

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PROMIS Pediatric Psychological Stress Measure: Validity for immigrant Latino youth

Sahbaz, Sumeyra; Cox, Ronald B.; Lin, Hua; Washburn, Isaac J.; Greder, Kimberly A. (2022). PROMIS Pediatric Psychological Stress Measure: Validity for immigrant Latino youth. Family Relations, 72 (3), S. 719-733. 10.1111/fare.12652

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Methodology to combine theoretical knowledge with a data-driven probabilistic graphical model

Topuz, Kazim; Jones, Brett D.; Sumeyra, Sahbaz; Moqbel, Murad (2021). Methodology to combine theoretical knowledge with a data-driven probabilistic graphical model. Journal of Business Analytics, 4 (2), S. 125-139. 10.1080/2573234X.2021.1937351

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Using psychological constructs from the MUSIC Model of Motivation to predict students’ science identification and career goals: results from the U.S. and Iceland

Jones, Brett D.; Sahbaz, Sumeyra; Schram, Asta B.; Chittum, Jessica R. (2017). Using psychological constructs from the MUSIC Model of Motivation to predict students’ science identification and career goals: results from the U.S. and Iceland. International Journal of Science Education, 39 (8), S. 1089-1108. 10.1080/09500693.2017.1319093

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Referate

2023

  • Duque, M., De Coninck, D., Montero-Zamora, P., Sahbaz, S., Bautista, T., Ertanir, B., Garcia, M. F., Alpysbekova, A., Scaramutti, C., Laboy, M., Vignoles, V., & Schwartz, S. J. (2023, July). Immigrant stereotype spillover effect: Understanding host nationals’ emotional response to newcomers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Paper presented at the Biennial Conference of the International Academy for Intercultural Research, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Pablo Montero-Zamora, Sumeyra Sahbaz, Carolina Scaramutti, Aigerim Alpysbekova, Maria Duque, Tara Gwyn Bautista, Beyhan Ertanir, Seth Schwartz. Cultural Stress, Alcohol Use, and Mental Health Risk Among Latino/a Immigrant Parents in the United States. Society for Prevention Research 31st Annual Meeting. 2023 Juni, Washington, D.C., USA.