Benlik Yüceltme ve Psikolojik Sağlık

Year 2025, Volume: 5 Issue: 1, 113 - 120, 31.07.2025

Sevim Adalı

Abstract

İnsanlar, benliklerinin bütünlüğünü ve olumluluğunu korumaya yönelik bir motivasyona sahiptir. Bu motivasyon benlik yüceltme güdüsü olarak ifade edilmektedir. Benlik yüceltmenin psikolojik sağlık açısından yararlı olup olmadığı alanyazında tartışılagelmiştir. Birtakım araştırmacılar benlik yüceltmenin psikolojik sağlık açısından adaptif olduğunu savunurken, diğer araştırmacılar ise benlik yüceltmenin psikolojik sağlık açısından maladaptif olduğunu öne sürmüştür. Bu derlemenin amacı benlik yüceltme ve psikolojik sağlık ilişkisini incelemektir. Yapılan inceleme sonucunda benlik yüceltme güdüsünün psikolojik sağlık açısından yararlı olduğu görülmektedir. Ancak, benlik yüceltme ve psikolojik sağlık ilişkisini ele alan daha fazla kesitsel ve boylamsal çalışma yapılmasına ihtiyaç duyulmaktadır. Benlik yüceltmenin gelecek araştırmalarda ve psikoterapi uygulamalarında çalışılmasının gerekliliği tartışılmıştır.

Keywords

benlik güdüleri , benlik yüceltme , psikolojik sağlık

Self-enhancement and Psychological Health

Abstract

People have a motivation to protect the integrity and positivity of their self. This motivation is referred to as the self-enhancement motive. Whether self-enhancement is beneficial for psychological health has been debated in the literature. While some researchers argue that self-enhancement is adaptive for psychological health, others have suggested that self-enhancement is maladaptive for psychological health. The purpose of this review is to examine the relationship between self-enhancement and psychological health. As a result of the review, it is concluded that self-enhancement motive is beneficial for psychological health. However, more cross-sectional and longitudinal studies are needed to examine the relationship between self-enhancement and psychological health. The necessity of studying self-enhancement in future research and psychotherapy practices has been discussed.

Keywords

self-motives , self-enhancement , psychological health

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