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Bu araştırmada, üniversite birinci sınıf öğrencilerinin algıladıkları stres ile üniversite yaşamına uyumu arasındaki ilişkide öğrencilerin ayrılık anksiyetesi belirtilerinin aracı rolünün incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Araştırmaya üniversitede öğrenim gören 269 birinci sınıf öğrencisi (86 Erkek, 183 Kadın) katılmıştır. düzeylerinde yaşamın büyük bölümünün geçirildiği yere göre de istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir fark saptanmamıştır. Ayrılık anksiyetesinin algılanan stres ve üniversite yaşamına uyum, akademik uyum, duygusal uyum ve karşı cinsle ilişkilerde uyum düzeyleri arasında kısmi aracılık rolüne sahip olduğu görülmüştür. Ayrılık anksiyetesi, üniversite öğrencilerinin algıladıkları stres ve üniversiteye uyumları arasındaki ilişkiyi açıklayan faktörlerden birisidir. Bulgular ilgili literatüre bağlı olarak tartışılmıştır. Anahtar Sözcükler: Algılanan stres, ayrılık anksiyetesi, üniversite yaşamına uyum This study aimed to investigate the mediator role of separation anxiety symptoms on the relationship between perceived stress and adaptation to university life of students. 269 freshmen participated in the study (86 men, 183 women). Participants completed the University Life Scale, Separation Anxiety Symptoms Inventory and Perceived Stress Scale. Results indicated that there was a positive relation between perceived stress and separation anxiety. Both perceived stress and separation anxiety showed negative relation with adaptation to university life. There was no significant difference between genders for the level of adaptation to university life, adaptation to university environment, emotional adaptation, personal adaptation, adaptation to relationships with opposite sex, academic adaptation and social adaptation. Levels of adaptation to relationships with opposite sex showed differences according to having a romantic relationship or not; however, adaptation to university life, adaptation to university environment, emotional adaptation, personal adaptation, academic adaptation and social adaptation did not. Besides, there were no differences between the levels of adaptation to university life, adaptation to university environment, emotional adaptation, personal adaptation, adaptation to relationships with opposite sex, academic adaptation and social adaptation depending on the place the participant spent most of his/her life. Finally, separation anxiety symptoms had a partial mediation effect on the relationships between perceived stress and adaptation subscales (adaptation to university life, academic adaptation, emotional adaptation and adaptation to relationships with opposite sex).

Aim: This study is to examine the relationship of self-perception and influencing factors in nursing students in the context of intercultural sensitivity and social comparison. Methods: This descriptive study was conducted in 2017 through an online questionnaire application on nursing students studying at a faculty of health sciences. The data were collected using the socio-demographic questionnaire developed by the researchers, the Intercultural Sensitivity Scale (ISS) and the Social Comparison Scale (SCS). Results: Participants generally showed a moderate level of intercultural sensitivity. Female students, who speak and understand foreign languages at the level of speaking and understanding, who want to study at a university in another country with a student exchange program (Erasmus, Socrates, etc.) and who want to work abroad after graduation who living in the metropolitan area have been determined that the mean scores of those are significantly higher. A weak relationship has been found between intercultural sensitivity and social comparison. Conclusion: Intercultural sensitivity is affected by demographic characteristics and social comparison may be an influencing factor. This study, which examines the relationship between social comparison and intercultural sensitivity in terms of nursing students and nursing profession executives, contributes to the literature.

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