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Dr. Sümeyra Sahbaz

Dr. Sümeyra Sahbaz

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin

Institut für Forschung, Entwicklung und Evaluation

Telefon

+41 31 309 22 17

+41 31 309 22 17
E-Mail
suemeyra.sahbaz@phbern.ch
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Fachinteressen
  • Quantitative Forschungsmethoden
  • Datenqualität
  • Entwicklung von Messinstrumenten
  • Interventionsforschung
  • Psychometrie
  • Zusammenarbeit von Familie und Schule 
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
  • 2023-2025 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

2024-2025 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

Measuring trauma: a preliminary analysis of the hurricane-related traumatic experiences questionnaire

Sahbaz, Sümeyra; Vo, Duyen; Salas-Wright, Christopher P.; Maldonado-Molina, Mildred M.; Clark-Ginsberg, Aaron; Brown, Eric C.; Rodri­guez, José; Oh, Sehun; Bates, Melissa M.; Schwartz, Seth J. (2025). Measuring trauma: a preliminary analysis of the hurricane-related traumatic experiences questionnaire. Climate and Development, S. 1-14 Taylor & Francis. 10.1080/17565529.2025.2525973
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Understanding cultural stress and mental health among Latinos in the us: probabilistic omnidirectional inference model

Sahbaz, Sümeyra; Topuz, Kazim; Schwartz, Seth J.; Montero-Zemora, Pablo (2025). Understanding cultural stress and mental health among Latinos in the us: probabilistic omnidirectional inference model. Annals of Operational Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-024-06448-w
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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, 94 (5), S. 518-531. 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, S. 107833. 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. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-024-02782-3
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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, S. 101353. 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., 17 (5), S. 1086-1095. 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 Immigration-Related Political Ideology Scale: Development, factor structure, and validity evidence

Schwartz, Seth J.; Duque, Maria; Sahbaz, Sumeyra; Scaramutti Gladfelter, Carolina; Cisco, Mia; Nehme-Kotocavage, Lea; Vo, Duyen H.; Alpysbekova, Aigerim; Montero-Zamora, Pablo; Ertanir, Beyhan; De Coninck, David; Bogado, Natalia; Schildkraut, Deborah J.; Szapocznik, José (2024). The Immigration-Related Political Ideology Scale: Development, factor structure, and validity evidence. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 25 (1), S. 1-27. 10.1111/asap.12429
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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, S. 101939. 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.

2022

  • Sahbaz, S., Cox, R.B., Lin, H. (2022, September). Comparison of Pediatric anxiety scales GAD-7 and NIH Pediatric Anxiety Scale. Poster presented at the annual conference of National Hispanic Science Network.

2020

  • Cox, R., Lin, H., Sahbaz, S., Washburn, I., & Greder, K. (November, 2020). Testing the psychometric properties of four measures on a sample of Latino immigrant youth. Paper symposium presented at the annual conference of National Council on Family Relations.
  • Lin, H., Washburn, I., Cox, R., Sahbaz, S., & Greder, K. (September, 2020). The path from fear of deportation to immigrant Latino youth ATOD use, anxiety, and cognitive dysfunction. Poster presented at the annual conference of National Hispanic Science Network.
  • Cox, R., Washburn, I., Lin, H., Sahbaz, S., & Greder, K. (September, 2020). Measuring immigrant Latino youth fear of deportation and hope. Poster presented at the annual conference of National Hispanic Science Network.
  • Sahbaz, S., Cox, R., Lin, H., Washburn, I., & Greder, K. (September, 2020). Pediatric psychological stress measure: evidence for use in a Latino sample.
  • Washburn, I., Lin, H., Sahbaz, S., & Cox, R. (July, 2020). IRT analysis of the Lerner caring scale with a sample of Latino immigrant youth. Poster presented at the annual conference of Society for Prevention Research.

2019

  • Cox, R. B., Sahbaz, S., Lin, H., Washburn, I., Anderson, M., & Nolasco, H. (2019, May). Fear of Deportation, Stress, and Latino Immigrant Youth Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Health: Can Hope Make a Difference? Paper Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, San Francisco, CA.
  • Cox, R. B., Sahbaz, S., Lin, H., Washburn, I., Anderson, M., & Nolasco, H. (2019, May). Latino Immigrant Youth Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Health: The Impact of Fear of Deportation on Depression, Aggression, and ATOD Use. Paper Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Family Relations, Fort Worth, TX.