An examination of the correlation between psychological well being and childhood traumas in romantic relationships' perfectionism

When the literature is examined, perfectionism in romantic relations has become one of the prominent issues day by day. In this regard, it is seen that a need for studies on perfectionism in romantic relationships. In this study, the relationship of individuals' perfectionism in romantic relationships with psychological well-being and childhood traumas was investigated separately. For this purpose, 375 university students (170 females and 205 males) were selected and "Perfectionism Scale in Romantic Relations" was used to determine the levels of perfectionism in romantic relationships,"Psychological Well-being Scale" to evaluate psychological well-being processes and "Childhood Trauma Scale" was also used to examine the traumatic experiences of childhood.According to these scales, the relationship between perfectionism in romantic relationships and psychological well-being and childhood traumas was investigated. Statistical analysis of the obtained data was performed and presented in tabular form. In the study, pearson correlation analysis, hierarchical regression analysis, independent groups t-test, and variance analysis (ANOVA) were used to analyze the data correlations. According to the findings of the research, some significant relationships were found between perfectionism in romantic relationships with childhood traumas and psychological well-being scores. In addition it was observed that childhood traumas and psychological well-being scores predicted perfectionism scores in romantic relationships. Finally it was determined that the perfectionism scores of the participants did not change according to their demographic variables. The results were discussed and some suggestions were made.