Abstract:

In this research, it has been investigated the hopelessness levels of students who study at Akdeniz University Vocational School of Social Sciences and whether some demographic variables affect the hopelessness levels of students. 376 students have participated in the research. Beck Hopelessness Scale (BDS) and a personal questionnaire have been utilized in data collection. To investigate the differences between two groups Independent Sample T Test, to compare more than two groups, one-way ANOVA have been applied. To determine which group causes the obtained difference, LSD test from post hoc analysis has been applied. So as to classify students in accordance with their hopelessness levels, two-step cluster analysis was applied to their scores obtained through burnout scales. As a result of the cluster analysis, two clusters were obtained as the ones who are optimistic and the ones showing symptoms of hopelessness. In the T test, no meaningful difference was found in terms of gender an

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