Emerging adulthood is conceptualized as a critical developmental period between adolescence and adulthood, particularly with respect to identity formation and the establishment of close relationships. During this stage, romantic relationships represent a central developmental context in which the search for identity and the need for emotional intimacy become especially salient. Relationship satisfaction in this period is considered a key indicator of psychological well-being. Romantic perfectionism-a tendency to hold excessively high expectations of both oneself and one's partner-may undermine satisfaction in romantic relationships. These heightened expectations are also thought to be rooted in early relational experiences and the core belief systems that arise from them. Early maladaptive schemas, which develop in childhood and persist across the lifespan, are therefore considered important predictors of relationship satisfaction. The present study aimed to examine the mediating role of romantic perfectionism in the association between early maladaptive schemas and relationship satisfaction among emerging adults. Participants were 257 individuals currently involved in romantic relationships, recruited through convenience sampling. They completed the Young Schema Questionnaire-Short Form 3, the Dyadic Almost Perfect Scale, and the Relationship Assessment Scale. Results of path analysis indicated that the schema domains of disconnection-rejection and impaired limits/high standards predicted relationship satisfaction indirectly via romantic perfectionism, whereas the domains of impaired autonomy and other-directedness showed no significant effects. Overall, the findings suggest that early maladaptive schemas may shape relationship satisfaction through their influence on romantic perfectionism, highlighting potential implications for both theoretical models and applied interventions.
The study aimed to examine the relationships between looming maladaptive style, maternal bonding, difficulties in emotion regulation, and experiential avoidance with symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), and to assess a structural model of the associations among these variables and GAD symptoms. The sample consisted of 371 participants, and data were collected online using the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 Scale, The Looming Maladaptive Style QuestiQuestionnaire-II. Data were analyzed using Pearson Correlation Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling. Results showed that looming maladaptive style, difficulties in emotion regulation, and experiential avoidance were positively correlated with GAD symptoms, while maternal bonding was negatively related to GAD symptoms. The model showed a marginally acceptable fit to the data and explained 50% of the variance in GAD symptoms. Model findings indicated that only difficulties in emotion regulation and experiential avoidance predicted GAD symptoms. However, looming maladaptive style indirectly predicted GAD symptoms through both difficulties in emotion regulation and experiential avoidance. Regarding maternal bonding, the care/control dimension indirectly predicted GAD symptoms through both difficulties in emotion regulation and experiential avoidance, while the overprotection dimension predicted symptoms only through difficulties in emotion regulation. These findings suggest that difficulties in emotion regulation and experiential avoidance may be central mechanisms in the development of GAD symptoms. Furthermore, looming maladaptive style and maternal bonding may act as vulnerability factors that influence symptoms indirectly through these mechanisms.
This study investigates the effect of social media addiction on online shopping addiction by examining the serial mediating roles of difficulties in emotion regulation and impulsivity. Using a quantitative research design, data were col-lected from 356 adults aged 18 years and older through a simple random sampling procedure. Participants completed the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale, the Online Shopping Addiction Scale (OSAS), the Difficulties in Emotion Regula-tion Scale-Short Form (DERS-16), and the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11). The proposed hypotheses were tested using a serial mediation model implemented via Hayes' PROCESS macro. The results revealed that social media addic-tion exerted direct, positive, and statistically significant effects on online shopping addiction, impulsivity, and difficulties in emotion regulation. With respect to indirect effects, the association between social media addiction and online shopping addiction was not significant when mediated solely by difficulties in emotion regulation, whereas the indirect effect through impulsivity was significant. Importantly, the findings further demonstrated a significant serial mediation effect in which difficulties in emotion regulation and impulsivity jointly mediated the relationship between social media addiction and online shopping addiction. Overall, these findings underscore that social media addiction influences individuals' consumption behaviors not only through direct pathways but also via interrelated emotional and cognitive mechanisms.
The main purpose of the study is to evaluate the relationship between multidimensional relationship variables, ro-mantic relationship obsessions and compulsions, and social media jealousy in romantic relationships of individuals who are currently in a romantic relationship. The research sample consisted of 254 individuals, 108 (42.50%) male and 146 (57.50%) female, who were in a romantic relationship between the ages of 18-34. Participants who actively use Instagram were asked to fill out the scale set consisting of the Multidimensional Relationship Scale, the Romantic Relationship Obsessions and Compulsions Scale, and the Social Media Jealousy in Romantic Relationships Scale via online platform. In this study, it was found that single individuals showed more respect and trust in the field of social media than married individuals, while they exhibited more skeptical and observant attitudes. It was also found that men exhibited more restri-ctive and controlling attitudes, while women showed more respect and trust in the field of social media. Furthermore, no correlation was found between daily Instagram usage time and social media jealousy in romantic relationships. Finally, the findings indicated that romantic relationship obsessions and compulsions predict social media jealousy. These results have been discussed in light of the existing literature, and it is suggested that the study provides valuable insights for researchers, as well as clinicians working with couples and families, in developing new theories and interventions related to social media jealousy.
Araştırmanın temel amacı, romantik ilişki yaşayan/ilişkisi devam etmekte olan bireylerin, çok boyutlu ilişki değişkenleri ve romantik ilişki obsesyon ve kompulsiyonlarının romantik ilişkilerdeki sosyal medya kıskançlığı ile olan ilişkisini değerlendirmektir. Araştırmanın örneklemi 18-34 yaş aralığında romantik ilişki yaşayan 108’i (%42,50) erkek ve 146’sı (%57,50) kadın olmak üzere 254 kişiden oluşmaktadır. Aktif olarak Instagram kullanan katılımcılardan Çok Boyutlu İlişki Ölçeği, Romantik İlişki Obsesyon ve Kompulsiyonları Ölçeği ve Romantik İlişkilerdeki Sosyal Medya Kıskançlığı Ölçeği’nden oluşan ölçek setini çevrimiçi ortamda doldurmaları istenmiştir. Bu araştırmada bekâr bireylerin evli bireylere göre partnerlerinin sosyal medya alanına daha fazla güvenip saygı gösterirken aynı zamanda daha fazla şüpheci ve gözetleyici tutum sergiledikleri bulunmuştur. Ayrıca erkeklerin daha fazla kısıtlayıcı ve kontrolcü tutum sergiledikleri, kadınların ise partnerlerinin sosyal medya alanına daha fazla güvendikleri ve saygı gösterdikleri bulunmuştur. Günlük Instagram kullanım süresi ile romantik ilişkilerde sosyal medya kıskançlığı arasında ise anlamlı ilişki bulunmamıştır. Son olarak da bulgular romantik ilişki obsesyon ve kompulsiyonlarının sosyal medya kıskançlığını yordadığını göstermektedir. Mevcut bulgular alanyazın ışığında tartışılmış ve araştırmanın hem araştırmacılara hem de çiftler ve ailelerle çalışan klinisyenlere, sosyal medya kıskançlığıyla ilgili yeni teoriler ve uygulamalar geliştirmekte yardımcı olabilecek bilgiler sağlayacağı düşünülmüştür.
