Mediating effect of fear and externality of happiness in the association between psychological maltreatment and psychological well-being. Issue 3 (16th March 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Arslan, Gökmen
• Is Part Of: Psychology, health & medicine. Volume 28:Issue 3(2023)
• Page Start: 707
• Page End: 718
• Publication Date: 2023-03-16
• Subjects: Psychological maltreatment -- psychological well-being -- happiness -- well-being -- young adults; Medicine and psychology -- Periodicals; Clinical health psychology -- Periodicals; 610
• DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2021.1950783
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1354-8506

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This study aims to explore whether psychological maltreatment predicts young adults' psychological well-being through fear of happiness and externality of happiness. The current study included 490 young adults from a public university in an urban city in Turkey. Participants were 36% male, and they ranged in age from 18 to 39 years ( M = 21.77, SD = 2.40). Findings from the study revealed that psychological maltreatment had a significant predictive effect on psychological well-being, fear of happiness, and externality of happiness. Further, fear of happiness and externality of happiness mediated the impact of psychological maltreatment on psychological well-being. These findings indicate that fear and externality of happiness are important sources that can help to explain the association between childhood psychological maltreatment and psychological well-being among young adults. Therefore, there is a need to design a more comprehensive prevention and intervention approach for improving people's psychological well-being in the context of psychological maltreatment.