Psychological Flexibility and Attitudes toward Violence in Close Relationships: A Serial Mediator through Difficulties in Emotion Regulation and Self-Compassion
Year: 2025
Type: preprint
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Attitudes toward violence constitute a significant dimension of problems experienced in close relationships. Individuals’ psychological flexibility skills, particularly processes such as emotion regulation and self-compassion, play a critical role in the development of such attitudes. The aim of this study is to examine the mediating role of difficulties in emotion regulation and self-compassion in the relationship between psychological flexibility and attitudes toward violence in close relationships. The sample of the study consisted of 253 Turkish volunteers [217 females (85.8%) and 36 males (14.2%)]. Participants’ ages ranged from 18 to 35, with a mean age of 27.89 (SD = 4.97). The analyses were conducted using two-stage structural equation modelling. Following this analysis, the indirect effects of the mediating variables were examined using the bootstrapping method. The findings revealed that difficulties in emotional regulation and self-compassion played a serial mediating role in the relationship between psychological flexibility and attitudes toward violence in close relationships. In conclusion, enhancing psychological flexibility increases individuals’ emotion regulation skills, which supports the development of self-compassion and ultimately leads to healthier attitudes toward violence in relationships. This result broadens the understanding of attitudes toward violence in intimate relationships.
Author: SAİDE UMUT ZEYBEK ÇAKTI
Institution: Muğla University
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W4414513833
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