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overt aggression
path analysis
relational aggression
self-determination theory
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This study aims to examine the mediating role of basic psychological need satisfaction in the relation between adolescents' emotional insecurity and overt and relational aggression behaviors, through the lens of Emotional Security Theory and Self-Determination Theory. The participants were 234 adolescents attending middle or high school, mostly from middle socioeconomic status. The participants' ages ranged from 11 to 18 years, with a mean age of 15.60 (49% male). The Emotional Security Scale, the Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction Scale, and the Children's Social Behavior Scale were used to collect data. The main mediation analysis was conducted using path analysis from structural equation models. As a result of the path analysis, it was found that adolescents' increased emotional insecurity decreased their basic psychological need satisfaction, which in turn, was associated with more overt and relational aggression behaviors; and basic psychological need satisfaction mediated the relationship between adolescents' emotional insecurity and overt and relational aggression behaviors. Supplementary analyses showed that only relatedness need satisfaction mediated the relationships between adolescents' emotional insecurity and both overt and relational aggression behaviors. The research findings are discussed in the context of the two theories, by taking culture into account.
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Bu araştırmanın amacı, Duygusal Güvenlik Kuramı ve Kendini Belirleme Kuramı ışığında, ergenin duygusal güvensizliği ile açık ve ilişkisel saldırganlık davranışları arasındaki ilişkide temel psikolojik ihtiyaç doyumunun aracı rolünü incelemektir. Araştırmaya, çoğunluğu orta sosyoekonomik düzeyden gelen ve ortaokul veya liseye devam eden toplam 234 ergen katılmıştır. Katılımcıların yaşları 11 ile 18 arasında değişmekte olup, yaş ortalaması 15.60’tır (%49 erkek). Araştırmada veri toplamak amacıyla Duygusal Güvenlik Ölçeği, Temel Psikolojik İhtiyaç Doyumu Ölçeği ve Çocukların Sosyal Davranış Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Temel aracılık analizi yapısal eşitlik modellerinden yol analizi kullanılarak gerçekleştirilmiştir. Yol analizi sonucunda, ergenlerin artan duygusal güvensizliğinin temel psikolojik ihtiyaç doyumlarını azalttığı, bunun da daha fazla açık ve ilişkisel saldırganlıkla ilişkili olduğu ve temel psikolojik ihtiyaç doyumunun ergenin duygusal güvensizliği ile açık ve ilişkisel saldırganlık davranışları arasındaki ilişkiye aracılık ettiği bulunmuştur. Ek analizler ise yalnızca ilişkisellik ihtiyaç doyumunun ergenin duygusal güvensizliği ile açık ve ilişkisel saldırganlık davranışları arasındaki ilişkilere aracılık ettiğini göstermiştir. Ergenlerin duygusal güvensizliğinin, özellikle ilişkisellik ihtiyacı olmak üzere, temel psikolojik ihtiyaçlar aracılığıyla açık ve saldırganlıkla olan ilişkisine yönelik bulgular, iki kuram çerçevesinde kültürel boyutlar dikkate alınarak tartışılmıştır.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Açık saldırganlık, duygusal güvenlik kuramı, ilişkisel saldırganlık, kendini belirleme kuramı, yol analizi
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