Adı: The Power of Sharing Joy in Same-sex Friendships: Investigating the Association between Capitalization, Sense of Uniqueness, Happiness and Depression
Yazar(lar): TUBANUR BAYRAM KUZGUN, Melikşah Demir, Aliye Canan Taşlıoğlu Sayıner, ÖMER FARUK ŞİMŞEK
Kapsam: Uluslararası
Hakem: Hakemli
İndeks türü: Alan endeksleri (Scopus)
Tür: Özgün Makale
Yayın Yeri: International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology
Yıl: 2023
ISSN: 2364-5040
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41042-023-00125-2
Abstract
Although uniqueness has various definitions in the literature, the personal sense of uniqueness, defined as the perception of unconditional self-worth, contributes positively to mental health. Research has found that perceived responses to capitalization attempts and the sense of uniqueness are negatively associated with depression and positively associated with happiness. Our study was conducted with an emerging adult sample from various ethnicities (N = 557) and investigated the sense of uniqueness as the mediator of perceived responses to capitalization attempts in friendships and mental health. The models demonstrated that the correlations between perceived responses to capitalization attempts and both happiness and depression were mediated by the sense of uniqueness. The results were discussed by considering the role of uniqueness in the capitalization process. Also, suggestions for future research were provided.
