Cömert Itır Tarı, Özyeşil Zümra Atalay, Burcu Özgülük S
Psychology Department, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Psychological Counseling and Guidance Department, MEF University Istanbul, Turkey.
Psychol Rep. 2016 Feb;118(1):236-250. doi: 10.1177/0033294115626634.
The aim of the current study was to investigate the contributions of sad childhood experiences, depression, anxiety, and stress, existence of a sense of meaning, and pursuit of meaning in explaining life satisfaction of young adults in Turkey. The sample comprised 400 undergraduate students ( M age = 20.2 yr.) selected via random cluster sampling. There were no statistically significant differences between men and women in terms of their scores on depression, existence of meaning, pursuit of meaning, and life satisfaction scores. However, there were statistically significant differences between men and women on the sad childhood experiences, anxiety and stress. In heirarchical regression analysis, the model as a whole was significant. Depression and existence of meaning in life made unique significant contributions to the variance in satisfaction in life. Students with lower depression and with a sense of meaning in life tended to be more satisfied with life.
本研究的目的是调查童年悲伤经历、抑郁、焦虑和压力、意义感的存在以及对意义的追求在解释土耳其年轻成年人生活满意度方面的作用。样本包括通过随机整群抽样选取的400名本科生（平均年龄 = 20.2岁）。在抑郁、意义的存在、对意义的追求和生活满意度得分方面，男性和女性的得分没有统计学上的显著差异。然而，在童年悲伤经历、焦虑和压力方面，男性和女性存在统计学上的显著差异。在层次回归分析中，整个模型具有显著性。抑郁和生活意义的存在对生活满意度的方差有独特的显著贡献。抑郁程度较低且有生活意义感的学生往往对生活更满意。
