Research
Research
My current research is centered around promoting well-being and educational outcomes in children and adolescents, with a focus on disadvantaged students. I am particularly interested in protective and preventive approaches in psychological practice from the perspective of positive psychology, the risk and resilience factors that influence students' well-being, and underrepresentation in gifted and talented education.
My experiences include qualitative and quantitative projects on academic and psychosocial outcomes among academically talented high school students in the U.S. and Turkey, as well as research on early childhood STEM instruction. I have also been involved in prior research on academic outcomes, perceived discrimination, substance use, and time perspective among adolescents.
4. Bayazitli, I., Mahiri, J., & Munzer, A. (2025). Multidimensional time perspective and social-emotional learning with two transitional kindergarten teachers. Journal of Research in Childhood Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/02568543.2025.2566269
3. Worrell, F. C., Bayazitli, I., Subotnik, R. F., & Olszewski-Kubilius, P. (2025). Investigating the insider knowledge of STEM-talented adolescents. Journal for the Education of the Gifted. https://doi.org/10.1177/01623532251371739
2. Centeno, B., Bayazitli, I., Purnell, S., Bravo, D. Y., & Mello, Z. R. (2023). Colorism unveiled: Examining how skin color discrimination is associated with academic achievement, mental health, and substance use among Latinx adolescents. Research in Human Development. https://doi.org/10.1080/15427609.2023.2271363
1. Moon, J., Lieber, R. J., Bayazitli, I., & Mello, Z. R. (2023). An examination of multidimensional time perspective and mental health outcomes. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(6), 4688. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20064688
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4. Bayazitli, I., Pommer, M. B., Rivera, C. I., Vo, R. Q., Cohen, L. B., Desai, H., Ejadi, G., Worrell, F. C., & Hacifazlioglu, O. (2025). Profiles of hope: Academic and psychosocial outcomes among gifted and talented adolescents in Turkey. [Manuscript under review]. School of Education, University of California, Berkeley.
3. Bayazitli, I., Mello, Z. R., Ihorn, S. M., & Worrell, F. C. (2025). More than traits: Time perspective and academic outcomes among adolescents. [Manuscript under review]. School of Education, University of California, Berkeley.
2. Mahiri, J., Munzer, A., & Bayazitli, I. (2025). STEM learning for four, five, and six-year-olds using LEGO robotics in an after school program. [Manuscript under review]. School of Education, University of California, Berkeley.
1. Munzer, A., Mahiri, J., & Bayazitli, I. (2025). Teacher noticing as a means to promote equity in a LEGO robotics after school program. [Manuscript under review]. School of Education, University of California, Berkeley.