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In this study, the subjective well-being levels of the educational faculty students were studied in terms of certain psychological and demographic variables. Psychological variables are forgiveness and psychological stability; demographic variables are gender, part of learning, monthly expenditure, parental education level, place of living and health. The study group consists of 661 university students. Objective goodness is measured by the measure of positive and negative emotional state and the measure of life, the measure of forgiveness is measured by the measure of forgiveness, the measure of psychological strength is measured by the measure of ego-forgiveness. In this study, the screening model was adopted, the Mann-Whitney U Test, the Kruskal-Wallis Test and the Spearman's sequence correlation test were used. The findings showed that there was a positive relationship between the subjective well-being points of the participants and the psychological well-being points. There were also significant differences in the levels of subjective well-being of the participants in terms of gender, the study area, the monthly pay, the educational level of the father and the health status. Research findings have been discussed about the potential contribution to the practice of university psychological counseling and guidance (PDR) in Turkey and have been presented in recommendations for research to be carried out on this subject in the future.

Abstract:

The present study investigated the subjective wellbeing of education faculty students in terms of demographic and psychological variables. Psychological variables were forgiveness and psychological resilience. Demographic variables were gender, academic major, monthly allowance, parental education level, place of accommodation and health status. Participants were 661 Turkish college students. Data collection instruments were Positive and Negative Affect Scale, Satisfaction with Life Scale, Heartland Forgiveness Scale, and Ego-Resiliency Scale. Data were analyzed using Mann-Whitney U Test, Kruskal-Wallis Test and Spearman’s rank correlation test. Results revealed that participants’ subjective wellbeing scores are positively correlated with psychological resilience. Participants’ subjective wellbeing scores differed significantly with respect to gender, academic major, monthly allowance, father’s education level and health status. Implications for college guidance and counseling practices in Turkey are discussed; and recommendations for future research are provided. 

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