COULD PSYCHOLOGICAL FLEXIBILITY PLAY A BUFFERING ROLE AGAINST THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF DEPRESSION, STRESS, AND ANXIETY IN GENERAL POPULATION: A CANONICAL CORRELATION ANALYSIS

Year 2024, Volume: 23 Issue: 90, 525 - 538, 16.04.2024

Mehmet Ali Padır , Mehmet S. Vangölü , Şahabettin Mutlu

https://doi.org/10.17755/esosder.1359777

Cited By: 1

Abstract

The main purpose of the current study was to explore possible unique links between overall psychological flexibility (PF), its six processes (acceptance, defusion, present moment awareness, self as context, values and committed action) and psychological distress (depression, anxiety and stress). The data were collected from 331 participants from various universities in Turkey and canonical correlation analysis was utilized to test interrelationships between the variable sets. According to the findings psychological flexibility and psychological distress variable sets share a moderate variance of 40% and 15% of variance PF variate was explained by psychological distress variables, while 30% of variance in psychological distress variate was explained by PF variables. Findings also showed the negative connectivity of defusion, present moment awareness, and values, and committed action and total PF with all psychological distress variables. But, although at the bivariate level acceptance and self-as-context were inversely related with anxiety and stress, not with depression, these links were not observed in canonical correlation analysis. As a result our findings collectively reaffirms the importance and protective role of overall PF and its processes for understanding the onset and maintenance of depression, anxiety, and stress.

Keywords

Psychological flexibility, psychological distress, Canonical correlation analysis

GENEL POPÜLASYONDA DEPRESYON, STRES VE KAYGININ OLUMSUZ ETKİLERİNE KARŞI PSİKOLOJİK ESNEKLİK KORUYUCU BİR ROL OYNAYABİLİR Mİ: BİR KANONİK KORELASYON ANALİZİ

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın temel amacı, toplam psikolojik esneklik (PE) ve alt süreçleri (kabul, bilişsel ayrışma, an ile esnek temas, bağlamsal benlik, değerler ve değer odaklı eylemlerde kararlılık) ile psikolojik sıkıntılar (depresyon, kaygı ve stres) değişken kümeleri arasındaki olası özgün ilişkileri ortaya çıkarmaktır. Bu ilişkileri ortaya çıkarmak için Türkiye'deki çeşitli üniversitelerden 331 katılımcıdan toplanan veriler ile kanonik korelasyon analizi yapılmıştır. Elde edilen bulgulara göre, psikolojik esneklik ve psikolojik sıkıntı değişken kümelerinin %40'lık orta düzeyde bir varyansı paylaştığı ve psikolojik esneklik değişken kümesindeki varyansın %15'inin psikolojik sıkıntılar değişken kümesi tarafından açıklandığı, psikolojik sıkıntılar değişken kümesindeki varyansın %30'unun da psikolojik esneklik değişken kümesi tarafından açıklandığı görülmüştür. Bulgular ayrıca bilişsel ayrışma, an ile esnek temas, değerler, değer odaklı eylemlerde kararlılık ve toplam psikolojik esnekliğin tüm psikolojik sıkıntılar değişken kümesi ile negatif yönde ilişkili olduğunu göstermektedir. Her ne kadar ikili ilişkilerde kabul ve bağlamsal benlik değişkenlerinin kaygı ve stres değişkenleri ile negatif ilişkili oldukları, depresyon değişkeni ile anlamlı ilişkilerinin bulunmadığı tespit edilmiş olsa da bu bulguların kanonik korelasyon analizi ile doğrulanmadığı görülmektedir. Sonuç olarak bulgularımız, depresyon, anksiyete ve stresin başlangıcını ve devamını anlamada toplam psikolojik esneklik ve süreçlerinin önemini ve koruyucu rolünü toplu olarak doğrulamaktadır.

Keywords

Psikolojik esneklik, psikolojik sıkıntılar, kanonik korelasyon analizi

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