An examination of perceived relationship quality in romantic relationships in the context of mindfulness, interpersonal emotion regulation and psychological resilience

Romantic relationships are partnerships that involve intimacy, love, commitment, passion, and joint participation, and provide both the healthy continuation of individuals' lives and the fulfillment of their emotional, psychological and physiological needs. Perceived romantic relationship quality is very important in the sustainability of romantic relationships and in moving them to advanced relationship dimensions such as marriage. The purpose of this study is to examine the mediating role of psychological resilience between individuals' perceived romantic relationship quality and mindfulness in the premarital period and the mediating role of psychological resilience between individuals' perceived romantic relationship quality and interpersonal emotion regulation. In addition, the perceived romantic relationship quality of the participants was examined in terms of interpersonal emotion regulation, mindfulness, psychological resilience and various demographic characteristics. The research was prepared according to the quantitative method and LISREL 8.7 and SPSS 25.0 package programs were used for the analysis of the research data. Within the scope of the purpose of the research, two models were created and the structural equation model was utilized. Independent Sample t-Test, One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Pearson Correlation Analysis were used to examine the sub-objectives of the study. The study was conducted with participants from the Turkish sample and 675 (396 Female, 58.70%; 279 Male, 41.30%) participants were reached. The data set of the study was collected with the Personal Information Form (PIF), the Perceived Romantic Relationship Quality Scale (PRQQ), the Interpersonal Emotion Regulation Scale (IRLS), the Mindfulness in Romantic Relationships Scale (MBRS) and the Brief Psychological Resilience Scale (BPSR). Confirmatory factor analyses were used to verify the factor structures of the scales. According to the research findings, mindfulness, interpersonal emotion regulation and psychological resilience variables have a statistically significant and positive effect on perceived relationship quality. The mediating effect of psychological resilience on the relationship between perceived relationship quality and mindfulness was found to be significant. The mediating effect of psychological resilience on the relationship between perceived relationship quality and interpersonal emotion regulation was found to be significant. All the findings obtained as a result of the study were discussed in the light of the literature and suggestions were presented for the results.