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.
Highlights
Patience is seen as character strength and a desirable personality trait that encourages the development and well-being of humanity since a long time
When we look at the relationship between hedonic well-being and patience; an increase of hedonic well-being were seen in patient persons, which showed that the patience increased satisfaction with positive emotions (Kahneman, Diener & Schwartz, 1999)
İt has been announced to students of the Necmettin Erbakan University, Eregli Education Faculty that there will be carried out a research about patience and well-being
Summary
Patience is seen as character strength and a desirable personality trait that encourages the development and well-being of humanity since a long time. Patience is in the most basic sense the tendency of a person to wait calmly in the face of disappointment, distress or suffering. Patience is used in various conditions and time intervals (Schnitker, 2010). It takes action (or not!) in more important and long-term situations, such as waiting in traffic, parenting, or struggling with a serious illness. Patience in life difficulties: is defined as the ability of a person to cope with any challenging experience, i.e. long-term diseases, financial problems, the attitude of mothers against their newborn babies. There are many studies showing that a lot of concepts are closely related to patience It appears that there is a positive correlation with subjective well-being, positive coping, virtues and Journal of Education and Training Studies
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