The relationships between attachment styles, self-compassion, worry and rumination on adults

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between attachment styles, self-compassion, worry and rumination on adults. In accordance with this purpose, the relationship between study variables (Attachment Styles, Self-compassion, Worry, Rumination), and the relationship between sociodemographic variables (Gender, Age, Marital Status, Work Status, etc.) and the study variables were analyzed. For the categorical sociodemographic variable, it was analyzed that if there was a significant difference between the groups of these sociodemographic variables. In this study, correlational survey design was implemented. Population of the study is composed of adults living in Turkey, aged between 18 and 65. The sample, which consists of 323 people, was formed with snowball sampling method. In this research, in order to collect data, sociodemographic information form, Experiences in Close Relationship Inventory – Revised Short (ECR-RS), Self-Compassion Scale – Short Form (SCS-SF), Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ), Ruminative Response Scale – Short Form (RRS-SF) were used. The collected data were analysed using SPSS program. As a result, it is found that age is negatively related to attachment anxiety, worry and rumination, and positively related to self-compassion. Women, compared to men, showed lower levels of attachment avoidance and self-compassion and higher levels of worry. Results also suggest that attachment, self-compassion, worry and rumination are related such that attachment anxiety and worry predict rumination, and attachment anxiety and rumination predict worry.