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A Track from Attachment to Resilience During the Covid 19 Pandemic: Romantic Relationship Tendency
A Track from Attachment to Resilience During the Covid 19 Pandemic: Romantic Relationship Tendency

Author(s): Adil Kaval, Ece Eken, Saadet Zümbül, Şeyma Tantan Ulu, Zeynep Büşra Şahin
Subject(s): Media studies, Social psychology and group interaction, Behaviorism, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Çukurova Universitesi Tip Fakultesi Psikiyatri Anabilim Dalı
Keywords: Resilience; attachment styles; romantic relationship tendency; covid-19; social media;

Summary/Abstract: The Covid 19 pandemic involves some psychosocial problems in addition to physical risks, and resilience appears to be a critical feature to cope with these problems. This study aims to present a model examining the relationships between the psychological tendencies associated with romantic relationships, attachment styles, social media usage, and resilience during the Covid 19 pandemic. These relationships were investigated in a sample of unmarried adults (n = 289) with a romantic relationship history of at least six months. The average age of the participants was 27 years. As a result of structural equation modelling, anxious and avoidant attachment styles had no effect on the purpose of social media usage and the purpose of social media usage had no effect on psychological resilience. Also, anxious and avoidant attachment styles affected resilience, and this effect was fully mediated by psychological tendencies associated with romantic relationships. The findings reveal the necessity to consider the psychological tendencies associated with romantic relationships in studies aimed at increasing resilience.

  • Issue Year: 14/2022
  • Issue No: Suppl. 1
  • Page Range: 192-202
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English