Paternal Acceptance as a Mediator of the Association Between Maternal Acceptance and Youth’s Personality Disposition

Year 2024, Volume: 7 Issue: 1, 83 - 103, 30.06.2024

Duygu Olgaç , Dilek Şirvanlı Özen

https://doi.org/10.48174/buaad.1463775

Abstract

Drawing upon interpersonal acceptance-rejection theory (IPARTheory), the present study aims to explore the associations between perceived maternal acceptance and the seven personality dispositions most central to the theory (hostility, dependence, self-esteem, self-adequacy, emotional responsiveness, emotional stability, worldview), as well as the possible mediating role of paternal acceptance. Data were collected from 551 Turkish children (50.6% boys) aged 11 through 15 (M=12.78 years) using a random sampling method. Results showed that both maternal and paternal acceptance were significant predictors of six of the seven personality dispositions most central in IPARTheory (low hostility, positive self-esteem, positive self-adequacy, emotional responsiveness, emotional stability, and positive worldview). Additionally, results showed that paternal acceptance partially mediated the association between maternal acceptance and low hostility, positive self-adequacy, emotional responsiveness, emotional stability, and positive worldview.

Keywords

Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection Theory, maternal acceptance, paternal acceptance, personality dispositions.

Anne Kabulü ile Gencin Kişilik Eğilimleri Arasında Baba Kabulünün Aracılığı

Abstract

Bu çalışma, Kişilerarası Kabul-Ret Kuramını temel alarak, algılanan anne kabulü ile kuramın merkezi yedi kişilik eğilimi (düşmanlık, bağımlılık, özsaygı, öz-yeterlilik, duygusal duyarlılık, duygusal istikrar, dünya görüşü) arasındaki ilişkileri araştırmayı amaçlamaktadır. Ayrıca, araştırmada babanın kabulünün olası aracı rolü de incelenmektedir. Veriler, rastgele örnekleme yöntemi kullanılarak 11 ile 15 yaşları arasındaki 551 Türk çocuğundan (%50.6 erkek) toplandı (Ort. =12.78 yaş). Sonuçlar hem anne hem de baba kabulünün, Kişilerarası Kabul Ret Kuramında merkezi olan yedi kişilik eğiliminden altısının (düşük düşmanlık, pozitif özsaygı, pozitif öz-yeterlilik, duygusal duyarlılık, duygusal istikrar ve pozitif dünya görüşü) önemli yordayıcılar olduğun görülmüştür. Ayrıca, sonuçlar, baba kabulünün, anne kabulü ile düşük düşmanlık, pozitif öz-yeterlilik, duygusal duyarlılık, duygusal istikrar ve pozitif dünya görüşü arasındaki ilişkide kısmi aracı rol gördüğü bulunmuştur

Keywords

Kişilerarası Kabul Ret Kuramı, anne kabul, baba kabul, kişilik eğilimleri

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