SELF-HARM AMONG TURKISH UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: THE ROLE OF MEANING IN LIFE

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dc.contributor.authorWise, Ryan Macey
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-15T05:22:50Z
dc.date.available2025-03-15T05:22:50Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.departmentBilgi Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractBackground: Emerging adulthood is an important developmental period of young adult identity development (Arnett, 1998). During this period the search for mean-ing in life takes greater salience and has been found to relate with many develop-mental outcomes (Krok, 2018). Objective: This study examined the role of emerg-ing adult meaning in life as a predictor of psychological well-being and self-harm behaviors in a sample of female emerging adults in Turkey. Methods: Non-random convenience sampling generated a sample of 275 participants Each participant re-ported on adulthood status, self-harm behaviors, autonomy, psychological well-being (stress, depression, anxiety) and meaning in life. Results: There were three main findings. 1. Self-defined adulthood status was not predictive of well-being or meaning in life but was associated with autonomy. 2. Meaning in life exhibited a positive relationship with self-injury, and a negative relationship with autonomy and well-being. Conclusions: Meaning in life is interpreted within the Turkish cultural context and it is suggested that the search for meaning may lead to distress and low-er-levels of well-being among emerging adults, whereas the fulfillment of meaning has the opposite effect (Frankl, 1955).
dc.identifier.endpage94
dc.identifier.issn2602-3288
dc.identifier.issn2602-3288
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.startpage77
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11411/9613
dc.identifier.volume6
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTuncay AYDEMİR
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Social And Humanities Sciences
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Ulusal Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_DergiPark_20250526
dc.subjectSelf-Harm
dc.subjectMeaning in Life
dc.subjectSelf-Harm
dc.subjectMeaning in Life
dc.titleSELF-HARM AMONG TURKISH UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: THE ROLE OF MEANING IN LIFE
dc.typeArticle

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