Predictive Roles of Mindfulness and Emotion Regulation in Meta Emotions Among University Students


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TURP H. H., DOGAN B. G.

Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, vol.51, no.2, pp.1359-1376, 2022 (TRDizin)

Abstract

This study, firstly, is to examine the meta-emotional levels of university students according to gender, and secondly, to examine the predictive state of meta-emotion together with mindfulness and emotion regulation skills. In line with these two purposes, a total of 1050 students, 748 females and 302 males, studying at various universities in Turkey in the 2020-2021 academic year, were reached. Along with the demographic information part, the scales, in which information about meta-emotion, emotion regulation skills and mindfulness levels were obtained, were applied to the participants. In the analysis of the data, t-test and multiple linear regression analysis were performed. As a result of the analyzes made, it was found that the positive meta-emotions of young people in university students showed a significant difference according to gender; It was found that negative meta-emotions did not show a significant difference according to gender. In addition, it was found that mindfulness and emotion regulation skills significantly predicted positive and negative meta-emotions. The findings were discussed in the related literature and various suggestions were made.