Emotion Regulation Strategies as a Predictor of Life Satisfaction in University Students

Ahmet Yiğit, Ahmet Ragıp Özpolat, Mehmet Kandemir

Mert?ztüre Hearing Impaired Vocational Highschool, Ministry of National Education, ?zmir, Turkey.
Psychological Counseling and Guidance Department, Erzincan University, Erzincan, Turkey.
Psychological Counseling and Guidance Department, K?r?kkale University, K?r?kkale, Turkey.

DOI: 10.4236/psych.2014.56062                

Abstract

The goal of this research is to analyze the predictive power level of parent educational background, parent profession and suppression and reappraisal strategies, which are the emotion regulation strategies, on life satisfaction of individuals. Multiple Linear Regression model is used in the study whose research group is made of 422 students from a University, which has a total of 28,000 students, situated in the East of Turkey. Students in the research group are from different grades and demographic features. “Emotion Regulation Scale”, “Satisfaction with Life Scale”, and “Personal Information Form” are used in gathering the data of the research.

Keywords

Emotion Regulation, Suppression, Reappraisal, Life Satisfaction

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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