Attachment styles, narcissism, cognitive emotion regulation as predictors of sense of power in females with romantic relationships

The aim of this study was to investigate the predictive role of relationship duration, attachment styles (anxious and avoidant attachment dimensions), narcissism (grandiose narcissism and vulnerable narcissism dimensions), and cognitive emotion regulation skills on sense of power were examined in emerging adult females who are in romantic relationships. 367 emerging adult females participated who aged between 18 and 29 years, living in Turkey, and who have currently romantic relationships during 2022-2023 in this study. The research data were collected with the Sense of Power Scale for sense of power in romantic relationships, Experiences in Close Relationships-Revised for attachment styles, Narcissistic Personality Inventory and Hypersensitive Narsissism Scale for narcissism and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire – Short Form to examine cognitive emotion regulation. Demographic Information Form was used to measure of demographic characteristics of the participants. In this study, hierarchical regression analysis was used to test the predictive role of relationship duration, attachment styles, narcissism and cognitive emotion regulation on sense of power in romantic relationships of emerging adult females. The analysis of the study revealed that romantic relationship duration, narcissistic personality, vulnerable narcissism and anxious and avoidant attachment dimonsions significantly predicted sense of power in emerging adult females in romantic relationships. It was found that relationship duration, grandiose narcissism, vulnerable narcissism, anxious attachment, avoidant attachment styles and cognitive emotion regulation explained 30% of the variance in sense of power in romantic relationships among emerging adult females. The results of the study were discussed in accordance with the relevant literature.