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.

摘要

本研究旨在探讨心理虐待是否通过对幸福的恐惧和幸福的外部性来预测年轻人的心理健康。目前的研究包括来自土耳其一个城市的一所公立大学的 490 名年轻人。参与者为 36% 的男性，年龄介于 18 至 39 岁之间（M = 21.77，SD = 2.40）。研究结果表明，心理虐待对心理健康、对幸福的恐惧和幸福的外部性具有显着的预测作用。此外，对幸福的恐惧和幸福的外部性介导了心理虐待对心理健康的影响。这些发现表明，恐惧和幸福的外部性是重要的来源，可以帮助解释年轻人的童年心理虐待与心理健康之间的关联。因此，在心理虐待的背景下，需要设计更全面的预防和干预方法来改善人们的心理健康。