Examining the Relationship between Attachment and Depression in Terms of Various Variables: A Theoretical Study

Abstract

Self-psychology concept, developed by Heinz Kohut, is now seen as one of the most fundamental psychoanalytic theories. Kohut’s theory of self psychology and Bowlby’s attachment theory emphasizes the importance of early care giving relationship and how this has a profound effect on the development of a healthy sense of self and relationship in adulthood. In this study, it is aimed to explain the concept of self-object in self-psychology and attachment theory in detail. In this context, in order to examine the effects of self-object and attachment dimensions, the literature findings related to attachment and self-object with depression, anxiety and subjective well-being and the possible mediator effect of emotion regulation in these relationships were investigated. Suggestions were made for future research.

Keywords

• Attachment
• self-object
• subjective well-being
• emotion regulation

Bağlanma ve Depresyon Arasındaki İlişkinin Çeşitli Değişkenler Açısından İncelenmesi: Teorik Bir Çalışma

Öz

Heinz Kohut tarafından geliştirilen kendilik psikolojisi yaklaşımı, günümüzde en temel psikanalitik teorilerden biri olarak görülmektedir. Kohut’un kendilik kuramı ve Bowlby’nin bağlanma kuramı, bakım verenler ile kurulan ilişkinin önemi ve bunun sağlıklı bir kendilik duygusunun gelişimi ve yetişkinlik döneminde kurulacak ilişkiler üzerinde etkisi olacağı üzerinde durmaktadır. Bu araştırmada, kendilik psikolojisi içerisinde yer alan kendilik nesnesi kavramı ve bağlanma kuramının detaylı bir şekilde açıklanması hedeflenmiştir. Bu bağlamda kendilik nesnesi ve bağlanma boyutlarının etkilerini incelemek için bağlanma ve kendilik nesnesi ile depresyon, anksiyete ve öznel iyi oluş ilişkisi ve bu ilişkilerde duygu düzenlemenin olası aracı etkisine dair alanyazın incelenmiştir. İleride yapılacak araştırmalar için önerilerde bulunulmuştur.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Bağlanma
• kendilik psikolojisi
• psikolojik semptomlar
• öznel iyi oluş
• duygu düzenleme

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