Examination of the relationship between emotion regulation skills, emotion expression tendency and aggression in terms of parental marital status

This study aims to examine the relationship between young adults' emotion regulation skills, tendency to express emotions, and aggression levels in terms of parental marital status. The sample of the study consists of 248 young adults aged 18-24, students of Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa and Istanbul Aydın University, 72 of whom have divorced parents and 176 of whom have married parents. The data of the research were obtained using the "Emotion Regulation Skills Scale", "Expression of Emotions Scale", "Aggression Scale" and a personal information form containing sociodemographic information. Chi-square, Pearson correlation analyses, independent sample T test, Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis-H test and multiple linear regression analyzes were used to analyze the data. As a result of the research, a negative significant relationship was found between the emotion regulation skills and aggression levels of young adults with divorced parents. It was found that the emotional regulation skills of young adults whose parents were divorced were significantly lower and their aggression was significantly higher than that of young adults whose parents were still married. When the aggression of young adults whose parents are divorced is examined; When the aggression of young adults whose parents were divorced was examined, it was determined that high negative emotion expression, low closeness emotion expression and negative current attitude towards divorce predicted aggression at a level of 54.2%. This research has shown that parental divorce may affect aggression and emotion regulation skills in young adults, and that the aggression levels of young adults with divorced parents may differ according to gender and their current attitudes towards divorce.