Effects of the Patience Training Program on Patience and Well-Being Levels of University Students

Abstract

In this study, the effect of patience training on patience and well-being levels of university students was examined. The sample group of the study consisted of 1.2.3. and 4th grade students with a total of 30 students from Konya Necmettin Erbakan University, Ereğli Education Faculty. For the collection of data, the Patience Scale developed by Schnitker (2010) and adapted to Turkish by Eliüşük and Arslan (2016) and the PERMA Well-being Scale developed by Kern (2015) and adapted to Turkish by Eliüşük (2016) was used. The measuring tools were applied to the experimental and control groups three times; the first before, the second one week after the and third three months after the end of the application. In the study, a patience education training consisting of 10 sessions was applied to the experimental group. No training was given to the control group. The Mann-Whitney U test and the Wilcoxon tests were used in the analysis of the data. As a result of the analyzes made at the end of the practice; significant differences where observed in individuals patience levels but no meaningful changes were seen in the well-being levels.

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