The Mediator Role of Relationship Satisfaction on The Relation between Time Perspective and Responses to Romantic Relationship Dissatisfaction

Yasin F., BÜYÜKŞAHİN SUNAL A.

TURK PSIKOLOJI DERGISI, cilt.31, sa.78, ss.79-94, 2016 (SSCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 31 Sayı: 78
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Dergi Adı: TURK PSIKOLOJI DERGISI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.79-94
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Time perspective, relationship satisfaction, responses to relationship dissatisfaction, INVESTMENT MODEL, MARITAL SATISFACTION, SUBSTANCE USE, ORIENTATION, PERSONALITY, COMMITMENT, CONFLICT, INVOLVEMENTS, ENGAGEMENT, EXPERIENCE
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The main purpose of this study is to investigate the mediator role of relationship satisfaction on the relation between time perspective and responses to romantic relationship dissatisfaction. Furthermore, the relationship between time perspective, relatonship satisfaction, responses to relationship dissatisfaction, and gender was examined. The sample included 509 people who have been in a romantic relationship. The mean age of participants was 30.82 (SD = 8.07). The material set included Zimbardo's Time Perspective Inventory, Relationship Stability Scale, and My Responses to Relationship Problems Scale. Firstly, MANOVA analysis revelead a significant main effect of gender in terms of present/fatalistic time perspective, neglect and voice scores. Secondly, a model was conducted in order to examine both the direct effect of time perspective on responses to relationship dissatisfaction and the indirect effect of time perspective on responses to relationship dissatisfaction mediated by relationship satisfaction; and this model was analysed by path analysis. Results revealed that there is a mediator role of relationship satisfaction in the relation between past/negative, present/hedonistic and future time pespective, and exit, voice and loyalty responses. Moreover, it was found that past/negative and present/hedonistic time perspectives predicted some responses to romantic relationship dissatisfaction directly. Results were discussed on the basis of relevant literature.