Abstract:

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether self-sensitivity is a meaningful contributor to the difficulty in organizing emotions. It has also been studied in terms of gender and age variables of self-sensitivity and difficulty in emotional regulation. The study was conducted with 263 (64.9) women and 142 (34.71) men and 405 university students aged between 18 and 25. The data collection tool is the Measurement of Emotional Regulation Strength and the Measurement of Self-Sensitivity. The data was analyzed through the t test and multi-linear regression analysis. The study found that the students' emotions of gender-related difficulties, self-love, self-righteousness, consciousness of sharing and sub-scale awareness scores did not make any significant differences. However, students’ isolation and excessive identification’s low scale scores show significant differences in favour of girls students. Students have found that there is no significant difference between the scores of emotional regulation difficulties and the low scores of self-sensitivity according to age groups. As a result of multiple regression analysis to see the explanatory effect of self-sensitivity on emotional regulation difficulties, it has been found that the six substantial variables of self-sensitivity together are meaningful substantials of the student's emotional regulation difficulties. The findings are discussed in the light of the literature.

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