Üniversite öğrencilerinde öz-şefkatin yordayıcıları olarak bağlanma tarzı ve algılanan sosyal destek

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate whether attachment style and perceived social support predicted self-compassion levels of university students. In addition, the study examined whether negative life events and family environment have a significant relation with self-compassion was examined. The study group consisted of 587 volunteering university students (427 females, 156 males and 4 other). Selfcompassion levels of participants were measured by “Self-Compassion Scale (SCS)”, perceived social support was assessed by “Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS)” and attachment style was measured by “Experiences in Close Relationships Scale- Revised (ECR-R)”. The frequency of negative life events of participants was determined by “Negative Life Events Questionnaire (NLEQ)” which developed by researcher. Lastly, personal and sociodemographic informations about participants were collected by “Demographic Information Form (DIF)”. Multiple regression analysis, tetrachoric correlation, parallel analysis, independent samples t-test and one-way ANOVA were used for data analysis. SPSS 23.0 and Factor 10.3 packaged software were utilized for data analysis. According to the findings of the study, attachment anxiety, perceived family support and perceived friend support significantly predicted the self-compassion levels of university students. On the other hand, attachment avoidance and perceived social support from a special person did not significantly predicted self-compassion levels of the participants. Furthermore, it has been determined that there is a significance relation between upper and lower groups of participants in negative life events’ “family/environment conditions” and “friendship/romantic relationship experiences” dimensions. On the other hand, no significance relationship between upper and lower groups of participants in negative life events’ “accident/loss experiences” dimension was found. Another finding of the study was that, self-compassion levels of students who had an authoritative-strict family environment is significantly higher than those who had perfectionist-normative or democratic family environment. vii Moreover, self-compassion levels of students who had a conflicting-unpeaceful family environment were significantly lower than those who have a perfectionistnormative or a democratic family environment. The findings of the study were discussed in the light of literature and recommendations for researchers, practitioners and policy makers were made.