RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SELF-COMPASSION, MASCULINE GENDER ROLE STRESS AND ATTITUDES TOWARD PSYCHOLOGICAL INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

2021-9
Karataş, Derya
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The aim of this dissertation is to explore the relationships between men’s self-compassion, masculine gender role stress (MGRS), and attitudes toward psychological violence against women (APVAW) in intimate relationships. Psychological intimate partner violence is the most common form of violence that women suffer from. Besides, studying attitudes is crucial to understand the motivations of perpetrators. There are many factors that are related with positive APVAW. However, self-compassion, which is a new concept in positive psychology and MGRS which is a correlated construct with aggression, were never studied in relationship with APVAW. Literature showed that in situations that threaten traditional masculinity, men with high MGRS are more prone to violence compared to men with low MGRS. Hence in current thesis, my aim is to examine men’s APVAW in masculinity-threatening conditions in relationship with their MGRS levels. For this purpose, 404 male participants answered the questions in the Self-Compassion Scale, MGRS Scale and APVAW in Intimate Relationships Scale. The results showed that self-compassion was negatively correlated with both MGRS and positive APVAW. Besides, MGRS positively predicted positive APVAW. Further, the mediating role of MGRS in the relationship between self-compassion and APVAW was presented. Lastly, given the beneficial effects of self-compassion to reduce MGRS, some advices for future intervention studies in the aim of increasing self-compassion were also given.
Self-compassion, Masculine Gender Role Stress, Attitudes toward Psychological Violence against Women, Intimate Relationships
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/92219
Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis

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D. Karataş, “RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SELF-COMPASSION, MASCULINE GENDER ROLE STRESS AND ATTITUDES TOWARD PSYCHOLOGICAL INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 2021.
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