Abstract:

The main aim of this study is to find out the relationship between psychological capital and life satisfaction. In the first part of this study; life satisfaction and psychological capital psychological capital has with the development and definition of the dimensions of hope, optimism, resilience, self-sufficiency is focused on. In the other part of the research are included in the part of the application. SPSS (Statistical package for social sciences) software programs were used to perform the statistical analysis. In the study “life satisfaction scale” which is developed by Diener at al (1985) and of which adaptation to Turkish is made by Köker (1991) is used with the purpose of measuring life satisfaction level and “organizational psychological capital scale” which is developed by Luthans et al (2007) and which adaptation to Turkish is made by Çetin and Basım (2012) is used to measure psychological capital level of students. The sample of the study consists of totally 134 undergraduate students studying at the department of health management in Düzce. The sample consists of 78 female (%58,2) and 56 male (%41,8) students. Average age of participants is 20. When examined according to classes, 51.5% of the participants are in the first class and 48.5% of them are the second year undergraduate students.Basic descriptive statistics and regression analysis are used in data analysis. In the results of the study, it iwas found that meaningful relation between psychological capital (hopeness and optimism) and life satisfaction. It is also observed that “optimism” is the dimension that has the maximum impact on overall life satisfaction whereas resilience and self-sufficiency does not have a significant impact on life satisfaction.

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