Selin Salman Engin, Ph.D.

Lecturer, Department of Psychology  

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Education

• PhD. in Social Psychology, Middle East Technical University (METU), 2014
• Former affiliation: Visiting scholar at University of South Florida (2012-2013, 2009-2010)

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Research

I am mostly interested in family dynamics, coparenting, intervention programs for (co)parenting and maternal sensitivity

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Selected Publications

McHale, J., Tissot, H., Mazzoni, S., Keren, M., Philipp, D. A., Darwiche, J., Hedenbro, M., Salman-Engin, S., Collins, R., Mensi, M., Coates, E., Corboz-Warnery, A., & Fivaz-Depeursinge, E. (2025). Evaluating early coparenting using the Lausanne Trilogue Play observational procedure: Guidance for infant–family practitioners from an international coparenting collaborative. Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/cfp0000274  

Salman-Engin, S., Sümer, N., Sağel, E., & McHale, J. (2018). Coparenting in the context of mother–father–infant versus mother–grandmother–infant triangular interactions in Turkey. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 27(10), 3085-3095. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-018-1094-4. 

Salman Engin, S., Little, T., Gaskin-Butler, V., & McHale, J. (2017). A prenatal coparenting intervention with unmarried father-mother dyads: Fidelity of intervention delivery by male-female community mentor teams, Journal of Nursing Research, 25(3), 240 – 250. doi: 10.1097/jnr.0000000000000168 

McHale, J., Salman-Engin, S., & Coovert, M. (2015). Improvements in unmarried African American parents’ rapport, communication and problem-solving following a prenatal coparenting intervention. Family Process, 54(4), 619-629. doi: 10.1111/famp.12147 

McHale, J. P., Salman, S., Strozier, A., & Cecil, D. (2013). Triadic interactions in mother-grandmother coparenting systems  following maternal release from jail. In J. Poehlmann & J. M. Eddy  (Eds.), Monographs of Society for Research in Child Development, 78(3), 57-74. doi: 10.1111/mono.12021.