The structural associations among childhood traumas, attachment dimensions, and relational needs

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dc.authorid0000-0002-9111-2811
dc.authorid0000-0001-9882-278X
dc.authorid0000-0001-9965-0369
dc.contributor.authorMackali, Zeynep
dc.contributor.authorGokdag, Ceren
dc.contributor.authorToksoy, Safak Ebru
dc.date.accessioned2026-04-04T18:55:24Z
dc.date.available2026-04-04T18:55:24Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.departmentİstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThis study aimed to understand the combined effect of childhood traumas and insecure attachment on relational needs. We hypothesized that childhood traumas and insecure adult attachment dimensions would be negatively associated with the satisfaction of relational needs. Employing a fully latent structural equation model (SEM), childhood traumas and insecure attachment dimensions were expected to account for a significant variance in satisfaction with relational needs. Three hundred sixty-four adults aged between 18 and 63 voluntarily completed three self-report scales via an online survey. Correlation results demonstrated that anxious and avoidant attachment dimensions were negatively associated with satisfaction in all relational needs. As the level of childhood traumas increased, satisfaction with relational needs decreased. Multiple regression analysis indicated that anxious and avoidant attachment, along with emotional neglect and physical neglect significantly predicted lower relational needs satisfaction. The results of SEM revealed that insecure attachment and childhood trauma, as latent variables, had shared effects on the decrease in satisfaction of relational needs and explained 60% of the variance in satisfaction with relational needs. These findings suggest that abuse, neglect in childhood, and insecure attachment are factors that might have a negative impact on the satisfaction of these relational needs. This understanding has the potential to inform psychotherapy practices.
dc.description.sponsorshipScientific and Techno-logical Research Council of Turkiye (TUBITAK)
dc.description.sponsorshipOpen access funding provided by the Scientific and Techno-logical Research Council of Turkiye (TUBITAK). This research received no specific grant from the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sector funding agencies.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s12144-025-08070-w
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s12144-025-08070-w
dc.identifier.endpage13377
dc.identifier.issn1046-1310
dc.identifier.issn1936-4733
dc.identifier.issue14
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-105008908595
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage13367
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-025-08070-w
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11411/10410
dc.identifier.volume44
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001514266100001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.ispartofCurrent Psychology
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20260402
dc.snmzKA_Scopus_20260402
dc.subjectRelational Needs
dc.subjectAttachment
dc.subjectChildhood Trauma
dc.subjectIntegrative Psychotherapy
dc.titleThe structural associations among childhood traumas, attachment dimensions, and relational needs
dc.typeArticle

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