Dysfunctional attitudes of university students

The objective of this study was to assess dysfunctional attitudes of university students using personal variables such as gender; type of educational institute (i.e. which college faculty or school they currently attend, which type of high school they graduated from); perception of parents' attitudes; and socio-economic level. The study was conducted in the academic year of 2009-2010, with a total of 501 students randomly selected from 10 different faculties of Atatürk University in Erzurum Turkey. Data were collected using the "Dysfunctional Attitude Scale, adapted to Turkey by Şahin and Şahin (1992). A "Personal Information Form" was given to the students for collecting data about personal, organizational and social variables. The t test, one-way ANOVA and Kruskal-Wallis analysis were used in data analysis. The findings indicated that the dysfunctional attitudes of university students varied significantly according to gender (t (499)= -2.623, p=.009), and the faculty they attended (F(9), 491)= 4.659, p=.000). Dysfunctional attitudes did not show significant differences in terms of students' perception of their parents' attitudes, socio-economic level and type of high school they graduated from.

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