With relational autonomous self-construction the relationship between shame and forms of contact

In this study, the relationship between self- constructs and shame and contact styles in young and middle adults was examined. 401 people participated in the study and the data of 393 participants were examined in line with the exclusion criteria. "Demographic Information Form", "Continually Relational-Autonomous Self Scale", "Gestalt Contact Patterns Scale- Reassessment Form" and "Guilt and Shame Scale" were applied to the participants. In terms of sociodemographic variables, independent sample t-test and one-way ANOVA were used to compare the research variables with groups. The Pearson Correlation techniquae was applied to examine the relationship between contact styles, relational-autonomous self and shame. Post-Hoc Scheffe test was used to examine the significant differences obtained in one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). According to the findings obtained in the study, significant differences were founda in the contact styles, self-constructs and shame scores of the participants in terms of gender and education level variables. According to he correlation findings, a positive and significant relationship was found between all sub-dimensions of contact styles and shame scores. A negative and significant relationship was found between the autonomous self-construct and the contact sub-dimension. A positive and significant relationship was found between autonomous-relational self-construct and diversionary contact style. A positive and significant relationship was found between relational self-construct and emotional depersonalization. The findings obtained in the study were evaluated with in the framework of the relevant literature. In addition, the current research is the first to examine the relationship between gestalt contact patterns, relational-autonomous self-constructs and shame. Suggestions for further research and applications are presented. Key words: Gestalt forms of contact, shame, relational self, autonomous self