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Breakup Adjustment in Young Adulthood
Author(s) -
Barutçu Yıldırım Funda,
Demir Ayhan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.2015.00179.x
Subject(s) - breakup , psychology , young adult , variance (accounting) , developmental psychology , sample (material) , demography , social psychology , physics , sociology , economics , accounting , thermodynamics
The purpose of this study was to assess the ability of young adults to adjust to the breakup of a romantic relationship by examining the possible predictors. The sample comprised 140 women and 143 men. Simultaneous regression analysis indicated that initiator status, existence of a new partner, certainty of the reasons for the breakup, and perceived social support were significant predictors and accounted for 18% of the variance in the measure of adjustment to breakup.