Üniversite Öğrencilerinde Algılanan Sosyal Desteğin Affetmeye Etkisi: Bilişsel Esnekliğin Aracı Rolü ile Cinsiyetin Düzenleyici Rolünün İncelenmesi

Year 2023, , 192 - 200, 26.09.2023

Neslihan Nur Pehlivan , Hamit Coşkun

https://doi.org/10.35365/ctjpp.23.3.01

Abstract

Mevcut literatürün sosyal destekten affetmeye giden yolu inceleyen çalışmalara yer vermesi gerekmektedir. Bu çalışma, üniversite öğrencilerinde sosyal destek ve affetme arasında bir aracı olarak bilişsel esnekliği ve bu ilişkinin bir moderatörü olarak cinsiyeti incelemeyi amaçlamıştır. Veriler, kolayda örnekleme yöntemiyle seçilen ve ölçekleri gönüllü olarak dolduran 204 (%84) kadın ve 39 (%16) erkek olmak üzere 243 öğrenciden çevrimiçi olarak toplanmıştır. Bilişsel esnekliğin, aracı rolü anlamlı olup bu aracılık etkisine cinsiyet düzenlemektedir. Sosyal destek ve affetme arasındaki ilişkide, erkek katılımcılar algıladıkları sosyal destek arttıkça daha çok affederler; kadın katılımcıların affetmesini ise algıladıkları sosyal destek düzeyi etkilememektedir. Literatür ışığında bu bulgular ele alınmıştır.

Keywords

Sosyal destek, bilişsel esneklik, affetme, cinsiyet

Influence of Perceived Social Support on Forgiveness in University Students: Examining The Mediator Role of Cognitive Flexibility and Moderator Role of Gender

Abstract

The current literature needs to include studies examining the path from social support to forgiveness. This study aimed to examine cognitive flexibility as a mediator between social support and forgiveness in university students and gender as a moderator of this pathway. Data were collected through online by a sample of 243 students, 204 (84%) female and 39 (16%) male, chosen by a convenient sampling method and voluntarily filled in the scales. Cognitive flexibility was found to be a significant mediator in bootstrapped tests of indirect effects, and this mediation effect was moderated by gender. In the relationship between social support and forgiveness, male participants forgive more as their perceived social support increases; female participants forgive more regardless of their perceived social support level. In light of the literature, these findings were addressed.

Keywords

Social support, cognitive flexibility, forgiveness, gender

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