OBJECTIVE: The study was planned to determine the level of relation ship between socio-demographic characteristics and self-expression of university students.

METHODS: Descriptive research was conducted between September 28 and November 30, 2016 within the scope of the Mental Health and Psychiatry Course applications, with permission from the Dormitory Directorate. If the sample of the students who reside in the Loan Dormitory Institution is the universe of the research; And 110 students who agreed to voluntarily participate in the research.

Data were collected using a questionnaire with socio-demographic information and the College self-report scale. Mean, standard deviation, Chi-square test was used in the evaluation of the data. The results were evaluated in a 95% confidence interval and a significance level of p <0.05.

RESULTS: Of the students who participated in the study, 26.4% were 20 years old, 32.7% were living in the district, 76.4% were  elementary family, 30.0% were the three brothers,43.6% were first-year children, 45.5% of primary school graduates educate their parents with scholarship and family support,35.5% reported having difficulty expressing their feelings. Between the child line and the expression of your emotions,When you decide not to go out with your child now, there is no statistically significant relationship between you and your child( p>0.05). No statistically significant difference was found between the number of children that the family owned and the number of children they had, and when you told them that your parents were angry (p> 0.05). If the clerk was busy with someone who came after you, statistical significance was shown between the attracting attention of the clerk to this point and age (p˂0.05). There was statistical significance between your father's educational status and your questions about keeping your ideas to yourself (p˂0.05). The educational status of your mother and your thoughts were not statistically significant (p> 0.05).

RESULTS: According to the study results, Socio-demographic characteristics are not effective for the self-narration of the individuals but it is seen that the education level of the father is effective.

Keywords: University, student, Sociodemografic feature ,self-expression