The relationship of parental attitudes and self-compassion with psychological resilience in adults

This research aims to examine the effects of perceived parental attitudes, self-compassion, and psychological resilience on the psychological resilience of individuals. The research addresses the relationships between perceived parental attitudes (emotional warmth, overprotection, rejection), self-compassion, and psychological resilience, and the effects of sociodemographic variables on these relationships. In addition, it was investigated whether self-compassion plays a mediating role in the relationship between perceived parental attitudes and psychological resilience. The research was conducted on a sample of adults between the ages of 18-65. The number of participants was determined as 251 and the data were collected using the Demographic Information Form, the Perceived Parental Attitudes Scale, the Self-Compassion Scale, and the Brief Psychological Resilience Scale. The data were analyzed using the SPSS program and statistical methods such as One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Pearson Multiplication Moment Correlation Coefficient, Independent Samples t-Test were used. The results of the study show that parental attitudes have a significant effect on individuals' self-compassion levels and psychological resilience. In addition, it was determined that socioeconomic level, gender and age play an important role in these relationships. It was observed that young individuals perceive higher levels of overprotection from their parents, and positive psychological characteristics such as self-compassion, consciousness and psychological resilience increase with age. While women scored higher in negative self-compassion dimensions such as self-judgment, isolation and over-identification, men's psychological resilience was found to be higher. It was determined that socioeconomic level also has an effect on parental attitude perception and psychological characteristics. While individuals at lower socioeconomic levels had higher rates of rejecting parental attitudes, individuals at higher levels had higher levels of warmth perception, self-compassion and psychological resilience. It was determined that education level created significant differences only in some parental attitude dimensions, and the number of siblings did not have a significant effect in general. These findings reveal that mental health programs that aim to strengthen individuals' psychological resilience should be customized according to demographic characteristics. In addition, it was concluded that individuals' internal power resources can be increased by supporting self-compassion.