Turkish Adaptation of Intimate Adult Relationship Questionnaire - Short Form

Child marriages occur between a child under the age of 18 and an adult or another child and take place without children being physiologically or psychologically ready to shoulder the responsibilities of marriage and having children. Child marriages among women are prevalent in Turkey and linked with number of negative outcomes. The aim of this study is to investigate the predictor role of spouse and mother-in-law rejection on marital adjustment and whether this relationship differs for Turkish women married under and above 18. Results revealed that women who were married as children had significantly higher scores for spouse and mother-in-law rejection and lower marital adjustment than women married above 18. Additionally, the marital adjustment of women married as children and by the marriage of choice was significantly lower than women who had married at an adult age and by the marriage of choice. Moderation analysis, which was made by Process macro, indicated that marital age and mother-in-law rejection had a moderator role in the relationship between overall spousal rejection and marital adjustment. In conclusion, this study provides a unique contribution to the relevant literature in Turkish culture in terms of comparing women married under the age of 18 and above 18.

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“…The validity and reliability study of the short form of the scale was performed by Akün (2019). The short form of the scale consists of 24 items.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Spouse and mother-in-law rejection and marital adjustment of Turkish women with child and adult marriage

Cevheroğlu

Tutarel-Kislak

2022

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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“…Given this evidence, it was important to determine if the same gender difference emerged in the collectivist non-WEIRD nation of Turkey. In the Turkish population, the two studies with similar authors (Elibol & Tok, 2018, 2019 on fear of intimacy did not explore possible gender differences because of the uneven distribution between males and females. Therefore, there is no available Turkish data, which guided us to explore gender as a potential moderator in the hypothesized models of the current study.…”

Section: Interpersonal Acceptance-rejection Theory (Ipartheory)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Possible scores ranged from 24 to 96, with higher scores revealing more perceived partner rejection. Akün (2019) assessed the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the IARQ/SF in a sample of 413 university students who were in romantic relationships for at least one month. Cronbach's alpha for the total score on the acceptance-rejection portion of the measure was .78 in Akün's study.…”

Section: Intimate Adultmentioning

confidence: 99%

All you fear is love: The roles of rejection by intimate others

Araci-Iyiaydin

Toplu-Demirtaş

Akcabozan-Kayabol

et al. 2023

Personal Relationships

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Interpersonal acceptance‐rejection theory (IPARTheory) asserts that recollections of parental rejection in childhood tend to result in psychological maladjustment and intimacy problems in later romantic relationships. Informed by IPARTheory, we investigated the association between maternal & paternal rejection, and fear of intimacy by the mediating role of psychological maladjustment in a Turkish sample with 462 mostly young adults. We further explored the moderator role of gender in Model 1 and the moderating roles of both gender and intimate partner rejection in Model 2. Model 1 revealed that adults who had experienced maternal and paternal rejection in childhood tended to be psychologically maladjusted. Consequently, they also tended to have a fear of intimacy, regardless of gender. Model 2 revealed that women who recall having been rejected in childhood by their mothers tended to be psychologically maladjusted and to have a significant fear of intimacy when they also experienced moderate or more than moderate intimate‐partner rejection. However, both women and men who experienced paternal rejection in childhood tended to be psychologically maladjusted and to experience a greater fear of intimacy when they perceived any degree of intimate partner rejection. Implications of the results for theory, research, and practice are discussed.

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Turkish Adaptation of Intimate Adult Relationship Questionnaire - Short Form

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Spouse and mother-in-law rejection and marital adjustment of Turkish women with child and adult marriage

Spouse and mother-in-law rejection and marital adjustment of Turkish women with child and adult marriage

All you fear is love: The roles of rejection by intimate others

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