Yurtta Kalan Üniversite Öğrencilerinin Anksiyete, Sosyal Destek ve Yaşam Doyum Düzeyleri İle Baş Etme Stillerinin İncelenmesi*

Öz

Kişinin ailesi, arkadaşları veya önem verdiği insanlardan aldığı destek, strese karşı önemli bir koruyucu mekanizmadır. Koruyucu faktörleri tanımlamaya yönelik çalışmalar, sosyal destek ve baş etme stratejilerinin kaygıyı azaltmaya yardımcı süreçler olduğuna dikkat çekmektedir. Bu çalışmanın temel amacı, yurtta yaşayan üniversite öğrencilerinin algıladıkları sosyal desteğin ve baş etme stratejilerinin diğer öğrencilerden farklılaşıp farklılaşmadığını incelemektir. Ayrıca bu çalışmada üniversite öğrencilerinin yaşamdan aldıkları doyumu ve anksiyete düzeylerini yordayan değişkenlerin incelenmesi amaçlanmaktadır. Örneklem grubu 206 (kadın=89, erkek=116) üniversite öğrencisinden oluşmaktadır. Katılımcılara Stresle Başa Çıkma Ölçeği, Algılanan Sosyal Destek Ölçeği, Yaşam Doyumu Ölçeği ve Beck Anksiyete Envanteri uygulanmıştır. Araştırmanın bulguları yurtta kalan öğrencilerin sosyal destek düzeylerinin diğerlerinden farklılaşmadığını göstermektedir. Baş etme stillerindeki farklılığa bakıldığında ise ailesiyle yaşayan katılımcıların yurtta yaşayan üniversite öğrencilerinden daha fazla kendine güvenli baş etme stili kullandıkları görülmektedir. Hiyerarşik regresyon analizi sonuçları, cinsiyet, çaresiz ve kendine güvenli baş etme stratejileri, algılanan sosyal destek ve anksiyete puanlarının yaşam doyumu üzerinde anlamlı bir katkı sağladığını göstermektedir. Genç yetişkinlerin anksiyete puanlarını ise baş etme stratejileri ve yaşamdan aldıkları doyum etkiliyor görünmektedir. Baş etme stratejilerini geliştirmeye yönelik yapılacak destekleyici çalışmaların öznel iyi oluşu artırabileceği ve kaygıyı azaltabileceği düşünülmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Anksiyete
• baş etme
• sosyal destek
• yaşam doyumu
• yurt yaşamı

A Study on the Anxiety, Social Support, Life Satisfaction Levels, and Coping Strategies Among University Students in Dormitories

Öz

The support of the family, friends and the people one cares about are most important protective coping factors with stress. Studies on protective factors highlight that social support and coping are processes helping to reduce anxiety. The main objective of the current study is to investigate whether the perceived social support and coping strategies of students who are living in dormitories differ from other students. Another aim of the study was to examine the predictors of the satisfaction and anxiety levels of the groups. The sample comprised 206 university students (N=89 women, 116 men. Ways of coping Inventory, MSPSS, Satisfaction with Life Scale and Beck Anxiety Inventory are used in gathering the data. The findings of the study show that dormitory life provides social support to students. When the differences in coping styles are examined, it is seen that the participants living with their families use self-confident coping style more than the students living in dormitories do. The results of the hierarchical regression analysis indicate that gender, helpless and self-confident coping strategies, perceived social support and anxiety scores made significant contributions to variance in life satisfaction scores. Anxiety scores of young adults seem to be influenced by coping strategies and satisfaction with life. It is thought that supportive studies to develop coping strategies may increase subjective well-being and decrease anxiety level.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Anxiety
• coping
• dormitory life
• life satisfaction
• social support

Kaynakça

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