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Mutluluk Korkusu: Tanımı, Nedenleri ve Önlenmesi

Year 2024, Volume: 16 Issue: 3, 485 - 493, 30.09.2024
https://doi.org/10.18863/pgy.1348981

Abstract

Ruh sağlığı alanında yapılan çalışmaların temeli kişinin olumlu duygularını artırmaya ve olumsuz duygularını, inançlarını ve düşüncelerini azaltmaya dayanır. Özellikle pozitif psikolojiye olan ilginin artmasıyla bireylerin pozitif duygulara sahip olmasını sağlamak için birçok çalışma yapılmıştır. Fakat son zamanlarda yapılan araştırmalarda bireylerin sadece negatif duygulardan değil, pozitif duygulardan da kaçındığı tespit edilmiştir. Bu nedenle birey mutlu olmaktan çekindiği için pozitif duygularını bastırabilmektedir. Kişinin, bireysel ve toplumsal anlamda sahip olduğu inanç ve kültürel değerler de ruh sağlığını etkilemektedir. Kişi sahip olduğu inanç ve kültürel değerlerden dolayı mutlu olmaktan korkmaktadır. Mutluluk korkusu, genel olarak bireyin mutluluktan hemen sonra mutsuzluğun geleceğine veya mutlu olduktan sonra kendisine veya çevresine zarar geleceğine inandığı için mutluluktan kaçınmasıdır. Mutluluk korkusu, kişinin hem ruh sağlığına hem de toplumsal ilişkilerine zarar vermektedir. Bunun yanında mutluluk korkusu alekstimi, kaygı, stres, merhamet korkusu, antisosyal, ilişkilerle ilgili bilişsel çarpıtmalar, panik bozukluğu ve özellikle depresyon gibi sorunlarla ilişkilidir. Bu alanda yapılacak tedavi müdahalelerinin etkili ve verimli olabilmesi için mutluluk korkusunu bilmek ve tanımlamak son derece önemlidir. Mutluluk korkusunun temelinde erken yaşam dönemlerinde uyumsuz şemaların geliştirilmesi, çocukluk döneminde sıcak ve samimi bir şekilde gereksinimlerinin karşılanmaması, pozitif duyguları yaşadığında cezalandırılması ve sağlıklı olmayan aile örüntülerine sahip bir ailede büyümesi gibi nedenler yatmaktadır. Bu çalışmada mutluluk korkusunun tanımının yapılması, koruyucu ve risk faktörlerinin belirlenmesi, mutluluk korkusuna neden olan faktörlerin tespit edilmesi, ilişkili kavramlarının açıklanması ve bu şekilde mutluluk korkusunun ruh sağlığı alanında öneminin vurgulanması amaçlanmıştır.

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  • Joshanloo M, Lepshokova KZ, Panyusheva T, Natalia A, Poon WC, Yeung WlV et al. (2014) Cross-cultural validation of fear of happiness scale across 14 national groups. J Cross Cult Psychol, 45:246-264.
  • Karaismailoğlu D, Kulakaç N, Çilingir D (2021) Ameliyathane hemşirelerinde aleksitimi düzeyi ve iletişim becerilerine etkisi: Doğu Karadeniz örneği. Gümüşhane Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi, 10:81-87.
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  • Lambert L, Passmore HA, Joshanloo M (2019) A positive psychology ıntervention program in a culturally diverse university: Boosting happiness and reducing fear. J Happiness Stud, 20:1141-1162.
  • Lambrou P (2014) Is fear of happiness real? Psychology Today, https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/codesjoy/201405/is-fear-happiness-real. (Accessed: 22.06.2023).
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  • Markus H R, Kitayama S (1991) “Culture and the self: Implications for cognition, emotion, and motivation”. Psychol Rev, 98:224-253.
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  • Sheldon KM, Abad N, Ferguson Y, Gunz A, Houser-Marko L, Nichols CP et al. (2010) Persistent pursuit of need-satisfying goals leads to increased happiness: A 6-month experimental longitudinal study. Motiv Emot, 34:39-48.
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  • Togo OT, Caz Ç (2019) The relationship between positivity and fear of happiness in people applying to graduate programs in physical education and sports department. Asian Journal of Education and Training, 5:93-96.
  • Türk T, Malkoç A, Kocabıyık OO (2017) Mutluluk Korkusu Ölçeği Türkçe formu’nun psikometrik özellikleri. Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar, 9:1-12.
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Fear of Happiness: Description, Causes and Prevention

Year 2024, Volume: 16 Issue: 3, 485 - 493, 30.09.2024
https://doi.org/10.18863/pgy.1348981

Abstract

Studies in mental health is to increase the positive emotions of the person and to reduce the negative emotions, beliefs and thoughts. Especially after positive psychology, many studies have been carried out to ensure that individuals have positive emotions. However, in recent studies, it has been determined that individuals avoid not only negative emotions but also positive emotions. Thus, you suppress your positive emotions because of fear of happiness. The individual's beliefs and cultural values also affect mental health. The person is afraid of being happy because of these beliefs and cultural values. Fear of happiness is the avoidance of happines. When people believe thet unhappiness will come immediately after happiness or that the environment will be harmed after being happy, fear of happiness occurs. Fear of happiness harms both the mental health and social relations. Morever, fear of happiness is associated with alexithymia, anxiety, stress, fear of compassion, antisocial, cognitive distortions related to relationships, panic disorder and especially depression. It is extremely important to know and define the fear of happiness for an effective treatment interventions. Fear of happiness rests in maladaptive schemas in early life, not meeting their needs warmly and sincerely in childhood, punishing them when they experience positive emotions, and growing up in a family with unhealthy family patterns. In this study, it is aimed to define fear of happiness, to determine the protective and risk factors, to determine the causative factors, to explain the related concepts, and so to raise awareness about fear of happiness.

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  • Arslan G (2021) Mediating effect of fear and externality of happiness in the association between psychological maltreatment and psychological well-being. Psychol Health Med, 28:707-718.
  • Arslan Y (2018) Öğretmenlerin farklılıkların yönetimi yaklaşımlarına ilşikin algıları ile örgütsel mutluluk algıları arasındaki ilişki (Doktora tezi). Kocaeli, Kocaeli Üniversitesi.
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  • Craske MG, Meuret AE, Ritz T, Treanor M, Dour HJ (2016) Treatment for anhedonia: A neuroscience driven approach. Depress Anxiety, 33:927–938.
  • Çevik Ö (2020) Kültürel bir öğreti: Mutluluk korkusu. Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 17:855-869.
  • Çevik Ö, Tanhan F (2020) Merhamet korkusu: tanımı, nedenleri ve önlenmesi. Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar, 12:342-351.
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  • Koçak R (2002) Aleksitimi: Kuramsal çerçeve tedavi yaklaşımları ve ilgili araştırmalar. Ankara Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Fakültesi Dergisi, 35:183-212.
  • Lambert L, Passmore HA, Joshanloo M (2019) A positive psychology ıntervention program in a culturally diverse university: Boosting happiness and reducing fear. J Happiness Stud, 20:1141-1162.
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  • Lu L, Gilmour R (2004) Culture and conceptions of happiness: Individual oriented and social oriented SWB. J Happiness Stud, 5:269–291.
  • Markus H R, Kitayama S (1991) “Culture and the self: Implications for cognition, emotion, and motivation”. Psychol Rev, 98:224-253.
  • Menon U (2012) Hinduism, happiness and wellbeing: a case study of adulthood in an Oriya Hindu Temple Town. In Happiness Across Cultures: Views of Happiness and Quality of Life in Non-Western Cultures (Eds H Selin, G Davey):417- 434. Dordrecht, Netherlands, Springer.
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  • Nall R, Legg TJ (2017) Cherophobia: symptoms, causes and treatments. Healthline. https://www.healthline.com/health/cherophobia-causes-and-treatmen. (Accessed 08.08. 2022.)
  • Özkan E (2020) Üniversite öğrencilerinde mutluluk korkusu ve kişilik özellikleri arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesi (Yüksek lisans tezi). Ankara, Gazi Üniversitesi.
  • Rockliff H, Gilbert P, McEvan K, Lightman S, Glover D (2008) A pilot exploration of heart rate variability and salivary cortisol responses to compassion-focused imagery. Clin Neuropsychiatry, 5:132-139.
  • Sarı T, Çakır G (2016) Mutluluk korkusu ile öznel ve psikolojik iyi oluş arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesi. Eğitim ve Öğretim Araştırmaları Dergisi, 5:222-229.
  • Sheldon KM, Abad N, Ferguson Y, Gunz A, Houser-Marko L, Nichols CP et al. (2010) Persistent pursuit of need-satisfying goals leads to increased happiness: A 6-month experimental longitudinal study. Motiv Emot, 34:39-48.
  • Tekke M, Özer B (2019) Fear of happiness: Religious and psychological implications in Turkey. Ment Health Relig Cult, 22:686-693.
  • Togo OT, Caz Ç (2019) The relationship between positivity and fear of happiness in people applying to graduate programs in physical education and sports department. Asian Journal of Education and Training, 5:93-96.
  • Türk T, Malkoç A, Kocabıyık OO (2017) Mutluluk Korkusu Ölçeği Türkçe formu’nun psikometrik özellikleri. Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar, 9:1-12.
  • Vanderlind WM, Stanton CH, Weinbrecht A, Velkoff EA, Joormann J (2017) Remembering the Good Ole Days: Fear of positive emotion relates to affect repair using positive memories. Cogn Ther Res,41:362–368.
  • Whetsel T (2017) Examining fears of compassion as a potenrial mediator between shame an danger (Masters thesis). Washington, Eastern Washington University.
  • Wong WL, Yuen CJ (2023) Associations between fragility of happiness beliefs and subjective well being among Chinese: Inconsistent mediation by valuing happiness. Curr Psychol, 42:15564–15574.
  • Yildirim M, Barmanpek U, Farag AAH (2018) Reliability and validity studies of externality of happiness scale among Turkish adults. European Scientific Journal, 14:1-17
  • Yıldırım M, Belen H (2018) Fear of happiness predicts subjective and psychological well-being above the Behavioral Inhibition System (BIS) and Behavioral Activation System (BAS) model of personality. Journal of Positive Psychology and Wellbeing, 2:92-111.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Intercultural Psychology
Journal Section Review
Authors

İmran Elmas 0000-0003-1787-0929

Özlem Çevik 0000-0002-4637-2147

Publication Date September 30, 2024
Acceptance Date December 1, 2023
Published in Issue Year 2024 Volume: 16 Issue: 3

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AMA Elmas İ, Çevik Ö. Fear of Happiness: Description, Causes and Prevention. Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar - Current Approaches in Psychiatry. September 2024;16(3):485-493. doi:10.18863/pgy.1348981

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