TY  - JOUR
T1  - Investigating the mediating role of early maladaptive schemas in the relationship between attachment related anxiety and emotion regulation difficulties in young adults
TT  - Genç yetişkinlerde kaygılı bağlanma ile duygu düzenleme güçlüğü arasındaki ilişkide erken dönem uyum bozucu şemaların aracı rolünün incelenmesi
AU  - Deveci Şirin, Hatice
AU  - Çoban, Rabia
PY  - 2025
DA  - September
Y2  - 2025
DO  - 10.48146/odusobiad.1741033
JF  - Ordu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Dergisi
JO  - ODÜSOBİAD
PB  - Ordu Üniversitesi
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 1309-9302
SP  - 1815
EP  - 1829
VL  - 15
IS  - 3
LA  - en
AB  - The aim of this study is to examine the mediating role of early maladaptive schemas in the relationship between anxious attachment orientation and emotion dysregulation difficulties. The sample of the study consisted of 501 university students determined by random sampling method. The research data were collected face-to-face by means of ‘Experiences in Close Relationships–Relationship Structures Questionnaire-Mother form’, ‘Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale-Brief Form, ‘Young Schema Questionnaire-Short Form-3”, ‘personal information form’. Within the scope of descriptive analyses, mean, standard deviation, kurtosis, skewness and internal consistency coefficients were calculated. The causal relationships between the research variables were tested with two-step structural equation modelling. In addition, the mediation relationship between the variables was examined by bootstrapping. According to the research findings, the structural model in which early maladaptive schemas were partially mediated showed good fit (χ2 /df = 3.186, p
KW  - Attachment related anxiety
KW  - insecure attachment
KW  - early maladaptive schemas
KW  - emotion regulation difficulties
KW  - mediating effect.
N2  - Bu araştırmanın amacı kaygılı bağlanma yönelimi ve duygu düzenleme güçlüğü arasındaki ilişkide erken dönem uyum bozucu şemaların aracı rolünü incelemektir. Araştırmanın örneklemini seçkisiz örnekleme yöntemi ile belirlenen 501 üniversite öğrencisi oluşturmaktadır. Araştırma verileri “Yakın İlişkilerde Yaşantılar Envanteri- İlişki Yapıları Anne formu’’, “Duygu Düzenleme Güçlüğü Ölçeği-Kısa Form’’, “Young Şema Ölçeği-Kısa Form 3’’, “kişisel bilgi formu” aracılığı ile yüzyüze toplanmıştır.  Araştırmada betimsel analizler kapsamında ortalama, standart sapma, basıklık, çarpıklık ve iç tutarlık katsayıları hesaplanmıştır. Araştırma değişkenleri arasındaki nedensel ilişkiler iki adımlı Yapısal eşitlik modellemesi ile test edilmiştir. Ayrıca değişkenler arasındaki aracılık ilişkisi bootstraping işlemi ile incelenmiştir. Araştırma bulgularına göre; erken dönem uyum bozucu şemaların kısmi aracı olduğu yapısal model iyi uyum göstermiştir (χ2 /df = 3.186, p
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