Beliren Yetişkinlikte Romantik Yakınlığı Kim Başlatabilir? Kişilik Özellikleri ve Kimlik Statüler

Yıl 2013, Cilt: 16 Sayı: 29, 63 - 80, 01.06.2013

Leyla Ercan Ali Eryılmaz

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Amaç: Bu çalışmada amaç, beliren yetişkinlikte romantik yakınlığı başlatma ile cinsiyet, kişilik özellikleri ve kimlik statüleri arasındaki ilişkileri incelemektir.Yöntem: Bu araştırma, 19-25 yaşları arasındaki üniversite öğrencilerinden oluşan 240 beliren yetişkin yer almıştır. Çalışmada, romantik yakınlığı başlatma ile kişilik özellikleri, cinsiyet ve kimlik statüleri arasındaki ilişkiler incelenmiştir. Çalışmada Romantik Yakınlığı Başlatma Belirleyicileri Ölçeği, Sıfatlara Dayalı Kişilik Testi ve Kimlik Statüleri Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Verilerin analizinde t-testi ve basit regresyon analizi yönteminden faydalanılmıştır.Bulgular:Yapılan analizlerin sonucuna göre, romantik yakınlığı başlatma konusunda cinsiyete dayalı fark bulunmuştur. Duygusal açıdan dengesizlik, dışa dönüklük, deneyime açıklık kişilik özelliklerinin ve ipotekli kimlik statüsüne sahip olmanın romantik yakınlığı başlatma ile anlamlı düzeyde ilişkili olduğu sonucuna varılmıştır.Sonuç: Beliren yetişkinlikte romantik yakınlığı başlatmada cinsiyet, kişilik özellikleri ve kimlik statüleri önemlidir. Bulgular, beliren yetişkinlik dönemi, kültürel yapı, toplumsal cinsiyet ve kişilik özellikleri bağlamında tartışılmıştır

Anahtar Kelimeler

Anahtar Sözcükler: Beliren Yetişkinlik, Romantik Yakınlık, Kişilik, Kimlik

Who Can Initiate a Romantic Intimacy in the Period of Emerging Adulthood? Personality Traits and Identity Status

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Objective: This study examines the relationship between starting romantic intimacy, personality traits, gender, and identity status.Method: There are two sub-studies in this study. In this study, there are 240 participants. Participants are university students. Adjective Based Personality Test, EOM-EIS Extended Version of Objective Measure of Ego Identity Scale and Markers of Starting Romantic Intimacy Scale are used. In the study, t-test was used to determine whether or not gender plays a significant role in initiating a romantic intimate relationship, and also basic regression analysis was employed to uncover the interaction between initiating a romantic intimate relationship and certain personality traits.Results: It is found that there is gender difference on starting romantic intimacy. Regression analysis shows that Extraversion, Neuroticism, Openness, and also Identity Foreclose are the most important factors for starting romantic intimacy.Conclusion: The findings of the study suggest that there is a statistically significant relationship between starting romantic intimacy, gender, personality traits and identity status. Results were found parallel with the literature, and also are discussed with respect to emerging adulthood, gender, personality traits and cultural factors

Anahtar Kelimeler

Emerging Adulthood, Romantic Relationship, Personality, Identity

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