ÜNİVERSİTE ÖĞRENCİLERİNDE KİNDARLIK DUYGUDURUMU İLE YAŞAM DOYUMU ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİ

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between grudge mood in university students and their satisfaction with life. The study group consisted of a total of 520 university students, 320 of whom were female and 200 of whom were male. The study was carried out in two steps. In the first step, a development study was carried out to measure the grudge mood in individuals using the ‘Grudge Mood Scale." For this purpose, a item pool was created with the views of relevant literature and field workers. The created items were appilied to 335 university students and analyzed with Exploratory Factor Analysis. According to the Exploratory Factor Analysis, the scale consists of four sub-dimensions. This four-dimensional structure it was applied to 350 students and analyzed by Confirmatory Factor Analysis. The results of confirmatory factor analysis have shown that the fit indices of the scale indicate a good fit with a four-factor structure. To test the validity and reliability of the developed scale, internal consistency coefficient, split-half reliability, content validity, test-retest reliability, and scale-related validity analyses were conducted. As a result of the analyses, it was concluded that the developed 'Grudge Mood Scale' is a valid and reliable scale. In the second step of the research, the relationship between grudge mood and life satisfaction was examined. Grudge Mood Scale, Life Satisfaction Scale and Personal Information Form were used as data collection tools. After the normality examination of the data, the Pearson Moment Product Correlation and Multivariate Variance Analysis techniques were used. According to the results of the analysis, there is a negative and significant relationship between university students' grudge mood and life satisfaction. Furthermore, the relationship between grudge mood and life satisfaction varies significantly according to the students' genders. The findings obtained from this study were interpreted in the context of the literature and recommendations were made.