The Relationship Between Psychological Maltreatment, Resilience, Social Connectedness, and Belongingness

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the mediating role of social connectedness and sense of belonging in relationship between childhood psychological maltreatment and psychological resilience in adulthood. The measures were applied 279 adults. The ages of the participants ranged between 21 and 34 years. Participants were 63.4% (177) female, 36.6% (102) male.
The mean of ages were 24.42 and standard division was 2.95. Results of analysis indicated that childhood psychological maltreatment directly predicted social connectedness and sense of belonging in adulthood. Results also showed that childhood psychological maltreatment indirectly predicted psychological resilience via social connectedness and sense of belonging. In other words, social connectedness and sense of belonging had a full mediation role in relationship between psychological maltreatment and psychological resilience in adulthood. In this study, we found that social connectedness and sense of belonging have a protective role in relationship between childhood psychological maltreatment and resilience. Hence, we can say that social connectedness and sense of belonging have a significant role in reducing the negative outcomes of childhood psychological maltreatment in adulthood. 

Keywords

• Psychological maltreatment
• social connectedness
• belongingness
• resilience

Psikolojik istismar, Psikolojik Sağlamlık, Sosyal Bağlılık ve Aidıyet Duygusu Arasındaki İlişki

Öz

Bu çalışmanın amacı, çocukluk dönemi psikolojik istismarın psikolojik sağlamlık üzerindeki etkisinde sosyal bağlılık ve aidiyet duygusunun aracı rolünü incelmektir. Veri toplama araçları, yaşları 21 ve 34 arasında değişen 279 yetişkine uygulanmıştır. Katılımcıların %63.4’ü (177) kadın ve %36,6’sı (102) erkektir. Katılımcıların yaş ortalaması 24.42 ve standart sapması 2.95’tir. Analiz sonuçları, çocukluk dönemi psikolojik istismarın sosyal bağlılık ve aidiyeti doğrudan öngördüğünü göstermiştir. Ayrıca sonuçlar, psikolojik istismarın sosyal bağlılık ve aidiyet aracılığıyla psikolojik sağlamlığı dolaylı olarak öngördüğünü göstermiştir. Diğer bir deyişle psikolojik istismar ve psikolojik sağlamlık arasındaki ilişkide sosyal bağlılık ve aidiyetin tam aracı role sahip oldukları görülmüştür. Bu araştırmada, çocukluk dönemi psikolojik istismar ve psikolojik sağlamlık arasındaki ilişkide sosyal bağlılık ve aidiyetin koruyucu faktörler olduğu görülmüştür. Bu nedenle, çocukluk dönemi psikolojik istismarın olumsuz etkilerini azaltmada sosyal bağlılık ve aidiyet duygusunun önemli role sahip olduğu söylenebilir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Psikolojik istismar
• sosyal bağlılık
• aidiyet
• psikolojik sağlamlık

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