An Analysis of University Students’ Levels of Self-control According to Their Ego States

Abstract

Problem Statement: Although it is well known that parents' methods of raising their children significantly affect their children's personalities and how they face life, this study has been designed because there is a lack of specific research on which ego states of adults are associated with selfcontrol. In the present study, self-control and ego states have been taken into consideration together and answers to the following questions were sought. Is there any association between the subdimensions of ego states and self-control? Do ego states predict self-control?Purpose of the Study: The purpose of this study is to investigate the association between ego states of university students and their levels of self-control, and to determine whether or not ego states predict their levels of self-control.Methods: Since this study aims to investigate whether subdimensions of ego states and self-control are correlated, an associational survey model was used. The study was conducted with 290 participating university students. The data were collected using an ego states scale and a selfcontrol scale. The results suggested that the parent ego state, adult ego state, and child ego state dimensions are significantly correlated with the  Part of this article was presented as an oral paper at EJER CONGRESS 2015.

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“…The higher the ability of one's self-control will be more able to prevent the sexual behavior (Joseph, 2015;Kaygusuz & Ozpolat, 2016;Mulkan, 2016;Pitoyo, 2016;Supanto, 2004). This is due to the lack of adolescents' ability to control and control themselves, especially the emotions, which often make teenagers do negative things such as sexual harassment without thinking about the impact and risks it creates (Herdiana, 2012;Immanuel, 2016;Jatmika, 2012).…”