The relationship between psychological resilience and chronotypes and affecting factors in university students

The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between psychological resilience and chronotypes in university students and to determine the factors affecting them. Descriptive and relational research. The study group of the study consists of 1040 students studying in the faculties and higher schools of Ege University in 2018-2019 academic year. As a data collection tool; "Information Form for the Descriptive Characteristics of Students ", "Resilience Form for Adults" and "Morning-Evening Questionnaire" were used. Data were evaluated by number, percentage distribution and analysis by One-Way ANOVA, t test and Pearson correlation analysis. 76.2% of the students were in the 18-22 age group, 61.7% were women, 44.7% were in the first class and 22.8% were in the engineering faculty. 47.8% were very good in their relationship with the family and 49.4% were It was found that 67.0% coped with their problems effectively, 52.2% perceived their physical health as good, 38.2% perceived their mental health as good, and 48.7% used the internet daily for 4-6 hours. The mean total score score of the students was 120.23 ± 17.54, the mean SAA scale was 47.56 ± 8.95 and the students had the most intermediate type chronotypes. Psychological resilience of students was affected by gender, income level, class, faculty, family structure, family and friend relations, effective coping, physical and mental health, daily internet usage period (p <0.05, p <0.01), age group, marital status and was not affected by the location (p> 0.05). It was found that there was a low positive correlation between chronotypes and psychological resilience of students (r: 0.182, p <0.05). In this respect, it was proposed to give education and seminars to students by being aware of chronotypes that affect the psychological resilience of the students.