Examination of the relationship among university students' meaning of life, psychological resistance and humor styles

The study aimed to investigation the relationship betwen the meaning of life, psychological resilience and humor styles in university students. The study was conducted with a total of 411 university students, 187 women and 224 men, studying in Istanbul. Personal Information Form, Meaning in Life Questionnaire, Psychological Resilience Scale for Adults and Humor Styles Scale were administered to the students. The analysis of the study was carried out with the SPSS 23.0 program, and the comparison of the students' existence of meaning in life with the search for meaning in life, total and sub-dimensions, psychological resilience and humor styles, in particular for the variables of sociodemographic variables, Independent Sample t Test and ANOVA were used.Correlation and regression analyzes were performed in order to compare the scale scores. Findings of the study; It shows that there is a significant difference between students' gender, education levels, perceived income levels and perceived parental attitudes variables and the existence of meaning in life, search for meaning, total and sub-factors, psychological resilience and humor styles scores. As university students find their lives meaningful and their search for meaning increases, their psychological resilience also increases. In addition, students with high levels of meaning and psychological resilience mostly prefer a positive humor style, while students who cannot find meaning in life and do not seek meaning are at a lower level of psychological resilience than other students, and they mostly use nagative humor styles.