THE EFFECTS OF GENDER DIFFERENCES ON SOCIAL WORK STUDENT’S LOCUS OF CONTROL AND WAYS OF COPINGIN TURKEY

Year 2004, Volume: 15 Issue: 2, 83 - 93, 15.10.2004

Sunay İl Veli Duyan

Abstract

The
purpose of this research is to determine the effects of gender differences on
H.U.School of Social Work Students' ways of coping and locus of control in
Turkey. According to the findings, male students’ internal locus of control is
higher than female students'. The research also reveals that female students
seek more social support and feel helpless than male students do. Additionally,
male students are more optimistic than female students. Finally, research
results show that there is no difference in submissive and self-confidence
levels of the social work students.

Keywords

Gender differences, ways of coping, locus of control, , social work students

Sosyal Hizmet Öğrencilerinin Denetim Odağı ve Başetme Yolları Üzerinde Toplumsal Cinsiyet Farklılıklarının Etkileri

Abstract

Bu
araştırmanın amacı Türkiye’de HÜ Sos­yal Hizmetler Yüksekokulu öğrencilerinin
ba­şetme yolları ve denetim odakları üzerindeki toplumsal cinsiyet
farklılıklarının etkilerini belirlemektir. Bulgulara göre, erkek öğren­cilerin
iç denetim odaklan kız öğrencilerden daha yüksektir. Araştırma kız öğrencilerin
erkeklere göre daha çok sosyal destek ara­dıklarını ve çaresiz hissettiklerini
de ortaya koymuştur. Ayrıca erkek öğrenciler kızlara göre daha iyimserdir. Son
olarak, araştırma sonuçları göstermiştir ki, sosyal hizmet öğ­rencilerinin başeğme
ve öz-güven düzeyleri arasında bir fark yoktur.

Keywords

Toplumsal cinsiyet farkları, başetme yolları, denetim odağı, sosyal hizmet öğrencileri

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