INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION OF MATERNAL WAR- RELATED TRAUMA EXPERIENCES TO THEIR OFFSPRING’S WELL- BEING AMONG TURKISH CYPRIOTS: MEDIATOR ROLE OF PARENTING STYLES
Tez Türü: Bütünleşik Doktora
Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, Odtü Kuzey Kıbrıs Kampusu (Kktc-Güzelyurt), Psikoloji Bölümü, Türkiye
Tez Danışmanı: Prof. Dr. Ayşe Nuray Karancı
Tezin Onay Tarihi: 2013
Tezin Dili: Türkçe
Özet:
The current thesis aimed to study the possible intergenerational transmission
of war-related trauma experiences of mothers on their offspring’s current
psychological well-being among Turkish Cypriots. The mediator role of
mother’s parenting styles within this possible transmission was investigated.
In order to examine this relationship, 168 Turkish Cypriot mothers and their
child was given different sets of questionnaires. The mothers reported their
war-trauma exposure on “War-Trauma Exposure Scale” regarding 1963-74
Cyprus Conflict; whereas the offspring completed “Measure of Child Rearing
Styles” for their mother’s child-rearing styles, and they reported their coping
styles, personality traits, life satisfaction and symptomatology on “Turkish
Ways of Coping Inventory”, “Basic Personality Traits Inventory”,
“Satisfaction with Life Scale” and “Brief Symptom Inventory”. The age of
the participants was ranging between 45-72 for mothers and 18-38 for the
offspring. The mediator role of perceived maternal child-rearing styles and
the predictors of child’s life satisfaction and symptomatology were analyzed.
Results indicated that despite the maternal war-trauma exposure history was
not reflected on their offspring in terms of psychopathology; the child’s
current satisfaction with life is significantly linked to maternal history of war-
related trauma exposure. Moreover, the mother’s exposure to the war-trauma
was found to be effective on their child-rearing practices that in turn predicted
the offspring’s coping strategies. The findings of the study are discussed
regarding the relevant literature and the clinical implications were drawn