Investigation of the relationship between self-comfort, lonely and psychological resilience in individuals with divorced and non-divorced parents

This study was conducted to find a solution to whether there is a relationship between the level of self-compassion, loneliness, and psychological resilience of individuals with divorced and non-divorced parents. It is also aimed to find other factors that may cause differences in self-compassion, loneliness, and psychological resilience levels by examining other demographic variables, such as; age, gender, marital status, number of siblings, marital status of parents, etc. The findings of the study aspire to bring a different perspective to the studies conducted with individuals with recently divorced and non-divorced parents, as well as to provide information to experts and researchers working in this field. The population of the research consists of individuals between the ages of 18-44 whose parents are divorced and not divorced living in Turkey, while the sample consists of 371 participants in total, who participated online from this population including 152 individuals whose parents were divorced and 219 individuals whose parents were not divorced. The research was conducted using descriptive relational survey method through questionnaire research method. The data were analyzed in the SPSS program, and the demographic information form, "Self Compassion Scale", "U.C.L.A. Loneliness Scale" and "Adult Resilience Scale" were used to collect the data. As a result of the correlation analysis, it has been determined that there is a moderately negative relationship between the levels of self-compassion and loneliness, a moderately positive relationship between the levels of self-compassion and psychological resilience, and a strong negative relationship between the levels of loneliness and psychological resilience in individuals with divorced and Not divorced parents. Regarding the results of the T-test analysis of the comparison of the self-compassion, loneliness, and resilience scores of the participants in the study, considering whether the parents of the participants are married or divorced, there was no significant difference in the levels of self-compassion and loneliness, while a significant difference was found between the levels of psychological resilience. It has been determined that the psychological resilience levels of individuals whose parents are married are significantly higher than those whose parents are divorced. It has been also examined whether the levels of self-compassion, loneliness, and psychological resilience of individuals with divorced and not divorced parents differ according to demographic variables, and it is discussed in detail in the conclusion and discussion section of the study.