Relationship of Adolescents’ Just World Beliefs with Childhood Trauma and Attachment Styles

Autor: Bedriye Öncü, Burçin Çolak, Gencay Koç, Rifat Serav İlhan
Jazyk: turečtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Çocuk ve Gençlik Ruh Sağlığı Dergisi, Vol 28, Iss 2, Pp 159-165 (2021)
ISSN: 2687-3532
1301-3904
Popis: Objectives:Adolescence is an important period of life when some basic cognitive constructs are formed so that a person can understand himself and others to comprehend the world as a whole. Just world belief (JWB) is one of these cognitive constructs that indicate whether one sees the world as a just or an unjust place. In this study, we aimed to explore the JWB of adolescents from a clinical sample and its relations with psychiatric disorders, attachment styles, and childhood traumas.Materials and Methods:We included 250 adolescent outpatients in the study. Diagnoses were categorized as internalizing and externalizing disorder groups. The participants completed JWB-scales self (S) and JWB-general (G) for assessing their attitudes toward belief in a just world, the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form for assessing the type and severity of childhood traumas, and the Experiences in Close Relationships-Revised scales for assessing attachment styles. Relations and group comparisons between internalizing and externalizing disorder groups within these variables were assessed.Results:Adolescents with internalizing disorders had lower JWB-S and JWB-G scores than the externalization disorder group. Adolescents with a secure attachment style had the highest scores in both JWB-G and JWB-S. Adolescents with a fearful attachment style had the lowest score on JWB-S, and adolescents with an anxious attachment style had the lowest score on JWB-W. Childhood trauma was inversely associated with both JWB-S and JWB-G.Conclusion:Adolescents’ attitude seems to differ for JWB dimensions in the internalizing and externalizing disorder groups. Secure attachment style is related to the perception of the world as a just place, whereas insecure attachment styles were not. Childhood trauma negatively affects the JWB of adolescents. Further studies are needed to understand the role of JWB in psychiatric disorders and psychotherapeutic approaches.
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