Değer odaklı manevi güçlenme ve bakım programı: GSB yurtları uygulaması (Gazi Evrenos Erkek Öğrenci Yurdu örneği)

Abstract

The aim of the research is to determine the spiritual needs of university students living in the dormitories of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, to prepare spiritual empowerment contents for the determined needs, and to evaluate the effectiveness of these contents applied to young people living in GSB dormitories on the perception of God and subjective well-being levels. The study group of the research consisted of 60 students in total, 30 of which were in the experimental group and 30 in the control group, living in the GSB Gazi Evrenos Dormitory in Keşan district of Edirne. In order to determine the levels of spiritual need, the rules of the exploratory design were applied and the phenomenological research method was followed. During this period, in addition to holding bilateral meetings with the students living in the dormitory, the young people were observed in different parts of the dormitory campus area, the literature was examined and the opinions of the field experts were sought. The spiritual empowerment program, which was prepared according to the needs of the participants, was carried out with theme-oriented group meetings. The 15-week spiritual empowerment content, consisting of the steps of initiation, presentation of the determined value, brainstorming, short sharing, metaphorization and continuity, was implemented through theme-oriented group meetings. In order to determine the effect of the Value-Oriented Spiritual Empowerment/Care program on the perception of God and subjective well-being, pre-test and post-test were applied to both the study (experimental) and control groups, and after three months, the follow-up test was applied only to the study (experimental) group. It was determined that the God perception and subjective well-being scores of the students in the study (experimental) group participating in the spiritual empowerment/care program increased positively. According to the results of the research, it was found that the university students living in the dormitory basically have thirteen spiritual needs: Intention, determination, trust, patience, prayer, freedom, self-confidence, gratitude, repentance, balance, happiness, love and taqwa. It has been determined through bilateral interviews and observations that the spiritual empowerment contents prepared within the scope of the research meet these spiritual needs of the youth. In addition, it was found that the perception of God and subjective well-being levels of the youth in the study (experimental) group, in which spiritual empowerment contents were applied, increased. As a result, it has been determined that the students living in the dormitory have thirteen spiritual needs, and the spiritual empowerment contents prepared both meet the spiritual needs of the youth and increase their God perception and subjective well-being levels.