Childhood Traumas and Impulsivity: The Mediating Role of Parental Attitudes

Hatice Harmancı; Seher Akdeniz; Zeynep Gültekin Ahçı; İbrahim Dalmış

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Childhood Traumas and Impulsivity: The Mediating Role of Parental Attitudes

Abstract

Childhood traumas (CT) are common and an important risk factor for the development of mental complaints and psychopathologies. The first aim of the research was to determine the frequency of CT in a non-clinical sample and to investigate the relationship between this and impulsivity. Our second aim was to examine the mediating role of parental attitudes in people with impulsivity. The research group consists of 276 university students who met the inclusion criteria. Sociodemographic information form, Childhood Trauma Scale, Child Rearing Attitude Scale and Barrate Impulsivity Scale Short Form were applied to the participants who were interviewed face to face. SPSS 22.0 and LISREL 8.8 were used for the data analysis. The prevalence of CT was 30.9% in the research group. The most common CT subtype is emotional abuse and emotional neglect. The relationship between CT and impulsivity has been found, and parental attitudes are the key factors in the development of impulsivity. References from the parents are very important in understanding and making sense of the trauma experienced by the child. Parent education on this subject is very important for the prevention of psychopathologies that will develop due to trauma.

Keywords

Childhood traumas , abuse , neglect , impulsivity , parental attitudes

Çocukluk Çağı Travmaları ve Dürtüsellik: Ebeveyn Tutumlarının Aracı Rolü

Öz

Çocukluk çağı travmaları (ÇÇT) toplumlarda sıkça görülen ve ruhsal şikayetler ya da ruhsal bozuklukların gelişimine sebep olabilecek risk faktörlerindendir. Araştırmamızın ilk amacı klinik olmayan bir örneklemde ÇÇT sıklığını saptamak ve bu durumun dürtüsellikle olan ilişkisini araştırmaktır. İkinci amacımız ise dürtüsellik gelişen kişilerde ebeveyn tutumlarının aracılık rolünü incelemektir. Araştırma grubunu çalışmaya katılmaya gönüllü olan, çalışmaya dahil edilme kriterlerine uygun 276 üniversite öğrencisi oluşturmaktadır. Yüz yüze görüşme yapılan katılımcılara sosyodemografik bilgi formu, Çocukluk Çağı Travmaları Ölçeği, Çocuk Yetiştirme Tutumları Ölçeği ve Barrat Dürtüsellik Ölçeği Kısa Formu ölçekleri uygulanmıştır. Verilerin analizinde SPSS 22.0 ve LISREL 8.8 istatistik programları kullanılmıştır. Araştırma grubunda ÇÇT yaygınlığı %30,9 bulunmuştur. En sık ÇÇT alt tipi duygu-sal istismar ve duygusal ihmaldir. Çocukluk çağı travmaları, dürtüselliğin gelişmesinde etkili bir faktördür ve ÇÇT öyküsü olan kişilerde dürtüselliğin gelişmesinde ebeveyn tutumları aracı rol oyna-maktadır. Çocuğun yaşadığı travmayı anlaması ve anlamlandırmasında ebeveynlerinden aldığı referanslar oldukça önemlidir. Bu konuda yapılacak ebeveyn eğitimleri, travmaya bağlı gelişecek psikopatolojilerin önlenmesi açısından oldukça önemlidir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Çocukluk çağı travmaları , istismar , ihmal , dürtüsellik , ebeveyn tutumları

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Psychology

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Hatice Harmancı ^*
0000-0003-4064-5391
Türkiye

Seher Akdeniz
0000-0002-2282-9165
Türkiye

Zeynep Gültekin Ahçı
0000-0002-2383-7167
Türkiye

İbrahim Dalmış
0000-0001-9558-5619
Türkiye

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September 15, 2021

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March 29, 2021

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June 3, 2021

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Year 1970 Volume: 18 Number: Eğitim Bilimleri Özel Sayısı

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https://doi.org/10.26466/opus.904996

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Harmancı, H., Akdeniz, S., Gültekin Ahçı, Z., & Dalmış, İ. (2021). Childhood Traumas and Impulsivity: The Mediating Role of Parental Attitudes. OPUS International Journal of Society Researches, 18(Eğitim Bilimleri Özel Sayısı), 4046-4062. https://doi.org/10.26466/opus.904996

Childhood Traumas and Impulsivity: The Mediating Role of Parental Attitudes

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