Mother - Daughter Relationship’s Links to Daughter’s Self-Esteem and Life Satisfaction

Year 2013, Volume: 4 Issue: 40, 167 - 175, 30.09.2013

Selin Onaylı Özgür Erdur Baker

Abstract

Abstract: This study examines the relation of mother - daughter relationship to an adult daughter’s selfesteem
and life satisfaction. 426 university students with a mean age of 21.62 (SD= 2.35) participated in
the study. Adult Mother - Daughter Questionnaire, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and the Satisfaction
with Life Scale were administered. The canonical correlation analysis revealed that three indicators of
mother - daughter relationship (connectedness, interdependency, and trust in hierarchy) and the two
indicators of well-being (self-esteem and life satisfaction) were significantly interrelated. In addition,
the multiple regression analysis showed that connectedness has the strongest relationship with both life
satisfactions, and self-esteem whereas interdependency was found to be negatively correlated with selfesteem
only. The results were discussed in the light of the related literature.

Keywords: mother-daughter relationship, self-esteem, life satisfaction.

Öz: Bu çalışmada, anne - kız ilişkisi ile kızın yaşam doyumu ve benlik saygısı göz önünde tutularak
iyi olma hali arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Çalışmanın katılımcıları yaş ortalaması
21.62 (SD = 2.35) olan 426 kız üniversite öğrencisinden oluşmaktadır. Veri toplama sürecinde Anne
- Yetişkin Kız Ölçeği (Rastogi, 1995), Rosenberg Benlik Saygısı Ölçeği (Rosenberg, 1965) ve Yaşam
Doyum Ölçeği (Diener, Emmons, Larsen, & Griffin, 1985) kullanılmıştır. Anne - kız ilişkisi ölçeğinin alt
ölçekleri (bağlılık, karşılıklı bağlılık ve hiyerarşiden kaynaklanan saygı) ile iyi olma halinin iki bileşeni
olan yaşam doyum ve benlik saygısı arasındaki ilişkiyi incelemek üzere kanonik korelasyon ve hiyerarşik
çoklu regresyon analizleri kullanılmıştır. Bu analiz sonuçları anne - kız ilişkisi ile kızların iyilik hali
(yaşam doyumu ve öz saygı) arasında olumlu pozitif ilişki olduğunu göstermiştir.

Anahtar Sözcükler: anne - kız ilişkisi, benlik saygısı, yaşam doyumu.

Keywords

anne - kız ilişkisi, benlik saygısı, yaşam doyumu

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