摘要：The main purpose of this study was to examine whether or not assertiveness
predicted adjustment to university by determining university students’ adjustment
levels to university. The study was conducted with first-year students who were
attending a university in Central Anatolia in 2018. A total of 438 students, 322
females and 116 males, participated in the study. The data were collected using the
University Life Scale, the Assertiveness Scale and the Personal Information Form
developed by the researcher. For data analysis, t-test was employed for binary
variables, and one-way ANOVA was employed for multiple variables. Whether or
not students’ assertiveness predicted adjustment to university was determined by
regression analysis. The study findings revealed that students’ sex, high school
they graduated from, the number of their siblings, their source of income, social
activity they engaged in prior to university and their accommodations did not have
effect on their adjustment to university. However, choosing their major willingly,
perceiving their income as sufficient, the city they lived in and perception of their
economic situation had effects on their adjustment to university. Furthermore, the
study determined that the university students' assertiveness total scores predicted
their adjustment to university, emotional adjustment, personal adjustment,
adjustment to the opposite sex, social adjustment, academic adjustment and total
adjustment scores.
关键词：assertiveness; adjustment; university life; adjustment to life; student
