Perceived social support and psychological flexibility mediate the relationship between positive solitude and psychological wellbeing among Turkish adults.

Murat Yıldırım, Gülçin Güler-Öztekin, Orhan Koçak, Samet Makas, Abdulmohsen Mohammed Abdullah Alkhulayfi

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Murat YıldırımDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Science and Letters, Agri Ibrahim Cecen University, Ağrı, Türkiye.

Gülçin Güler-ÖztekinDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Science and Letters, Agri Ibrahim Cecen University, Ağrı, Türkiye.

Orhan KoçakDepartment of Social Work, Faculty of Health Sciences, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Türkiye.

Samet MakasDepartment of Guidance and Psychological Counselling, Faculty of Education, Sakarya University, Sakarya, Türkiye.

Abdulmohsen Mohammed Abdullah AlkhulayfiDepartment of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics and Administration, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

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Introduction: This study is the first to examine the mediating roles of perceived social support and psychological flexibility in the relationship between positive solitude and psychological wellbeing among Turkish adults. Methods: A total of 1,060 participants (69.25% female), aged 18 to 61 years ( Results: Findings revealed that positive solitude significantly predicted perceived social support, psychological flexibility, and psychological wellbeing. Both perceived social support and psychological flexibility had significant effects on psychological wellbeing and mediated the association between positive solitude and psychological well being. Discussion: These results suggest the important roles of perceived social support and psychological flexibility in related to the effect of positive solitude on psychological wellbeing.

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perceived social supportpositive solitudepsychological flexibilitypsychological wellbeingTurkish adults

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PMID42027285

DOI10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1714036

PMCPMC13099886

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