The Views of University Students on Guilt in Turkey

In this study, it is aimed to determine the views of university students on guilt. The study group consisted of 272 students at all levels studying at Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Ahi Evran University Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Karabuk University Faculty of Engineering, and Nigde University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences in Spring semester 2015. There were 155 female students and 117 male students participating in the study. In order to determine the views of university students, guilt form “University Students’ Views on Guilt” was developed by the researcher. Each form consisted of 10 open-ended questions related to the students’ views about guilt. The answers given to the 10 open-ended questions were combined and gathered under common headers. This is a descriptive study. The results of this study find that the opinions of university students on guilt include criminal actions in learned, especially from family, friends, and so on, and aggressive thoughts due to family insufficient, the characteristics nurtured by which can be easily hurt.