Mediating Role of Positive and Negative Experiences in the Relationship Between Self-Competence and Regret among Adults

Abstract

Despite the distress of regret, regret emerges as an important figure in self-regulation and shaping one's future. Although regret has an important role in adults' lives, the literature on how this emotion is affected by self-competence and which mediating variables affect this relationship is limited. This study aimed to investigate the mediating role of negative and positive experiences in the relationship between self-competence and regret. The participants consisted of 572 individuals, including 402 females (70.3 %) and 170 males (29.7 %). The age of the participants ranged between 18 and 60 (25.34 ± 6.97). Correlation analyses revealed negatively relationship was determined between self-competence and regret, self-competence and negative experience as well. While positively correlation was found between self-competence and positive experience. The result of the analysis for the study model indicated that there was a mediating role of negative experience in the relationship between self-competence and regret. These results suggest that negative experience may be an underlying mechanism between self-competence and regret, and this experience can be exploited in therapeutic interventions.

Keywords

• Self-competence
• Regret
• Positive and negative experience
• Mediating role

Yetişkinlerde Öz-Yeterlilik ile Pişmanlık İlişkisinde Olumlu ve Olumsuz Deneyimlerin Aracı Rolü

Öz

Pişmanlığın yarattığı sıkıntıya rağmen, pişmanlık öz-düzenlemede ve kişinin geleceğini şekillendirmesinde önemli bir unsur olarak ortaya çıkmaktadır. Pişmanlık duygusu yetişkinlerin hayatında önemli bir paya sahip olmasına rağmen, bu duygunun öz-yeterlilik tarafından nasıl etkilendiği ve hangi aracı değişkenlerin bu ilişkiyi etkilediğine dair alanyazın sınırlıdır. Bu çalışma, öz-yeterlilik ve pişmanlık arasındaki ilişkide olumlu ve olumsuz deneyimlerın aracı rolünü araştırmayı amaçlamıştır. Katılımcılar 402 kadın (%70,3) ve 170 erkek (%29,7) olmak üzere toplam 572 kişiden oluşmaktadır. Katılımcıların yaşları 18 ile 60 arasında değişmektedir (25,34 ± 6,97). Korelasyon analizleri öz-yeterlilik ile pişmanlık ve öz-yeterlilik ile olumsuz deneyimler arasında negatif bir ilişki gözlenirken, öz-yeterlilik ile olumlu deneyimler arasında ise pozitif bir ilişki olduğunu ortaya koymuştur. Araştırma modeli için yapılan analiz sonucunda olumsuz deneyimlerın öz-yeterlilik ve pişmanlık arasındaki ilişkiye aracılık ettiği belirlenmiştir. Bu sonuçlar, olumsuz deneyimlerın öz-yeterlilik ile pişmanlık arasındaki ilişkide altta yatan bir mekanizma olabileceğini ve bu deneyimlerın terapötik görüşmelerde kullanılabileceğini önermektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Öz-yeterlilik
• Pişmanlık
• Aracılık rolü
• olumlu ve olumsuz deneyim

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