Ergenin anne, baba ve yakın arkadaşı ile çatışma çözme davranışının ve psikolojik esenlik halinin birey odaklı yaklaşım ile incelenmesi

The current study aimed to examine adolescents' conflict resolution patterns in their relationships with their mother, father, and best-friend and to investigate how these patterns differ in adolescents' well-being (i.e., life satisfaction, problem solving confidence, trait-anxiety). Participants were 1033 Turkish adolescents between the ages of 11 to 19. Adolescents' conflict resolution behaviors were examined with a person-centered approach through cluster analysis which revealed four groups of adolescents who differ in their conflict resolution patterns. The first cluster which labeled as "Confrontational and Withdrawing" was characterized by low levels of problem-solving and high levels of conflict engagement, withdrawal and compliance. The second cluster which labeled as "Problem Solver" was characterized by high levels of problem solving and low levels of conflict engagement, withdrawal, compliance. The third cluster "Confrontational but not Withdrawing" was characterized by high levels of conflict engagement and low levels of withdrawal, problem solving, compliance. The fourth cluster "Problem Solver but Withdrawing" was characterized by low levels of conflict engagement and high levels of withdrawal, problem solving, compliance. Univariate ANCOVAs, conducted to examine how these clusters differ in psychological well-being revealed that "Problem Solver" had the highest scores in well-being indicators while "Confrontational and Withdrawing" had the lowest scores. Overall, findings revealed how combinations of different resolution styles differ in well-being and highlighted the importance of developing constructive resolution behaviors in adolescence. Keywords: adolescent psychological well-being, conflict resolution styles, parent-adolescent relationship, friendship in adolescence, person-centered approach