Romantik İlişkilerde İzlenim Ayarlamacılığı: Stres ve Psikolojik Belirtiler

The purpose of this study was to examine whether stress and psychological symptoms predict self monitoring scores in romantic relationships at university students. Participants were 280 university students, each involved in a heterosexual romantic relationship. Demographic Information Form, Brief Symptom Inventory, Stress Symptoms Checklist and Revised Self Monitoring Scale were used for data collection. Multiple regression analysis showed that the level of relationship distress was an important predictor of self monitoring scores. For females, depression and level ofrelationship distress were significant predictors for self monitoring scores. Anger was significant predictor of self monitoring scores for males. In addition, participants who had high levels of perceived relationship distress had higher self monitoring scores than those who had low levels of perceived relationship distress.Bu araştırmanın amacı, stres ve psikolojik belirtilerin, romantik ilişkisi olan üniversite öğrencilerinde izlenim ayarlamacılığı puanlarını yordayıp yordamadığını incelemektir. Araştırmaya karşıt cinsel romantik ilişkisi olan 280 üniversite öğrencisi katılmıştır. Veri toplama amacıyla Demografik Bilgi Formu, Kısa Semptom Envanteri, Stres Semptomları Kontrol Listesi ve Gözden Geçirilmiş Kendini Ayarlama Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Çoklu regresyon analizi, ilişkisel sorun düzeyinin, izlenim ayarlamacılığı puanlarının önemli yordayıcısı olduğunu göstermiştir. Kadınlarda, depresyon ve ilişkisel sorun düzeyi, izlenim ayarlamacılığının anlamlı yordayıcılarıdır. Erkeklerde ise öfke, izlenim ayarlamacılığının anlamlı yordayıcısıdır. Ayrıca, yüksek düzeyde ilişkilerini sorunlu algılayan katılımcıların izlenim ayarlamacılığı puanları, ilişkilerini düşük düzeyde sorunlu algılayan katılımcılardan daha yüksektir

Impact of the interaction effect of the constructive and destructive responses to dissatisfaction on romantic relationship satisfactionYapıcı ve yıkıcı çatışma çözme tepkilerinin karşılıklı etkileşiminin ilişki doyumu üzerindeki etkileri

This study aims to explore to what extent the effects of interaction between the self and the partner’s perceived responses to dissatisfaction, predict the relationship satisfaction in romantic relationships. The relationship satisfaction subscale of Relationship Stability Scale (Büyükşahin, Hasta & Hovardaoğlu, 2005; Rusbult, Martz & Agnew,1998) and Responses to Dissatisfaction Scale (Taluy, 2013; Rusbult, Verette, Whitney, Slovik & Lipkus, 1991) were administered to 198 female and 118 male dating individuals. Moderated regression is conducted to investigate whether the moderation effect of the responses to dissatisfaction predicts the relationship satisfaction. Results reveal that among women the perceived partner’s “exit” is the predictor of relationship satisfaction whereas among men the perceived partner’s “neglect” is the predictor of relationship satisfaction. The investigation between the interaction effect of self and the partner’s perceived responses to dissatisfaction indicates that the individual’s and the perceived partner’s “exit”; the individual’s “neglect” and the perceived partner’s “loyalty” responses are the predictors of relationship satisfaction among women. Results are discussed in terms of theoretical approaches. ÖzetBu çalışmanın amacı, romantik bir ilişkide yaşanan sorunlar karşısında verilen tepkilerin karşılıklı etkileşiminin ilişki doyumunu ne derecede yordadığını incelemektir. Çalışmaya, şu anda yakın ilişki yaşayan 198’i kadın, 118’i erkek olan toplam 316 kişi katılmıştır. Çalışmada İlişki İstikrarı Ölçeği’nin (Büyükşahin, Hasta ve Hovardaoğlu, 2005; Rusbult, Martz ve Agnew,1998) ilişki doyumu boyutu ve İkili İlişkilerde Çatışma Çözme Tepkileri Ölçeği (Taluy, 2013; Rusbult, Verette, Whitney, Slovik ve Lipkus, 1991) uygulanmıştır.  Yapılan bir dizi düzenleyici değişkenli regresyon analizi ile çatışma çözme tepkilerinin  ortak etkileşiminin ilişki doyumu üzerindeki etkisi incelenmiştir. İlişki doyumunu yordayan çatışma çözme tepkilerinin temel etkilerine bakıldığında, kadınlar arasında partnerlerine ilişkin algıladıkları çıkış tepkisinin anlamlı olduğu gözlenirken, erkeklerde partnerlerine ilişkin algıladıkları yokmuş gibi davranma tepkisinin anlamlı olduğu gözlenmiştir. Etkileşim etkisine bakıldığında ise kadınlar arasında kendi çıkış tepkileri ile partnerlerinde algıladıkları çıkış tepkisinin ortak etkisi ve  kendilerinin yokmuş gibi davranma tepkileri ile partnerlerinde algıladıkları bağlılık ortak etkisinin ilişki doyumunu anlamlı olarak yordadığı belirlenmiştir. Sonuçlar kuramsal yaklaşımlar çerçevesinde tartışılmıştır

Parasocial Interaction with Media Characters

The main purpose of this study is to understand the nature of the parasocial interaction with media characters, to have knowledge about the causes and to review important previous researches on parasocial interaction. In this way, it is aimed to have information about the premises of the parasocial interaction and the variables it is associated with and to determine the possible effects of these variables on social life. Considering the previous studies, it is seen that the focus is on the relationships with the character in the series. For this reason, this study focuses mainly on the interaction with characters of series. In the study, firstly, the nature and premises of the concept of parasocial interaction are mentioned, and then the similarities of this interaction with interpersonal relations are mentioned. Finally, some researches and some suggestions were made about this subject, in which parasocial interaction was examined especially in terms of age, gender, loneliness and social anxiety

The Moderating Role of Marital Satisfaction on the Relationship between Dimensions of Work-Family Conflict and Perfectionism

The main aim of this study is to investigate the moderating role of marital satisfaction in explaining the relationship between perfectionism and both dimensions of work-family conict (i.e. family-to-work and work-to-family). The study also examines gender differences regarding both dimensions of work-family conict. The study included 132 married participants (57 female, 75 male). In order to collect data from the participants demographic information form, Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale, Relationship Stability Scale and Work-Family Conict Scale were used. The results of the t-test analysis for independent samples have revealed a signicant gender difference indicating that men experience higher levels of family-to-work conict. As a result of the hierarchical regression analyses, marital satisfaction was found to have a moderating role in explaining the relationship between perfectionism and both dimensions of workfamily conict. It was found that compared to perfectionism, marital satisfaction is more related to work-family conict in marriage

Self-affirmation and responses to cigarette warning labels: The moderating role of message strength

The present research investigated whether message strength moderates the effect of self-affirmation on reactions given to cigarette warning labels. Three hundred eighty-four female (Study 1) and 383 male (Study 2) smokers completed a self-affirmation manipulation and then evaluated either strong or weak warning labels in terms of message derogation. Next, they reported their intentions to quit smoking. Only for the male sample, message strength moderated the effect of self-affirmation on message derogation. However, message strength did not have a moderating role on both message derogation and quit intentions for the female sample and on quit intentions for the male sample