In this study, coping responses were examined in terms of Transactional Analysis Approach. In this context, the main purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between coping styles and ego states among university students. Survey method was used in this study. The sample of the study consisted of 1382 students from different faculties of Marmara University, İstanbul. "Coping Style Scale" (Şahin and Durak, 1995) and "Ego State Scale" (Arı, 1989) were used to collect data. The Ego State Scale was administered to the students and the egograms were derived for each students and then the students were also classified according to the highest scores of the egogram. Based on this classification, coping styles of students were compared with their ego states. The results indicated that the students who were in Adult ego state had the highest scores from the self-confident style. On the other hand, the students who were in Adapted Child ego state had the lowest scores from selfconfident style. The students who were in Adult ego state had the highest scores from optimistic style were followed by the students who were in Nurturing Parent ego state. The students who were in Critical Parent ego state had the lowest scores from optimistic style were followed by the students who were in Adapted Child ego state. Helpless and submissive styles were mostly preferred by students in Adapted Child ego state and were least preferred by students in Adult ego state to cope with the psychological distress. The students who were in Free Child ego state had the highest scores from seeking of social support were followed by the students in Nurturing Parent ego state. The students who were in Critical Parent ego state had the lowest scores from seeking of social support were followed by the students in Adapted Child ego state. Based on the findings from the study, some suggestions were made in the context of protective and preventive mental health counseling.

Moral identity can orient one's behaviors when exhibiting any kind of moral behavior. In this study, the moral identities of young adults are analyzed to a certain extent. For this purpose, the 'interpretative phenomenological pattern' and 'grounded theory' models are used as qualitative survey models. The study group for this survey consists of 10 young adults, ages 20 through 25, who have been studying in a university. The semi-structured interview tool was used in the survey. The analytical process of gathered data was compiled into the Maxqda 2 computer program. The purpose of the study is to find information about the moral identities of young adults and the variables which form these identities. In the moral identities of young adults, self-assessment, personality traits, purpose and responsibilities, sense of self, self-control and moral emotions are variables affecting the ego and moral reasoning. Personality traits are formed by former, current and possible personality traits. Self-control consists of will and consciousness, whereas moral emotions consist of empathy, guilt, shame and anger. On the other hand, the variables affecting the self are formed by family, friends, other individuals, society, the place where one lives, culture, beliefs, university and law.

Hepimiz farklı özelliklere sahibiz. Bireye ait özellikler bedensel, duygusal, sosyal, zihinsel, kişisel, ahlaki ve cinsel özellikler başlığı altında toplanabilir. Bu özelliklerimizden zekâmız öğrenme hızımızı, öğrenme miktarını ve genişliğini, öğreneceğimiz bilginin türünü, öğrendiklerimizi akılda tutmayı belirler. Doğuştan getirdiğimiz ve öğrenme yolu ile potansiyelimiz oranında geliştirebileceğimiz zekâ ölçülebilen bir özelliktir. İnsanların üçte ikilik veya yaklaşık yüzde altmış sekizlik kısmı zekâca "normal" kabul edilir. Bu kesimin zekâ puanı 85 ile 115 arasındadır. Zekâca normal olanların üzerinde kalanlar üstün zekâlı (Ü.Z.) olarak isimlendirilirler. Bunların zekâ puanları ve bunların yaygınlığı aşağıdaki gibidir (Bakioğlu, A. ve Levent, B. 2013).