Breakup Adjustment in Young Adulthood

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The purpose of this study was to assess the ability of young adults to adjust to the breakup of a romantic relationship by examining the possible predictors. The sample comprised 140 women and 143 men. Simultaneous regression analysis indicated that initiator status, existence of a new partner, certainty of the reasons for the breakup, and perceived social support were significant predictors and accounted for 18% of the variance in the measure of adjustment to breakup.
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Citation Formats
K. F. Barutçu Yıldırım and A. G. Demir, “Breakup Adjustment in Young Adulthood,” JOURNAL OF COUNSELING AND DEVELOPMENT, pp. 38–44, 2015, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/40241.