Povezanost travm v otroštvu in relacijskih potreb z nezvestobo v partnerskem odnosu : magistrsko delo

Kocbek, Tamara (author), Žvelc, Gregor (mentor)

V raziskavi smo želeli ugotoviti, če obstaja povezanost med travmami v otroštvu, relacijskimi potrebami ter nezvestobo v partnerskih odnosih. Hkrati pa je bil cilj preveriti, ali so relacijske potrebe mediator med izkušnjo travme v otroštvu ter nezvestobo. V raziskavi je sodelovalo 401 udeležencev, od tega 85,5 % žensk in 14,5 % moških. Za namen raziskave smo uporabili Lestvico zadovoljenosti relacijskih potreb (LZRP), Vprašalnik travm v otroštvu (CTQ) in Lestvico nezvestobe (IS). Ugotovitve so pokazale, da se izkustvo katere od vrst travme v otroštvu povezuje z zadovoljenostjo relacijskih potreb pri odraslih posameznikih. Ugotovitve kažejo, da se čustvena zloraba in spolna zloraba povezujeta z nižjo zadovoljenostjo relacijskih potreb. Pozitivna povezanost se kaže med čustvenim zanemarjanjem in avtentičnostjo, kar pomeni, da so posamezniki, ki so izkusili to vrsto zlorabe, poročali tudi o višji zadovoljenosti avtentičnosti, česar na podlagi preteklih raziskav nismo predvidevali. Prav tako ugotovitev, da posamezniki, ki poročajo o zadovoljenosti avtentičnosti, podpore in zaščite, poročajo tudi o izkustvu fizičnega zanemarjanja v otroštvu, ni v skladu z ugotovitvami preteklih raziskav. Rezultati kažejo nizko in negativno povezanost izkustva fizične zlorabe ter zadovoljenosti podpore in zaščite, vendar pa se zadovoljenost avtentičnosti v odnosu pozitivno povezuje z izkustvom fizične zlorabe. Povezave med travmatično izkušnjo v otroštvu in nagnjenostjo k nezvestobi nismo odkrili. Prav tako nismo ugotovili statistično pomembnih povezav med zadovoljenostjo relacijskih potreb in nezvestobo. Ugotovili smo, da je o nezvestobi poročalo 41,2 % udeležencev in da ne gre za statistično pomembne razlike v odgovarjanju med ženskim in moškim spolom. Na dobljene rezultate je lahko vplivala občutljivost tematike in neiskrenost odgovarjanja ter druge značilnosti vzorca, kot so nesorazmerna porazdelitev po spolu, podajanje samoocene in socialna zaželenost ter izbor vzorca, v katerem je sodelovala neklinična populacija. Rezultati tako ne omogočajo izoblikovanja trdnih zaključkov, saj so v veliki meri drugačni od spoznanj preteklih raziskav. Kljub omejitvam naše raziskave predlagamo nadaljnje raziskovanje v smeri iskanja vzrokov nezvestobe, ki predstavlja pomemben problem vseh sodobnih družb. Izsledki naše raziskave odpirajo nova vprašanja in možnost raziskovanja, ki bi prispevala k zmanjšanju in boljšemu razumevanju raziskovane tematike ter kot pomembna smernica psihološkega in terapevtskega dela.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: travme v otroštvu, relacijske potrebe, nezvestoba, partnerski odnosi, zloraba
• Work type: Master's thesis/paper
• Typology: 2.09 - Master's Thesis
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Place of publishing: Ljubljana
• Publisher: [T. Kocbek]
• Year: 2020
• Number of pages: 77 str.
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-121826
• UDC: 159.97:316.36(043.2)
• COBISS.SI-ID: 46034435
• Publication date in RUL: 01.11.2020

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Title: Connection of childhood trauma and relational needs with infidelity in a partner relationship

Abstract

This research addresses the connection between childhood trauma, relational needs, and infidelity in adult relationship. Our goal was to investigate if relational needs could be a mediator between traumatic experience in childhood and infidelity. The survey involved 401 participants, of which 85.5 % were women and 14.5 % were men. For the purpose of the study, we used the Relational Needs Satisfaction Scale (RNSS), the Childhood Traumatic events Questionnaire (CTQ), and the Infidelity Scale (IS). The findings from our study have shown statistically important connection between the experience of any type of childhood trauma and satisfaction of relational needs in adult relationship. The findings suggest that emotional abuse and sexual abuse are associated with lower satisfaction of relational needs. The positive connection is manifested by emotional neglect and authenticity, which means that individuals who experienced this type of abuse also reported higher satisfaction with authenticity, which we did not anticipate based on previous research. The results imply that individuals who report satisfaction of authenticity, support and protection also report experiencing physical neglect in childhood, which is not in line with the findings of past research. The results show a low and negative correlation between the experience of physical abuse and the satisfaction of support and protection, but the satisfaction of authenticity in the relationship is positively associated with the experience of physical abuse. We have not found a connection between traumatic childhood experiences and tendency for infidelity. We also did not find statistically significant association between relational needs satisfaction and infidelity. The infidelity was reported by 41.2 % of participants, but there was no statistically significant difference in responses between females and males. The results obtained could be influenced by the sensitivity of the topic and the insincerity of the responses, as well as other characteristics of the sample, such as disproportionate gender distribution, self-report, social desirability and non-clinical population sample. The results thus do not allow the formation of solid conclusions, as they are largely different from the findings of past research. Despite the limitations of our research, we propose further research in the direction of finding the causes of infidelity, which is an important problem of all modern societies. The results of our research open new questions and the possibility of research that would contribute to the reduction and better understanding of the researched topic and as an important guideline of psychological and therapeutic work.

• Keywords: childhood trauma, relational needs, infidelity, marital relations, abuse