The mediating role of social media addiction and phubbing in basic psychological needs in relationships and relationship satisfaction.

This study aimed to examine the mediating role of phubbing and social media addiction in the correlation between satisfaction levels of basic psychological needs in romantic relationships and relationship satisfaction. The participants were 958 students from various universities in Türkiye. The research utilized demographic information form for personal information of the participants, the Satisfaction of Basic Psychological Needs in Romantic Relationships Scale, the Generic Scale of Phubbing, the Social Media Addiction Scale-Adult Form, and the Relationship Satisfaction Scale. It was concluded in the research that social media addiction and phubbing had a mediating role in the correlation between the needs for love/belonging ß = 0.05, power ß = 0.03, and freedom ß = -0.08 and the relationship satisfaction. The bootstrapping method performed in the study showed that indirect effect of the need for fun on the relationship satisfaction was significant, but in the Sobel test, social media addiction and phubbing was not found to have a mediating role in this correlation (p > 0.05). It was concluded that phubbing had a mediating role for all needs other than the need for fun in the correlation between satisfaction of basic psychological needs in romantic relationships and social media addiction. Finally, social media addiction was found to have a mediating role in the correlation between phubbing and relationship satisfaction. These findings were discussed in line with the literature. As shown by the findings, it was observed that satisfaction of basic psychological needs in romantic relationships affected the relationship satisfaction, and social media addiction and phubbing had a mediating role in that correlation.

Dark Triad Personality and Phubbing: The Mediator Role of Fomo.

Phubbing among undergraduate has become an area of increasing research interest in recent years. In recent years, studies on phubbing have increased. However, no empirical study has deal with the mediating effect of fear of missing out (FoMO) on the relationship between dark triad and phubbing. The dark triad refers to three personality traits: Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and narcissism. Machiavellianism is characterized by prioritizing one's own wishes and desires. Psychopathy, is a personality trait where lack of emotion and self-control is seen. Narcissism is characterized by low empathy and egocentrism. Thus, the purpose of this study was to examine whether FoMO mediator between dark triad and phubbing among undergraduates. For this purpose, structural equation modeling and bootstrapping method was used. Mediation analyses were performed using AMOS 22.00. The present study comprised 506 undergraduate (%70.7 female; %29.3 male). The age of the participants ranged between 18 and 29 (x = 22.41).The measures used included the General Scale of Phubbing, Fear of Missing Out Scale, and Dirty Dozen Scale. The results showed that FoMO mediated the relationship between dark triad and phubbing. The results of bootstrapping procedure indicated that the indirect effect of FoMO on the relationship between dark triad and phubbing was significant. In conclusion, the study suggests that FoMO is a meaningful mediator in the relationship between dark triad and phubbing. Research results are discussed in the light of the related literature and suggestions are presented for future researchers.

The effect of traumatic experiences on attachment styles / El efecto de las experiencias traumáticas en los estilos de apego

Las experiencias traumáticas son experiencias destructivas que afectan a los individuos en su edad adulta, dañando su sentido de confianza hacia ellos mismos, el mundo y otras personas, llevándolos a la desesperación. Este estudio tiene como objetivo probar el efecto de las experiencias traumáticas de la infancia sobre los estilos de apego en la edad adulta y averiguar qué tipo de experiencias traumáticas explican los estilos de apego y en qué medida. En la investigación se utilizó el método de encuesta relacional y los datos se analizaron con modelos de ecuaciones estructurales. El grupo de estudio está formado por 804 estudiantes de entre 17 y 24 años. Para la recopilación de datos se utilizó el Cuestionario de trauma infantil desarrollado por Berstein et al. (1997) y el cuestionario de escalas de relación desarrollado por Griffin y Bartholomew (1994). El estudio ha concluido que las experiencias traumáticas tienen un efecto negativo y significativo en el apego seguro y un efecto positivo en el apego temeroso y preocupado, pero no son un predictor significativo de descartar el apego. Como resultado del segundo modelo de la relación entre las experiencias traumáticas y las dimensiones del apego seguro e inseguro, se ha encontrado que las experiencias traumáticas tienen un efecto negativo significativo sobre el apego seguro, pero un efecto positivo significativo sobre el apego inseguro. Con el tercer modelo, se han examinado tres tipos de experiencias traumáticas para explicar los estilos de apego. La negligencia y el abuso físico, emocional y el abuso sexual han predicho un apego seguro de una manera negativa significativa y un estilo de apego inseguro de una manera positiva significativa. El estudio reveló el efecto de las experiencias traumáticas de la infancia en los estilos de apego.(AU)

Traumatic experiences are destructive experiences that affect in-dividuals in their adulthood, damaging their sense of trust towards them-selves, the world and other people, leading them to despair. This study aims to test the effect of childhood traumatic experiences on attachment styles in adulthood and to find out what kind of traumatic experiences ex-plain the attachment styles to what extent. Relational survey method was used in the research and the data were analysed with structural equation modelling. The study group is 804 students aged 17-24.For data collec-tion, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire developed by Bernstein et al. (1997) andRelationship Scales Questionnaire developed by Griffin and Bartholomew (1994) were used. The study has concluded that traumatic experiences have a negative and significant effect on secure attachment and a positive effect on fearful and preoccupied attachment, but they are not a significant predictor of dismissing attachment. As a result of the sec-ond model of the relationship between traumatic experiences and secure and insecure attachment dimensions, traumatic experiences have been found to have a negative significant effect on secure attachment but a posi-tive significant effect on insecure attachment. With the third model, three types of traumatic experiences have been examined to explain the attach-ment styles. Physical, emotional neglect and abuse, and sexual abuse have predicted secure attachment in a negative significant way and insecure at-tachment style in a positive significant way. The study revealed the effect of childhood traumatic experiences on attachment styles.(AU)

Do Psychological Resilience and Emotional Intelligence Vary Among Stress Profiles in University Students? A Latent Profile Analysis.

The coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic has brought about significant changes in the lifestyle of students. However, despite an extensive study of students' life stress using a non-comprehensive scale and variable-centered approach, it has been little studied with a comprehensive scale and person-centered approach. Using the Student-Life Stress Inventory-revised (SSI-R), we analyzed students' latent stress profiles and examined differences in psychological resilience and emotional intelligence by comparing stress profiles from a sample of 418 undergraduate and graduate students (aged 18-36) in various departments of eight universities in Turkey. We identified five distinct stress profiles, defined as an extremely low stress group (ELSG), a low stress group (LSG), a medium stress group (MSG), a high stress group (HSG), and an extremely high stress group (EHSG). We found that (1) MSG and HSG were similar in terms of emotional intelligence, resilience, and possession of high standards, and they reported higher levels of physiological, emotional, and behavioral reactions than ELSG and LSG; (2) MSG felt more pressure than HSG; (3) ELSG reported higher levels of emotional intelligence (wellbeing, self-control, and emotionality) than others. Also, EHSG reported lower levels of emotional intelligence (specifically self-control) than others; (4) whereas resilience was highly positively correlated to wellbeing, resilience and wellbeing were moderately negatively correlated to stress. Extremely low stress group and LSG reported higher levels of resilience than others. Medium stress group, HSG, and EHSG did not differ with regard to resilience and wellbeing. Our results suggest that, university students are able to maintain their functionality by coping up with stress in some ways, no matter how stressful they are. These findings are discussed in relation to the relevant literature.