Personal Self-Concept as Mediator and Moderator of the Relationship between Insight and Psychological Vulnerability

In this study, the mediator and moderator effects of personal self-concept on the relationship
between insight and psychological vulnerability were investigated. The participants were 322
university students attending different departments at Kocaeli University in Turkey. Data were
collected by using the Insight Scale, the Psychological Vulnerability Scale and the personal selfconcept
Scale. Data were analyzed via Hierarchical Regression Analysis. The statistical analyses of
the data by using “SPSS for Windows, version 20” package program. Insight, psychological
vulnerability and personal self-concept were significantly correlated. Hierarchical regression analysis
indicated that personal self-concept partially mediated the relationship between insight and
psychological vulnerability. However, personal self-concept had not moderating effect on the
relationship insight and psychological vulnerability. Results were discussed in the light of the in the
light of literature.