Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences

Yazarlar: Rezzan Gündoğdu

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Anahtar Kelimeler:University Student,Mental Health,Psychological Symptoms,SCL 90-R

Özet: This study examines whether mental health scores of the university students differ based on gender, whether they study in their ideal majors, whether they are contended with their majors, economic condition perceived and perceptions on employment opportunity after graduation. The sample group of the study constituted 3492 students comprising 2037 female students and 1455 male students attending Faculty of Education (634), Engineering Faculty (1582), Economic and Administrative Sciences Faculty (1097), Faculty of Science and Letters (762), Medical Vocational College (540), Physical Training and Sports College (443) and Aksaray Vocational College (1452) of Aksaray University in 2010-2011 Academic Year. Symptom Checklist (SCL 90-R) developed by Deragotis, (1983; eg Öner, 1997) has been used to collect data on mental health level of the students involved in the study. Statistical analysis of the data collected has been carried out using t Test, One-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). Significant differences have been found in students in terms of independent variants according to the general symptom average score and numerous sub-scale scores.  

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