Examining the relationship between addictions to romantic relationships and resolving conflicts that arise in romantic relationships

The purpose of this research is to examine romantic relationship addiction and its relationship with conflict resolution styles. In addition, the study also examined whether there were differences according to gender, relationship status, employment status, relationship duration, education level and income level. The study group of the research consists of 303 participants. 198 of the participants were women and 105 were men. The average age of the participants is 37,37 and they are between the ages of 20-65. Demographic Information Form was used to determine the personal data of the participants, Addiction in Romantic Relationships Scale (ARRS) was used to measure romantic relationship addiction, and Conflict Styles Inventory (CSI) was used to determine conflict resolution styles. SPSS 27 package program was used to analyze the data. Independent samples t-test, ANOVA, simple correlation, partial correlation and hierarchical regression methods were used to analyze the data. The study found that men are more dependent than women in their romantic relationships. According to the correlation results, it was determined that passive conflict resolution style was positively correlated with romantic relationship addiction at a moderate level, destructive conflict resolution style and romantic relationship addiction were positively correlated at a low level, and between romantic relationship addiction and active conflict resolution style were not correlated.