Abstract:

The aim of this study is to investigate how Turkish and English university students\' psychological well-being is predicted by the emotional awareness and expression of emotions. The research is a descriptive study. The Turkish group of the research was 349 Turkish university students educated at Gazi University in 2010-2011. The English group was 251 English university students. 229 of these were students at University College of London, University of London or Middelesex University in 2010-2011; 19 of these students were participated in the online research which was addressed as www.mediko.gazi.edu.tr/survey. Toronto-Alexithymia 20 Scale (Bagby, Parker and Taylor, 1994; Beştepe, 1997), Psychological well-being Scale (Ryff, 1989; Cenkseven, 2004), and Personal Information Form were used to collect data. Pearson – Moment Correlation and regression analysis were used for analyse. The results of regression analyses showed emotional awareness and expression of emotions predicted psychological well-being. The results were evaluated in terms of literature and institutional prospect; the suggestions were made by considering the future research and practical implication for counseling services.

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