Marital Messages Have Received By University Students From Various Sources

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the marital messages university students receive from various sources according to demographic variables. Convenient sampling method was used in the study. Marital Messages Scale and a Personal Information Form are the data collection tools of the study. In the study, survey model was used. ANOVA and t-test were used in the analysis of the data. At the end of the study, it was found out that female students, university students who have spent most of their lives in towns or smaller residential areas, and university students whose parents have arranged marriages have received more positive marital messages compared to male university students, university students who have spend most of their lives in metropolitans, and university students whose parents married of their own volition, respectively. It was also seen that university students whose parents are alive and together, university students who perceive their parents’ marriage positively, and university students who indicate that their parents’ marriage has no conflict have received more positive marital messages compared to university students whose parents are divorced, who perceive their parents’ marriage as conflict-ridden, and university students who indicate that their parents’ marriage constantly suffer from conflict, respectively.

Keywords

• Marital
• Marital Messages
• Marital Message Sources
• University Students.

Üniversite Öğrencilerinin Çeşitli Kaynaklardan Aldıkları Evlilik Mesajları

Öz

Bu araştırmanın amacı, üniversite öğrencilerinin demografik özelliklerine göre çeşitli kaynaklardan aldıkları evlilik mesajlarını incelemektir. Araştırmada elverişli örnekleme yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Evlilik Mesajları Ölçeği ve Kişisel Bilgi Formu çalışmanın veri toplama araçlarıdır. Araştırmada tarama modeli kullanılmıştır. Verilerin analizinde ANOVA ve t-testi uygulanmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda kadın öğrencilerin, erkek öğrencilerden; yaşamının çoğunu ilçe ve daha altı yerleşim yerinde geçiren üniversite öğrencilerinin; yaşamının çoğunu büyükşehir statüsündeki illerde geçirenlerden ve anne-babası görücü usulü ile evlenen üniversite öğrencilerinin anne-babası kendi aralarında anlaşarak evlenenlerden evliliğe yönelik daha olumlu mesajlar aldığı bulunmuştur. Anne- babası sağ ve birlikte olan üniversite öğrencilerinin anne- babası boşanmış olanlardan; anne- babasının evliliğini mutlu olarak algılayan üniversite öğrencilerinin anne-babasının evliliğini çatışmalı olarak algılayanlardan; anne-babasının evliliğinde hiçbir zaman çatışma yaşanmadığını belirten üniversite öğrencilerinin anne-babasının evliliğinde sürekli çatışma yaşandığını belirtenlerden ailelerinden daha olumlu evlilik mesajları aldığı saptanmıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Evlilik,
• Evlilik Mesajları,
• Evlilik Mesajı Kaynakları,
• Üniversite Öğrencileri

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